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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> Goddard v Specialised Vehicle Options Ltd & Anor [1996] UKEAT 780_95_3101 (31 January 1996) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/1996/780_95_3101.html Cite as: [1996] UKEAT 780_95_3101 |
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At the Tribunal
HIS HONOUR JUDGE C SMITH QC
MISS A MACKIE OBE
MR D J JENKINS MBE
2) HEALTHMATIC LTD
JUDGMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
Revised
APPEARANCES
JUDGE SMITH QC: In this application for leave to proceed to a full hearing of the appeal of Miss Goddard, we have just been handed by the Associate a letter from the Applicant's solicitors, Messrs Vaughan Fullager in Swindon, renewing an application for adjournment which was made yesterday, in which the Registrar considered and no doubt because it was so late very properly refused an adjournment at that stage, especially as the matter was coming into the list before the Employment Appeal Tribunal the very next day. Now we have received this fax letter by way of a further application for an adjournment. We have had to look at that.
The grounds for the adjournment are that there has been an application for Legal Aid which has been turned down. We know not why. As a result the solicitors are asking for time to obtain positive instructions one way or the other from Miss Goddard, as to whether she wishes to pursue this appeal. It is a matter of discretion as to whether we should allow an appeal. We do not consider on the face of it that there are any merits in the substantive application. However, in the circumstances here, we consider that we should accede to a short adjournment in order that the solicitors can obtain instructions. For that reason the matter will have to be stood-out of today's list to be re-listed as soon as possible, subject to the convenience of the Listing Office.
