Appeal No.	 EAT/0745/01

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 2 November 2001

Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE J R REID QC
MS N AMIN
DR D GRIEVES CBE

MR G OZSANLAV	APPELLANT

SWIFT GROUP LIMITED	RESPONDENT

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING EX PARTE

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellant	MR G OZSANLAV
(The Appellant in person)	

HIS HONOUR JUDGE J R REID QC

1	This is an appeal by Mr Ozsanlav against a decision of an Employment Tribunal sitting at Hull on 17 April 2001.  At this stage we are considering the matter on a Preliminary Ex Parte application to see whether the case should go for a Full Hearing.  Mr Ozsanlav has represented himself here this morning and has very succinctly put the points which he wishes to make and which he says show errors by the Employment Tribunal.

2	The problem that Mr Ozsanlav faces is that what he wishes to say is that the Tribunal made errors of fact.  He suggests that they misunderstood certain of the evidence, and that they made inaccurate findings as to the extent by which his wages might be reduced if the new system of working came in.  He suggests that certain of the witnesses called on behalf of the employer below did not tell the truth in all respects.  Unfortunately for him nothing that he says indicates that there is any point of law in anything which he wishes to raise.

3	As he now appreciates, the powers of the Employment Appeal Tribunal are limited to dealing with errors of law on the part of an Employment Tribunal and that the Employment Appeal Tribunal does not have a power simply to re-try the facts of a case.  In the circumstances it seems to us that there is no basis on which we could direct that the matter should go for a Full Hearing and the appeal should be dismissed at this stage.