United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal

APPEARANCES

 

For the Appellant	No appearance or representation by or on behalf of the Appellant


 


MISS RECORDER SLADE QC

1. This is the preliminary hearing of an appeal by Lex-E-Mode Ltd against the decision of an Employment Tribunal sitting in Leicester. This matter was previously listed for a preliminary hearing and it came before the Employment Appeal Tribunal on 7 November 2000.
2. As today there was no appearance by or on behalf of Lex-E-Mode on 7 November. On that occasion an Order was made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that the matter would be adjourned generally, to a date to be fixed after 28 November, and that no further application for an adjournment would be entertained unless it was supported by independent evidence.
3. An Order was also made that the sum awarded by the Employment Tribunal to the Respondent to the appeal be paid to the solicitors for the Respondent on or before 5 December to be held pending the outcome of the appeal. The solicitors notified the Registrar to the Employment Appeal Tribunal by letter of 7 December that no such payment was, in fact, made. We do not know if a payment has been made since that date.
4. There has been no appearance today. It is now five to four, and no notification has been received at this Employment Appeal Tribunal from the Appellant.
5. In those circumstances, we propose to dispose of the appeal. We have considered the Notice of Appeal and attached documents with great care. We have also considered the decision of the Employment Tribunal and the application for review that was made to the Employment Tribunal, together with the Originating Application and Notice of Appearance. In our view the Notice of Appeal and documents attached thereto disclose no reasonably arguable points of law, and in those circumstances, we dismiss this appeal.