Mr P Brooks v Newbury Land (Developments) Limited — 2020

This was a preliminary hearing before Employment Judge Postle sitting alone by telephone on 25 August 2020. The claimant did not attend and was not represented. The respondent appeared through counsel, Ms S Robertson.

The tribunal recorded that there had been an earlier case management hearing on 7 August 2020 before Employment Judge Gumbiti-Zimuto, after the claimant had failed to attend a CVP hearing. At that hearing the tribunal noted that there had been no communication from the claimant since December 2019 and warned that strike out was being considered because the claim was not being actively pursued. The claimant was told to object in writing or request a hearing by 21 August 2020.

By the date of the later hearing on 25 August 2020, nothing further had been heard from the claimant. The tribunal therefore concluded that the claimant was not pursuing the claim. It dismissed the claims of unfair dismissal, holiday pay, and arrears of pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998 as no longer actively pursued. No substantive merits findings or monetary award were made.