Balamoody v United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing: CA 14 May 2001

The applicant sought leave to appeal against a decision disallowing his complaint at his claim for race discrimination being struck out as scandalous, frivolous or vexatious. He said that the Tribunal had dismissed his claim without giving him opportunity to present the facts on which it was based.
Held: Given the decision on Roffey, the case should be allowed to go forward to appeal.

Judges:

Mummery LJ

Citations:

[2001] EWCA Civ 729

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Race Relations Act 1976 12, Employment Tribunal’s Constitution and Rules of Procedure Regulations 1993 13(2)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoBalamoody v United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Admn 18-Jul-1997
The applicant complained of having been struck off the register of nurses. He said that when he told the court that he wanted to appeal he was sent forms appropriate for a judicial review. He amended and submitted them. In correcting him, the court . .
See AlsoBalamoody v United Kingdom Central Council; Balamoody v Manchester City Magistrates’ Court Admn 10-Jun-1998
The applicant had been convicted of offences relating to the management of his nursing home, and had been struck off the Register of Nurses.
Held: It was no defence to the criminal charges that a member of staff had failed in her duties. The . .
See AlsoBalamoody v Manchester Health Authority EAT 2-Mar-1999
The claimant appealed against orders striking out his complaint of unlawful racial discrimination. He had owned a nursing home regulated by the respondent authority. A senior white employee had broken regulations regarding safekeeping of drugs, but . .
Appeal fromBalamoody v UkCC for Nursing Midwifery and Home Visitors EAT 5-Dec-2000
The claimant’s claim of unlawful race discrimination had been dismissed as an abuse of process by the EAT. The Tribunal now considered whether the EAT had power to make such a decision.
Held: The 1993 Regulations were more generous to . .
CitedCare First Partnership Ltd v Roffey and Others CA 22-Nov-2000
An employment tribunal had no power to dismiss a claim as without a reasonable prospect of success before it was begun to be heard. The power to regulate its own hearings did not include such a power, and the power to dismiss a claim as frivolous or . .

Cited by:

See AlsoBalamoody v Manchester Health Authority EAT 12-Nov-2001
The Tribunal heard a preliminary application in a claim for unlawful race discrimination. Earlier applications had been struck out. This second set of applications had been struck out as frivolous by the Tribunal on the basis that they were not new . .
Leave GivenBalamoody v United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting CA 6-Dec-2001
The claimant had been struck from the register of nurses after convictions arising from failures of his staff at his nursing home with regard to drug management. He had then brought claims of unlawful race discrimination against the health authority . .
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Health Professions, Discrimination

Updated: 22 November 2022; Ref: scu.201028