Ms T Lord-Stamp v Mace Consult Ltd and 2 others — 2025

The tribunal refused the respondent’s application dated 4 July 2025 for reconsideration of the judgment sent on 22 June 2025. It held that there was no reasonable prospect of the original decision being varied or revoked because substantially the same application had already been made and refused.

On time limits, the tribunal said that the issue would be dealt with at the final hearing after hearing all the evidence. It noted that discrimination claims should only be struck out in the most obvious and plain cases, because they are often fact-sensitive, and that there may be an argument that the claimant’s allegations formed conduct extending over a period of time so that a just and equitable extension of time could be considered.

On res judicata and abuse of process, the tribunal recorded that the second claim had been treated separately from the first claim and that no decision had been made on it at the earlier preliminary hearing. It referred to the earlier procedural history, including the legal officer’s view that the claims should be considered together, the preliminary hearing before EJ Keogh on 3 April 2025, and the later agreed list of issues covering both claims. Because no decision had been made on the second claim, the tribunal held that the res judicata / abuse of process application could not succeed.