United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

BAILII case number: [1995] UKEAT 312_95_2009

Appeal No. EAT/312/95

EMPOLYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL

58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

At the Tribunal

On 20 September 1995

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE TUCKER

MR K M HACK JP

MR G H WRIGHT MBE

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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT          APPELLANT

(1) MRS T ETTEN

(2) MS D ELLIOT          RESPONDENTS

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Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

Revised


 


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APPEARANCES

For the Appellants LORD MESTON

(Of Counsel)

The Treasury Solicitor

Queen Anne's Chambers

28 Broadway

London

SW1H 9JS

For the 1st Respondent MR J SUDDABY

(Of Counsel)

Wandsworth Law Centre

148 Lavender Hill

London

SW11 1LJ

For the 2nd Respondent NEITHER PRESENT NOR REPRESENTED


 


MR JUSTICE TUCKER: We think it best in the interests of justice and certainty of the law, that we should grant this application for an adjournment, pending resolution by the Court of Appeal of another case, which in our view, is virtually identical to the present case, that of McMeechan. We have taken into account any possible prejudice to the first respondent. It will of course be open to her solicitors, if they see fit, to write to the Law Society making representations to them, but we note that the contribution she is required to make is a modest one. That will be for her to consider. But we do not view any prejudice to her as overcoming the great advantage as we see it, of obtaining the Court of Appeal's views on this matter, which we hope will not take too long.