H Burns v Hopkinson and Sons Ltd

Case Number: 6016723/2024

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Hannah Burns Respondent: Hopkinson and Sons Ltd Heard at: Sheffield (by video link) On: 17 June 2025 Before: Employment Judge James Appearances For the claimant: Did not join the hearing and was not represented For the respondent: Ms B Hopkinson, Director

JUDGMENT (1) The name of the respondent is amended to Hopkinson and Sons Ltd. (2) The claimant’s claims are dismissed under rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, because the claimant failed to attend the hearing, without providing any explanation why she failed to do so. (3) Alternatively, the claims are dismissed under Rule 38, because they are not being actively pursued.

REASONS

1. On 14 April 2025, the private preliminary hearing which had been listed in relation to this claim for the purposes of case management, was converted to a public preliminary hearing to determine whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the claims, which have been brought outside the applicable time limit. This is because the claimant did not commence Acas Early Conciliation until just un...