In person v Matt Smith, Solicitor — 2023

Case reference: 3314842/2021
Decision date: 9 January 2023
Jurisdiction: England & Wales

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

In person

Respondent

Matt Smith, Solicitor

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

At a preliminary hearing in case numbers 3314842/2021, 3320690/2021, 3322385/2021 and 3302195/2022, Employment Judge de Silva KC refused the respondent's application to strike out the claimant's claims. The claimant appeared in person and the respondent was represented by solicitor Matt Smith.

The hearing was held remotely by CVP at Watford on 9 January 2023. The judgment records the Senior President of Tribunals' COVID-19 statement that the remote hearing was not objected to, that a face-to-face hearing was not practicable, and that all issues could be determined remotely. The extracted text does not set out detailed reasons for refusing the strike-out application or any substantive findings on the underlying claims.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	The extracted judgment does not identify or determine any substantive claim type. It only records that the respondent's application to strike out the claimant's claims was refused.	Other	—	—

Official outcome judgment PDF

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How we got this data

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