Claimant v HM Revenue and Customs
Outcome
Individual claims
Claim struck out for non-pursuit. Claimant failed to respond to tribunal's letter dated 6 February 2025 requesting representations or a hearing as to why claim should not be struck out, and failed to actively pursue the claim.
Facts
Mr David Murray brought a claim against HM Revenue & Customs. The tribunal wrote to the claimant on 6 February 2025 giving him an opportunity to make representations or request a hearing as to why his claim should not be struck out for failure to actively pursue it. The claimant failed to respond or engage with the tribunal's letter. A full merits hearing had been listed for 24 to 28 March 2025.
Decision
Employment Judge Jeram struck out the claim on the papers on 18 March 2025 due to the claimant's failure to actively pursue the claim and failure to respond to the tribunal's unless order. The scheduled hearing was cancelled.
Practical note
Claimants must respond to tribunal correspondence and actively pursue their claims, or risk having them struck out without a hearing, even where a full merits hearing has been listed.
Case details
- Case number
- 2502467/2023
- Decision date
- 18 March 2025
- Hearing type
- strike out
- Hearing days
- —
- Classification
- procedural
Respondent
- Sector
- public sector
- Represented
- No
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No