Appeal No.	 EAT/338/00

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 23 November 2000

Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE D M LEVY QC
LORD GLADWIN OF CLEE CBE JP
MR D J HODGKINS CB

MR J BATEMAN	  APPELLANT

MR DOUGLAS WATTS t/a WATTS BROTHERS CENTRAL GARAGE        RESPONDENTS

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING 

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellant	MISS REINDORF
(of Counsel)
Instructed by:
Messrs Irwin Mitchell 
Solicitors
St Peters House
Hartshead
Sheffield S1 2FL	

JUDGE D M LEVY QC

1	This is a preliminary hearing of an appeal by Mr Bateman against Mr D Watts trading as Watts Brothers Central Garage Ltd following an Employment Tribunal decision promulgated on 2 February of this year.  The Notice of Appeal is dated 9 March.  Ms Reindorf appears for the Appellant on this appeal.  

2	Having read her Skeleton Argument and the grounds of appeal, we are satisfied that this should go forward to a full hearing, subject to the following.  On page 2 of our bundle it is common ground that paragraph 14 of the Notice of Appeal has been withdrawn and we have discussed with Ms Reindorf the composition of the grounds of appeal insofar as it is set out in paragraphs 7, 8 ,9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.  It would be of considerable assistance to the Tribunal hearing the full appeal if an amended Notice was put in, setting out the grounds of appeal under the sub-headings in paragraph 6.  Paragraph 15, which is simply a request and not a ground of appeal, should be set out as a separate paragraph if on further consideration it is needed.  We would ask Ms Reindorf, therefore, to settle and lodge an amended Notice of Appeal putting these grounds in an appropriate order in the next 14 days.  Category C, half a day.