United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	THE APPELLANT IS NEITHER PRESENT NOR REPRESENTED.


 


MR RECORDER LANGSTAFF QC:

1. It seems that Mr Stonier is not here to pursue his appeal. The appeal is an appeal against a refusal by the Chairman at the Manchester Tribunal to order extended reasons. That is a matter within the Chairman's discretion. The only ground upon which it could possibly be queried is if it appeared that the discretion had been exercised on an impermissible basis. Since the background to the application made to him is that it was in respect of an order made earlier by the Manchester Tribunal that the sum of £317.00 should be paid by Redwood Manufacturing Ltd (which Mr Stonier represented) to the Applicant, and since that sum had been paid, the argument was essentially 'crying over split milk'. There would be no useful purpose, it seemed to the Chairman reading his brief reasons, for reopening an issue when the sum claimed had in fact been paid. Accordingly, far from thinking that there is any reason to query his discretion it is one which, had it been ours, we would have exercised in the same way. There is no ground that is arguable in this matter. It should not proceed.