Ministry of Justice

Judgment approved by the court Jones v MoJ © EAT 2026 Page 1 [2025] EAT 205 Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EAT 205 Case Nos: EA-2020-000117-AT EA-2020-000683-AT EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL Date: 22 December 2025 Before: HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: MS R JONES Appellant -and- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Appellant was not present nor represented Mr Tom Kirk (instructed on behalf of Government Legal Department) for the Respondent APPOINTMENT FOR DIRECTIONS Hearing date: 22 December 2025 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the court Jones v MoJ © EAT 2026 Page 2 [2025] EAT 205 Practice and Procedure HIS HONOUR JUDGE JAMES TAYLER: 1. These appeals have a very lengthy and truly extraordinary history. The appeals are now 5½ years old. There are two appeals from orders of the Registrar refusing extensions of time to appeal from case management decisions of the Employment Tribunal made on 17 December 2019 and 24 February 2020. 2. In appeal EA-2020-000117-AT, the appeal was submitted one day out of time. Appeal EA- 2020-000683-AT was submitted 43 days out of time. 3. The respondent did not initially object to an extension of time being granted, nonetheless it was a matter for the EAT to determine whether the extension should be granted. The Registrar concluded that extensions of time were inappropriate. 4. The orders of the Registrar were sealed on 23 December 2021. The claimant made applications to appeal from the Registrar’s orders and a hearing was provisionally listed to be heard on 18 November 2022. That hearing was postponed because the claimant contended that she was not sufficiently well to attend. It was re-listed to be heard on 18 J…