Employment tribunals: case management

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EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Case management

Dismissal of claim

Case?? Anwar v Boots Management Services Ltd [2025] EAT 9

Facts? An employment judge dismissed a claim by A at a private preliminary hearing when she was unrepresented. The judge had indicated to A that two of her claims had no chance of success, without warning her that he was considering dismissing one of them. A previous judge had already recorded the two separate claims and had not indicated that they were legally inconsistent. A appealed to the EAT.

Decision????? 1. The appeal was allowed.

2. A disputed that she had consented to the withdrawal of one of her claims.

3. There is a wide margin of appreciation for employment tribunals in relation to case management and the withdrawal of claims, the ET judge in this case had exceeded that margin and there was a procedural error of law.?