Claimant v The Governors of Blackbrook St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Outcome
Individual claims
The claims were struck out under Rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for failure to actively pursue them. The tribunal wrote to the claimants on 30 October 2025 warning of the proposed strike-out and inviting representations, but the claimants did not reply.
Facts
Nine claimants brought separate claims against various school governing bodies and a local authority between 2020 and 2021. The claims were not actively pursued by the claimants despite the passage of several years.
Decision
The tribunal struck out all claims under Rule 38 for failure to actively pursue. The claimants were given an opportunity to respond to a warning letter dated 30 October 2025 but did not reply, and the tribunal was satisfied it was in accordance with the overriding objective to strike out.
Practical note
Claimants must actively pursue their claims and respond to tribunal correspondence, or risk strike-out for non-pursuit even in multi-claimant cases.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 2420030/2020
- Decision date
- 8 December 2025
- Hearing type
- strike out
- Hearing days
- —
- Classification
- procedural
Respondent
- Sector
- education
- Represented
- No
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No