Ms S Lopez-Perez v Scottish Ministers

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 8000299/2023 Judgment made in chambers in the Dundee Tribunal on 12 March 2024 10 Employment Judge A Kemp Ms S Lopez-Perez Claimant No appearance 15 The Scottish Ministers Respondent Represented by: Mr B Nichol Solicitor 20

JUDGMENT The Tribunal strikes out the claim under Rule 37, and separately dismisses it under Rule 47, of the Rules of Procedure in Schedule I to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013. 25

REASONS Introduction

1. A Preliminary Hearing was held on 21 February 2024 to consider an application made by the claimant to amend her claim to add a claim under 30 section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 when she had, by the email doing so dated 8 January 2024, withdrawn the two claims that were before the Tribunal under section 13 of the Act on the protected characteristics of sex and disability.

2. The claimant did not attend the hearing. The Note issued after that hearing 35 gave the claimant an opportunity to explain her non-attendance and make