The applicant had made complaints to the Tribunal of sex discrimination and unfair dismissal. After several short notice adjournments, to the expense of the respondents, the applicant again applied for an adjournment to allow her to obtain legal representation. The Tribunal refused, and she walked out. The tribunal continued in her absence. A direction had already been given that the hearing would not be delayed for failure to complete internal proceedings.
Held: to succeed she would have to show that the decision of the Tribunal was perverse. The issues were in law complex since the internal procedures were being delayed to allow for the decision of the tribunal. Nevertheless, the decision of the tribunal was not to be faulted, and the appeal was dismissed.
EAT Procedural Issues – Employment Tribunal.
Judges:
The Honourable Mr Justice Hooper
Citations:
EAT/1419/99, [2001] UKEAT 1419 – 99 – 1503
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Sunley v University of Leicester EAT 8-Oct-1999
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Cited by:
See Also – Sunley v University of Leicester EAT 8-Oct-1999
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Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment
Updated: 20 August 2022; Ref: scu.172042