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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> Court v. Gloucester Royal NHS Trust & Anor [1999] UKEAT 330_99_1506 (15 June 1999) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/1999/330_99_1506.html Cite as: [1999] UKEAT 330_99_1506 |
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At the Tribunal | |
Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE WILKIE QC
MRS J M MATTHIAS
MRS M T PROSSER
APPELLANT | |
RESPONDENT |
Transcript of Proceedings
JUDGMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING – EX PARTE
For the Appellant | THE APPELLANT NEITHER PRESENT NOR REPRESENTED |
JUDGE WILKIE QC: There is, apparently, no response from Mrs Court, who is the appellant. The Court has on its file a letter from those who were representing her, dated 24th May 1999, to the effect that the person, Mr Ghanti, who had previously represented her at the Employment Tribunal and in respect of the pending appeal, would no longer be representing her and that she had been written to and notified that she would now to seek alternate assistance.
Following that letter on 24th May 1999, the Court received a fax from the Race Equality Council for Gloucestershire dated 11th June 1999 at 5.00 p.m. asking for an emergency adjournment due to the fact that its Employment Officer had left the organisation and therefore they had no one available to represent Mrs Court on 15th June 1999. That was information which had already been notified on 24th May 1999.
On 14th June 1999, the Registrar directed that the application be refused and that if the representative was unable to attend the hearing would go ahead in their absence and the appeal would be determined on the papers received.
We concur with that decision of the Registrar. Mrs Court has known the situation certainly since about 24th May 1999, and if she wanted to make alternative arrangements no doubt she would have done.