Automated Summary
Key Facts
The Employment Tribunal (Scotland) struck out the claim in Case No: 111783/2006 on 13 April 2017 because the claimant, Mrs C Colvin, failed to provide acceptable reasons by the deadline of 16 March 2017 or to request a hearing. The Tribunal ruled under rule 37(1)(d) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 that the claim had not been actively pursued.
Issues
The Tribunal struck out the claim under Rule 37(1)(d) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013, finding the claimant had not actively pursued the claim.
Holdings
The Tribunal struck out the claim under rule 37(1)(d) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 because the claimant failed to actively pursue the claim. The claimant was given an opportunity to provide written reasons or request a hearing by 16 March 2017 but failed to do so.
Legal Principles
The claim was struck out under rule 37(1)(d) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 for failure to actively pursue the claim.
Cited Statute
Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013
Judge Name
Laura Doherty
Passage Text
- The claim is struck out under rule 37 of the Rules contained in Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 on the grounds that the has not been actively pursued in terms of rule 37(1)(d).
- On 1 March 2017 the Tribunal gave the claimant an opportunity to give written reasons by 16 March 2017 or to request a hearing in order to consider why the claim should not be struck out.