Rohan Designs Ltd

Judgment approved by the court Orban v Rohan Designs Ltd © EAT 2024 Page 1 [2024] EAT 187 Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EAT 187 Case Nos: EA-2024-001226-AT EA-2024-001414-AT EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 7 November 2024 Before : JUDGE SUSAN WALKER KC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between : MS N ORBAN Appellant - and - ROHAN DESIGNS LTD Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MR SIMON PLATTS for the Appellant MS LAURA KEARSLEY, Counsel (instructed by Nelsons Solicitors) for the Respondent Hearing date: 7 November 2024 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the court Orban v Rohan Designs Ltd © EAT 2024 Page 2 [2024] EAT 187 SUMMARY PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE In the first decision appealed against, the Employment Judge directed that the relevant Presidential Guidance should be complied with for a witness wishing to give evidence from abroad. He has since confirmed that there was no objection to a witness giving evidence from Canada, and therefore he has implicitly agreed to a hybrid hearing. There was no error of law in the original decision. This was a matter of case management within the normal discretion of an employment judge. In any event, the appeal is now unnecessary as the Judge has confirmed that the witness can give evidence from Canada. In the second appeal, the Employment Judge rejected an application for disclosure of documents on the ground that they were not relevant. However, the documents are prima facie relevant to the claims before the employment tribunal and the decision does not explain why the Judge considered that they were not relevant. Judgment approved by the court Orban v Rohan Designs Ltd © EAT 2024 Page 3 [2024] EAT 187 JUDGE …