Ms L Dias v Mill Hill School Foundation — 2023

On 1 March 2023, Employment Judge Quill sitting alone at Watford considered the respondent's application to strike out the claimant's complaints. The judgment records that the claimant, Ms L Dias, appeared in person and the respondent was represented by Mr Rowland, solicitor.

The tribunal struck out all and any complaint of unfair dismissal. It held that, taking into account the claimant's length of service and the alleged reason for dismissal, the proposed unfair dismissal complaint was not within the tribunal's jurisdiction. The judgment also stated, in the alternative, that any unfair dismissal complaint based on section 100 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was struck out because it had no reasonable prospects of success.

The judgment says that the other complaints were not struck out. Those other complaints were described in the case management summary sent to the parties, but their substance is not set out in this short written judgment. The reasons for refusing the respondent's application were given orally, and written reasons were included in the case management summary.