Not present or represented For the v Mr Andrius Bareckas, Director, assisted by Ms Tatiana Gudaviciene — 2026

The claimant brought claims alleging detrimental treatment within section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, unfair dismissal within sections 98 and 103A of that Act, and unpaid accrued holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998. The claimant did not attend an earlier preliminary hearing and later emailed shortly before the 9 March 2026 hearing saying he could not attend because he had to go to Italy for family health problems.

The tribunal noted that the claimant's request, to the extent it was an application to postpone, had been refused because it was unsupported by evidence and the hearing was by video. The claimant did not attend the 9 March 2026 hearing, and Employment Judge Hyams dismissed the claims under rule 47, deciding it was in the interests of justice because the claimant had twice failed to attend a video hearing, the second absence had no apparently good justification, and it appeared the claimant was not pressing his claims.