Mr Ravichandran Venugopal v One Stop Stores Limited — 2026

The Respondent applied to strike out the Claimant's claim on the basis that there was no reasonable prospect of success. It relied on earlier case management records stating that the Claimant had accepted that, save for unfair dismissal, the other claims were not viable, and that the list of issues had not been amended by the stated deadline.

The Tribunal noted that the earlier case management order had not dismissed the other causes of action and had allowed the Claimant time to consider the list of issues. Applying the authorities cited on caution in strike-out applications, particularly where a litigant in person has pleaded unclearly and English is not their first language, the Tribunal refused to strike out the race discrimination and victimisation complaints.

The Tribunal also refused to strike out the unfair dismissal complaint. It held that whether the appeal decision dealt with the Claimant's points, and whether the dismissal and investigation were fair, were matters for the trial tribunal rather than for determination on the strike-out application.