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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> Jackson v Hartwell Bath [1998] UKEAT 514_96_0212 (2 December 1998) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/1998/514_96_0212.html Cite as: [1998] UKEAT 514_96_0212, [1998] UKEAT 514_96_212

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APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	No appearance/representation by/on behalf of the Appellant
For the Respondent	CATHERINE GEORGE (In House Solicitor)


 


THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MORISON (PRESIDENT): On 5 March 1996 at a Tribunal at Bristol, Mr Jackson, the Applicant employee, entered a complaint against his former employers, Hartwell Plc that he had been constructively dismissed. His complaint was rejected unanimously by the Industrial Tribunal and their reasons are contained in a written decision sent to the parties on 9 March 1996.

The Applicant filed a Notice of Appeal within time. Various interlocutory steps were taken but effectively the matter has gone completely to sleep since the middle of 1997. Attempts have been made to contact the Applicant to find out if he wishes to go on with the case. By letter dated 11 July 1997 the appeal was stayed, pending his attempt to obtain legal aid. It was not returned to the EAT as an undelivered item of mail and there was no response to it. Mr Jackson has been notified of the hearing which has taken place today. We have had no response to that notification. He has not presented himself today and we draw the inference that he does not intend to proceed with his appeal. It is now, in our view, far too late for that to take place.

Accordingly, the correct order to make at this stage is that the appeal should be dismissed.