United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellants	MR I WRIGHT (of Counsel) Retail Motor Industry Federation Legal Services Department 201 Great Portland Street London W1N 6AB


 


JUDGE REID QC: This is an ex parte preliminary hearing of an appeal by Pendragon Motor Group Ltd against the refusal of an Employment Tribunal, sitting in Manchester, which on 10th July 2000 determined that the appellant, the respondent below, should not be allowed to adduce in evidence a video recording of the applicant. That video recording was allegedly taken six months after the date of the dismissal, the applicant having claimed that he was dismissed in circumstances which gave rise to a disability discrimination complaint.

1. For present purposes, I think, it suffices us to say that three reasons are given by the tribunal in paragraph 6 of the reasons, paragraph 6(iv) merely being a summary.
2. The decision of the tribunal not to admit this evidence for those reasons does, in our view, give rise to a point of law and that the matter should proceed to a full hearing. Beyond that and, in the circumstances of the case, we think the less said about the merits or otherwise of this attempt to introduce edited video footage the better.
3. We will therefore direct that the matter goes to a full hearing. The case to be listed for ½ a day, Category C.