Leonard Buca Ltd

Case Summary

The claimant's claims were dismissed under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 following his non-attendance at the hearing on 22 July 2025. The claimant had failed to respond to tribunal requests for evidence, had not provided a schedule of loss despite case management orders, and did not respond to the tribunal's attempts to contact him on the day of the hearing.

The tribunal exercised its discretion to dismiss the claims because the claimant failed to attend the hearing on 22 July 2025, did not respond to tribunal attempts to contact him, had previously failed to comply with case management orders requiring submission of a schedule of loss and supporting documents, and has made no contact with the tribunal or parties since to explain his absence or indicate he is pursuing his claim.

• •Non-attendance at tribunal hearing
• •Failure to comply with case management orders
• •Failure to provide schedule of loss and supporting documents

v3 10.2.25 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr S King Respondent: Leonard Buca Ltd RULE 47 JUDGMENT 1. The judgment of the Tribunal is as follows: 1.1 All claims are dismissed under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. REASONS 1. The hearing on 22 July 2025 was listed to consider the following issues, in summary: a. To clarify the claims; b. Further case management if appropriate. 2. In a letter dated 19 March 2025, the Tribunal requested the claimant to submit evidence of his financial losses, payslip and contract of employment. The claimant appears to have failed to respond to this letter. 3. The claimant attended the hearing listed for 7 April 2025 (the respondent failed to attend). The claimant was required to send a schedule of loss by 28 April 2025; the parties were required to agree a bundle and to exchange statements. None of these steps were taken. 4. The parties were told by letter on 21 July that due to a lack of judicial resources the hearing on 22 July 2025 had not yet been allocated to a judge. The parties were told to expect contact from the tribunal by midday on 22 July 2025. v3 10.2.25 2 5. A judge did become available, and the parties were contacted on two occasions by the Tribunal clerk on 22 July 2025 to inform them that the hearing would proceed at the listed time – 2.00pm. 6. The claimant did not respond to the Tribunal’s calls and message left on his mobile phone. 7. We also checked the Tribunal inboxes to ensure the claimant had not emailed reasons for his absence. 8. Since then, there has been no correspondence from the claimant to say he is pursuing his claim. The Law 9. The Employment Tribunals Procedure Rules 2024 – Rule 47: Non-attendance If a party fails to attend or be represented at a hearing, the Tribunal ma…