Did not attend and was not represented For the v DHL Services Limited — 2021

The tribunal listed the matter for a preliminary hearing on 31 March 2021 after the claimant failed to attend or be represented. A notice dated 31 March 2021, sent on 18 April 2021, gave the claimant an opportunity to make representations or request a hearing as to why the claim should not be struck out for not having been actively pursued and for failure to attend the preliminary hearing designed to clarify the complaints and allegations.

The claimant replied on 22 April 2021 saying he was not aware he was required to attend. The respondent then wrote on 12 May 2021 saying that reply did not adequately explain the failure to attend or the failure to accept the Tribunal's three attempts to join him to the telephone hearing, and asked that the claim be struck out. On 12 June 2021 the Tribunal confirmed that the issue would be whether the claim should be struck out because it had not been actively pursued and/or because the claimant had failed to show proper cause under the Tribunal's notice.

The hearing was re-listed for 21 July 2022 and listed by Cloud Video Platform. The Tribunal contacted the claimant by telephone on 20 May 2022 about the re-listed date, which he agreed to, but he did not attend the hearing, did not provide written representations, and did not contact the Tribunal or the respondent. The Employment Judge held that the claimant was not actively pursuing the case, noted that he had failed to attend both preliminary hearings including the hearing on 21 July 2022, and struck out the claim.