At the Tribunal | |
Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE J ALTMAN
MR J A SCOULLER
MR N D WILLIS
APPELLANT | |
RESPONDENT |
Transcript of Proceedings
JUDGMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
For the Appellant | Mr N Giffin Employment Law Appeal Advice Scheme |
JUDGE ALTMAN:
"We accept of course that the power under rule 13(7) must not be used arbitrarily or capriciously and certainly not be used in order to defeat the general object of the legislation. But, subject to that, it seems to us that the Employment Tribunal has a complete discretion, so long as it exercises it judicially, to postpone or adjourn any case provided there is good reasonable grounds for so doing and it must follow that by the same token he has an equivalent discretion to refuse to postpone or adjourn any case".
Is there any material before us that the Chairman acted arbitrarily or capriciously?