Appeal No.	 EAT/855/00

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 22 November 2000

Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE D M LEVY QC
MR R N STRAKER
MS B SWITZER

HOMEBASE LTD	APPELLANT

MR D B WESTOBY	RESPONDENT

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellant	MR J N GALBRAITH-MARTEN
(Of Counsel)
Instructed by:
Group Legal Services
J Sainsbury Plc
Stamford House
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LL	

JUDGE LEVY QC

1.	Having considered Mr Galbraith Marten’s elegant oral and written submissions today, we are satisfied that the point raised in the Notice of Appeal should go forward to a full hearing.  We think it would be helpful for Mr Galbraith-Marten at that hearing to elaborate further on the Skeleton Argument which we found helpful and specify any variation otherwise made to the Enhanced Company Severance pay, being that shown as nil in the box on page 2 of a letter of 15 September 1999, a copy which was produced to us for the purpose of this hearing.   Category C, estimated time of Appeal – 2 hours.