Claimant v The Co-operative Group Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
The claim was struck out because the claimant failed to comply with a tribunal order to provide a disability impact statement by 29 November 2024 and failed to respond to the tribunal's strike-out warning by 4 March 2025, demonstrating failure to actively pursue the claim.
Facts
The claimant brought a disability discrimination claim against The Co-operative Group Limited. The tribunal ordered the claimant to provide a disability impact statement by 11 October 2024, which was extended to 29 November 2024. The claimant failed to comply with this order. On 25 February 2025, Employment Judge Ross warned the claimant the claim would be struck out for non-compliance and failure to actively pursue it unless he objected by 4 March 2025.
Decision
The tribunal struck out the claim because the claimant failed to provide the required disability impact statement by the deadline and failed to respond to the tribunal's strike-out warning. This demonstrated the claimant was not actively pursuing his claim. The final hearing scheduled for 30 June to 4 July 2025 was cancelled.
Practical note
Unrepresented claimants must comply with tribunal orders and respond to communications; failure to do so will result in strike-out for non-pursuit even in discrimination cases.
Case details
- Case number
- 2402784/2024
- Decision date
- 10 March 2025
- Hearing type
- strike out
- Hearing days
- —
- Classification
- procedural
Respondent
- Sector
- retail
- Represented
- No
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No