Claimant v Second Step Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
Claimant withdrew claim against the Second Respondent (Andrew Warren) at the preliminary hearing.
Claimant withdrew claim against the Fourth Respondent (Elias Ramirez Mesa) at the preliminary hearing.
Claims identified at Paragraph 47(i)(a), 47(iii)(a) and 47(ii) of the Case Management Order dated 23 February 2024 were found to have no reasonable prospect of success and struck out by the tribunal.
Claim identified at Paragraph 60(i) of the Case Management Order dated 23 February 2024 was found to have no reasonable prospect of success and struck out by the tribunal.
Facts
Mr Sanyang brought claims against Second Step Limited and three individual respondents. At a preliminary hearing, the claimant withdrew claims against the second and fourth respondents (Andrew Warren and Elias Ramirez Mesa). The claimant also made an application to strike out the respondent's response, which was dismissed. The tribunal considered the merits of certain remaining claims.
Decision
The tribunal dismissed the claimant's application to strike out the response. The tribunal struck out several of the claimant's claims (identified in paragraphs 47(i)(a), 47(iii)(a), 47(ii), and 60(i) of a previous case management order) on the basis that they had no reasonable prospect of success. Claims against two individual respondents were dismissed following withdrawal.
Practical note
A preliminary hearing can result in multiple claims being struck out where they have no reasonable prospect of success, significantly narrowing the issues for a full hearing.
Case details
- Case number
- 1403822/2023
- Decision date
- 20 November 2025
- Hearing type
- preliminary
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- other
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister
Claimant representation
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- lay rep