John Lewis Partnership plc

Case Summary

The claimant brought claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination on grounds of sex and disability following her redundancy from John Lewis in April 2025. She applied to strike out the respondent's response, arguing it failed to address 27 particulars from her claim. The tribunal refused the application, finding the response adequately set out the company's position and that not every factual point requires addressing in a response.

The alleged defects in the response do not bear scrutiny. Many of the complaints relate to requests for evidence or to the head office transformation which occurred four years before the redundancy and has no obvious relevance. The opening paragraph of the response makes clear that unless otherwise stated, allegations are denied, so there is no basis to infer an inherent defect in the response or to conclude it amounts to an abuse of process.

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• •Whether the respondent's response should be struck out for failure to address particulars of claim
• •Whether the colleague on maternity leave had statutory right to suitable alternative vacancy in preference to claimant
• •Redundancy selection process and consideration of counter-proposals

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