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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> Hunt v. Couristan Carpets (UK) Ltd [2000] UKEAT 115_00_2411 (24 November 2000) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/2000/115_00_2411.html Cite as: [2000] UKEAT 115__2411, [2000] UKEAT 115_00_2411

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APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	MS V BURNHAM (of Counsel) Appearing under the Employment Law Appeal Advice Scheme


 


JUDGE D M LEVY QC

1. Mr J Hunt brought proceedings in an Employment Tribunal by an IT1 sent to the Regional Office in Liverpool and received on 15 April 1999. He claimed unfair dismissal and breach of contract and unlawful deduction from wages. There was a hearing of his complaint on 2 July 1999 and 6 September 1999 before a Tribunal at Liverpool, where the unanimous decision of the Tribunal was that the application failed and it was dismissed. The decision was promulgated on 22 November 1999.
2. The Tribunal has written to this Appellant, subsequently, on at least two occasions, first on 15 March, regarding his sending his PHD form, and secondly on 14 November, reminding him that Skeleton Arguments should be lodged with the Court at least 7 days before the hearing. To none of these letters has the Appellant replied.
3. In his absence, we have thought it appropriate to consider the grounds set out in Mr Hunt's Notice of Appeal. In our judgment, having considered the Extended Reasons, we concluded the Tribunal was entitled to come to the decision it did. There is a leaking suspicion that there might be a point of law which could possibly be argued on an appeal which we have had the help of Ms Burnham from the ELAAS scheme spelling out.
4. However, the Appellant has not come to present his appeal. He has not answered any of the letters and the telephone call to the number shown on his IT1 this morning, to find out if he was on his way here, or because of train delays, has received no response. We have waited till 12.30 this morning, before giving a decision in this case, but in all the circumstances, we dismiss the appeal at this stage.