EAT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Amendment
Claimant brought a claim for, inter alia, racial discrimination against his employers, who were a company – When it appeared that the company was likely to be dissolved, he applied for permission to amend to include a claim against the individual alleged to have discriminated against him – That application was refused – Four months later he repeated the application on the basis that the dissolution had now occurred – The Chairman refused the application on the basis that it had already been considered – Held that he was entitled to do so: there was no material change of circumstances, and no other exceptional reason why the claimant should be allowed to renew his application in the interests of justice.
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[2008] UKEAT 0510 – 07 – 0804
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Cited – Transport and General Workers Union v Safeway Stores Ltd EAT 23-Mar-2007
EAT Practice and Procedure – Amendment
Safeway closed a depot, leading to a large number of redundancies. The Union alleged that consultation was inadequate. Proceedings were initially commenced claiming only . .
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Employment
Updated: 17 July 2022; Ref: scu.270716