Mr N Campbell v The Girls Educational Company Limited and 2 others — 2020

This was a preliminary hearing on 7 January 2021 listed to consider whether deposit orders should be made against the claimant. Before the merits of that application were determined, the claimant informed the tribunal that he intended to withdraw his claims of unfair dismissal, indirect sex discrimination, and direct and indirect age discrimination. The judge therefore recorded those claims as dismissed on withdrawal.

The tribunal then considered the respondents' position on deposit orders and the surrounding case management history. The judge accepted the claimant's submission that he would be prejudiced if required to answer the application without the disclosure previously ordered, including documents he had been seeking, and noted that the respondent had not complied with the earlier disclosure timetable. In those circumstances, the judge dismissed any application for deposit orders and converted the hearing into case management.

The judgment did not determine the remaining substantive claims. Instead, it made directions for further disclosure, clarification of the allegations against the individual respondents, finalisation of the list of issues, and preparation for the listed final hearing. The order records that the remaining issues, including remedy if the claimant succeeded, were to be determined at the final hearing.