THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS AND
FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL
CASE REF: 24554/21
CLAIMANT: Clifford Richardson
RESPONDENT: JK Autospares Limited
JUDGMENT ON A PRELIMINARY ISSUE
The judgment of the tribunal is:-
(1) The claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal was presented outside the statutory time limit and the claimant has failed to establish that it was not reasonably practicable to have presented that claim within the statutory time limit.
(2) The claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal is therefore dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
CONSTITUTION OF TRIBUNAL
Employment Judge (sitting alone): Employment Judge Orr
APPEARANCES:
The claimant appeared and was self-representing.
The respondent was represented by Mr Palmer, Barrister-at-Law, instructed by Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors.
1. The judgment was announced at the end of the hearing, together with full oral reasons.
Employment Judge:
Date and place of hearing: 2 December 2021, Adelaide House, Belfast.
This judgment was entered in the register and issued to the parties on: