Stark Building Materials UK Ltd T/a Jewsons

Case Summary

The claimant sought reconsideration of a judgment that he was not disabled at the relevant time. The tribunal refused the application, finding no reasonable prospect of the original decision being varied or revoked.

There is no reasonable prospect of the original decision that the Claimant was not disabled at the relevant time being varied or revoked.

• •Whether the claimant was disabled at the relevant time

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr K Edwards Respondent: Stark Building Materials UK Ltd t/a Jewsons JUDGMENT The claimant’s application dated 2 December 2025 for reconsideration of the judgment sent to the parties on 27 November 2025 is refused. REASONS 1. There is no reasonable prospect of the original decision that the Claimant was not disabled at the relevant time being varied or revoked. The Judgment of 14 November 2025 is confirmed. The application 2. The Claimant applied for reconsideration of my Judgment of 14 November 2025 at a remote hearing that he was not disabled at the relevant time due to a mental impairment. The Judgment was promulgated on 27 November 2025. The Judgment meant that the claim of harassment relating to the Claimant’s disability was struck out on the basis that it had no reasonable prospect of success. At the same hearing, orders were also made to prepare the parties for a public preliminary hearing about the prospects of success for the victimisation claim. 3. The Claimant sought reconsideration on 2 December 2025 . He wrote again on 19 December 2025. The Claimant wrote further on 31 December 2025, requiring that I did not decide the reconsideration application. As the reconsideration can only be by the Judge who made the decision, this is not 2 possible. No Employment Judge can overrule another; that is the function of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the senior courts. 4. I considered it more efficient to allow the Respondent to comment first before deciding whether the application had any reasonable prospect of success. The Respondent sent in its submissions on 12 January 2026. The Claimant made further submissions on 14 January 2026. 5. No party sought a hearing of the reconsideration application. The Rules of Procedure 6. The relevant rules of the Employment Tribunal…