Outcome
Facts
The claimant brought claims against Barnwood Trust which proceeded to a full merits hearing in February 2025. The written judgment was sent on 6 March 2025. The claimant applied for reconsideration on 20 March 2025, arguing that the respondent had failed to disclose relevant documents (specifically text messages between the claimant and NM from February 2023) and that the tribunal had made errors in its findings of fact and legal reasoning.
Decision
The tribunal refused the reconsideration application. The tribunal found that the claimant had not shown that the new evidence could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence at trial, and that the content was not material to the outcome. The tribunal also rejected the claimant's challenges to its findings of fact, holding that these were attempts to re-argue the case rather than demonstrate grounds for reconsideration. The tribunal applied the principle of finality in litigation and the interests of justice.
Practical note
Reconsideration applications must demonstrate either genuinely new evidence that could not have been obtained earlier and would materially affect the outcome, or clear errors of law; mere disagreement with findings of fact made after a fair hearing will not succeed.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 6000762/2023
- Decision date
- 4 March 2025
- Hearing type
- reconsideration
- Hearing days
- 5
- Classification
- procedural
Respondent
- Name
- Barnwood Trust
- Sector
- charity
- Represented
- Yes
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No