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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> UK Hotels Ltd v Davies [1998] UKEAT 543_98_0807 (8 July 1998)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/1998/543_98_0807.html
Cite as: [1998] UKEAT 543_98_0807, [1998] UKEAT 543_98_807
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| At the Tribunal | |
Before
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MORISON (P)
MR E HAMMOND OBE
MR J A SCOULLER
UK HOTELS LTD APPELLANT
MRS J DAVIES RESPONDENT
| APPELLANT | |
| RESPONDENT |
Transcript of Proceedings
JUDGMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
| For the Appellant | NO APPEARANCE OR REPRESENTATION BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT |
MR JUSTICE MORISON (PRESIDENT): In the matter of UK Hotels Ltd against Mrs J Davies the position is that nobody has turned up to advance the appeal in this case. The decision of the Industrial Tribunal is contained in Extended Reasons which were sent to the parties on 3 March 1998. The Tribunal concluded that the Applicant, Mrs Davies, had been dismissed by reason of her pregnancy and therefore unfairly dismissed.
On behalf of the Company a Notice of Appeal was lodged by Messrs Shawcross & Co, who were the solicitors acting for the Company throughout the Industrial Tribunal proceedings. Subsequently, the Employment Appeal Tribunal were notified that Shawcross & Co were no longer acting but that the Appellants had instructed Messrs Bolt Burden. By the time we were notified of that, the notice of hearing for this appeal had already been sent out. Whilst it plainly would have been the responsibility of Messrs Shawcross & Co to draw that to the attention of Messrs Bolt Burden, it seems to me that it would be incorrect for us to deal with this appeal today. We received a fax from a UK Hotels Ltd individual, saying at present there are two firms of solicitors acting in this case and he refers to certain discussions which are going on. It seems to me, in these circumstances that we should adjourn this hearing. I would like the matter to be brought back before me as soon as possible, in the next week or so, at very short notice, because it seems to me to be right that we should deal with this appeal as soon as possible, bearing in mind its nature.