United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	THE APPELLANT NEITHER PRESENT NOR REPRESENTED.


 


JUDGE DAVID WILCOX

1. This is an appeal against a refusal to provide extended reasons. The Tribunal hearing was as long ago as 3 February 1997. The first intermation of appeal was by a letter from the proposed Appellant on 15 December 1999. He was told of the need on 11 January 2000 to file extended reasons, by a letter of 15 January 2000, he went on to say that he wished to appeal against the refusal, which is the subject of this hearing today. It is clear from what the Tribunal Chairman said in refusing that:

1. Firstly, two years had elapsed,

2. Secondly, the file had been destroyed.

2. Time limits are there so that people can attend to requirements put upon them in a timely way, when matters are fresh in their mind, when in fact they do have the documents wherewithal to assist. It would be wholly unreasonable in the circumstances of this case to order extended reasons in the circumstances, when quite reasonably the file has been destroyed and because the Appellant has, on the face of it taken no reasonable steps in the period that has elapsed, neither indicated why he has not. The appeal is dismissed.