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Cite as: [1998] UKEAT 100_98_1006
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| At the Tribunal | |
Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE PETER CLARK
MRS E HART
MR J C SHRIGLEY
NEWCASTLE YOUTH CONGRESS APPELLANT
MR ABDUL MALIK RESPONDENT
| APPELLANT | |
| RESPONDENT |
Transcript of Proceedings
JUDGMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
| For the Appellants | NO APPEARANCE BY OR REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS/ THE RESPONDENT |
| For the Respondent |
JUDGE PETER CLARK: This is an appeal by the Newcastle Youth Congress against a decision of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Industrial Tribunal that the employee, Mr Malik, was unfairly constructively dismissed. At a subsequent remedies hearing the Tribunal awarded him compensation totalling £5,417.79.
The notice of appeal was settled by solicitors, Short Richardson & Forth, of Newcastle. The case having been listed for a preliminary hearing before us today, those solicitors wrote to the Registrar on 26 May 1998 indicating that they were without instructions and no longer acted for the Appellant, whom they understood had ceased their activities at their former premises at 262 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Following receipt of that letter the Registrar wrote to the Appellant at that address on 29 May enclosing a copy of the letter from their solicitors and asking whether they would let the EAT know as a matter of urgency whether it was the Appellant's intention to continue with the appeal.
No response was received to that letter and this morning we have put this case to the back of our list. There has been no appearance and no communication from the Appellant. It is incumbent upon an Appellant to pursue his appeal. In the absence of any indication from the Appellant in this case that it wishes to do so, we have no alternative but to dismiss the appeal at this preliminary hearing stage.