Tooting Medical Centre

Case Summary

This was a preliminary hearing to determine time limits for an age discrimination complaint and unfair dismissal claim following the claimant's dismissal on 6 October 2023. The claimant's ET1 was filed on 29 January 2024, 22 days after the deadline of 7 January 2024. The tribunal extended time for the discrimination complaint as it was just and equitable to do so, but dismissed the unfair dismissal complaint as it was reasonably practicable for the claimant to have presented it within the statutory time limit.

The age discrimination complaint was extended because the tribunal found it was just and equitable to do so, taking into account the claimant's reasonable reliance on her legal representative and her prompt responses to his communications. The unfair dismissal complaint was dismissed because it was reasonably practicable for the claimant to have presented it within the statutory time limit notwithstanding the failure of her representative to file it on time.

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• •Time limit for presenting age discrimination complaint under s123 Equality Act 2010
• •Whether it is just and equitable to extend time for discrimination claim
• •Time limit for presenting unfair dismissal complaint
• •Whether it was reasonably practicable for claimant to present unfair dismissal claim in time
• •Effect of reliance on legal representative's failure to file claim within deadline

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