Claimant v Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL UK Branch

Outcome

Facts

This judgment addresses written reasons for three procedural applications made by the self-represented claimant during a 25-day full merits hearing against Amazon Web Services and 16 individual respondents. The claimant made various applications alleging wrongdoing by the respondents and their legal representatives, including allegations of document manipulation, selective waiver of legal privilege, and contempt of court. The main liability judgment had already dismissed all the claimant's substantive claims.

Decision

The tribunal rejected all three applications. The tribunal found that documents removed from the hearing bundle had been properly excluded pursuant to earlier case management orders and were irrelevant. The tribunal found no waiver of legal privilege as the documents relied upon by the claimant were not actually privileged despite being incorrectly labelled as such. The tribunal rejected the claimant's allegations regarding document manipulation, finding technical difficulties arose from the format of the claimant's own witness statements and were promptly resolved.

Practical note

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