United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellants	NO APPEARANCE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS
For the Respondents	MR MUMBY


 


MR JUSTICE KEENE: This is an appeal which is brought by an employer against a decision of an Industrial Tribunal sitting at Leeds. The tribunal held that the respondent had been unfairly dismissed and there is no challenge to that part of the decision.

The appeal is concerned with the assessment by the Industrial Tribunal of compensation payable by the appellants.

This morning, however, there has been no appearance on behalf of the appellants, Leofric Enterprises Plc. They were at one time represented by a firm of solicitors, namely Messrs Orchard; however, they have written to the tribunal a letter dated 20th February 1997 informing the appeal tribunal that they no longer represent the appellants and that therefore they do not have instructions to appear today. The letter goes on to point out that the appellant company is the subject of corporate voluntary arrangement, and they say that they understand that the supervisor of that arrangement has taken over the conduct of the appeal. They do not identify the supervisor, but the Employment Appeal Tribunal staff have been in touch with the solicitor at Messrs Orchard who is handling this matter, and they have been informed that the gentleman in question who is the supervisor is aware of the date of this hearing. He has not, however, appeared, although that conversation took place on 21st February 1997.

In those circumstances what we propose to do is simply to dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution.