Appeal No.	 EAT/1421/98

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 29 January 1999

Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE H WILSON
MR J R CROSBY
MR E HAMMOND OBE

WHITBREAD PLC t/a THRESHER	APPELLANT

MS D GUMLEY	RESPONDENT

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING

Revised

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellant	Ms A Whyte
(of Counsel)
Messrs Weightmans
Solicitors
79/83 Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 2AP	

	JUDGE H WILSON:	This has been a preliminary hearing of a Notice of Appeal which was dated the 5 November 1998, concerning an Employment Tribunal Decision promulgated on 28 September 1998.  The Notice of Appeal has been supported by a skeleton argument which develops the points made and which was received by this Tribunal on 22 January 1999.  

	We are satisfied that the matter should go forward to a full hearing on the following questions.  Whether the Employment Tribunal erred in law:

	(1)	In failing to state what facts it found proved;
	(2)	In further failing to relate findings of fact to the appropriate statutory provisions; and
	(3)	In failing to give reasons for its findings and its decision.

	On those three questions only, we think there should be a full hearing.

	Category C.  Time Estimate 2 hours.