Industrial Tribunals Northern Ireland Decisions

THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS AND

 FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

 

CASE REF:  24554/21

 

CLAIMANT:                          Clifford Richardson

 

RESPONDENT:                  JK Autospares Limited

 

 

JUDGMENT ON A PRELIMINARY ISSUE

 

 

The judgment of the tribunal is:-

 

(1)       The claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal was presented outside the statutory time limit and the claimant has failed to establish that it was not reasonably practicable to have presented that claim within the statutory time limit.

 

(2)       The claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal is therefore dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

 

 

 

CONSTITUTION OF TRIBUNAL

 

Employment Judge (sitting alone):                   Employment Judge Orr

                                   

 

APPEARANCES:

 

The claimant appeared and was self-representing.

 

The respondent was represented by Mr Palmer, Barrister-at-Law, instructed by Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors.

 

 

1.         The judgment was announced at the end of the hearing, together with full oral reasons.

 

 

Employment Judge:                       

 

 

Date and place of hearing:          2 December 2021, Adelaide House, Belfast.

 

 

This judgment was entered in the register and issued to the parties on: