Mrs O Kovtun v Aneetra Keen and 2 others — 2025

Mrs O Kovtun presented a claim on 11 August 2023 alleging race discrimination against Aneetra Keen, Sue Seymour and The Freemantle Trust. The judgment records that the claimant had previously been represented, but after her representative came off record there was no further communication from her, and she did not reply to the tribunal's request for an email address.

A hearing listed for 28 February 2025 proceeded by CVP as a preliminary case management hearing. The tribunal noted that the notice of hearing was sent to the address on the claim form, that there had been no correspondence from the claimant, and that she did not attend. The clerk contacted the claimant by telephone and was told that she was not aware of any tribunal claim or of the hearing, and did not know The Freemantle Trust.

At the hearing, the tribunal granted the application to add The Freemantle Trust as a respondent. The tribunal then considered the respondent's application for an unless order and, in the alternative, dismissal under rule 47. Applying rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, and taking account of the claimant's non-attendance, the lack of any communication from her, and the interests of justice, the tribunal decided it could not continue with the case management hearing in her absence.

The claim was therefore dismissed under rule 47 for non-attendance. The judgment records no substantive findings on the race discrimination allegation and no monetary remedy was awarded.