Mr K Thornton v Respondent — 2021

Mr Thornton presented his claim on 21 April 2020. The final hearing was listed for 19 to 21 July 2021 before Employment Judge M Sangster. On 19 July 2021, the first day of the hearing, the claimant did not attend and was not represented. The Tribunal noted that there had been no contact from him to either the Tribunal or the respondent's representative from August 2020 onward, that emails were not being returned as undelivered, and that the mobile number on the claim form was no longer recognised.

The Tribunal recorded a number of communications showing that the claimant ought to have been aware of the hearing date, including listing stencils, a notice of hearing, correspondence from the respondent's solicitor about hearing arrangements and a strike-out application, and emails from the Tribunal clerk arranging a CVP test and providing connection details. Having considered the information available and concluded that further enquiries into the claimant's absence were not practicable, the Tribunal dismissed the claim under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. No monetary award was made.