ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107713/2019 Per Written Submissions Employment Judge: M A Macleod Miss Catherine Tansey v Represented by Mr R Holland Solicitor The City of Edinburgh Council — 2020

On 5 October 2020, Employment Judge Murdo Macleod determined Miss Catherine Tansey's application to amend her ET1. The tribunal held that the document presented as Further and Better Particulars on 27 January 2020 was, in substance, an application to amend rather than mere clarification. Applying the overriding objective and the Selkent approach, it considered the nature of the amendments, time limits, timing, and prejudice, and distinguished Ennever v Metropolitan Police on the basis that the original ET1 was already detailed and legally drafted.

The tribunal granted the application in full, subject to deleting the sentence 'The Claimant submits that the Respondents discriminated against her in respect of their transformation review programme and policy.' It allowed the added detail about the LLDO redeployment, the absence-management harassment narrative, the holiday pay and payslip complaints, and the reasonable-adjustment averments. It said the time-bar issues could still be considered at the final hearing and directed the respondent to answer the amended claim within 28 days. The judgment did not determine the merits of the underlying dismissal, discrimination, wages, or working-time claims.