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Striking out claims and
deposit orders
Laura Robinson
Introduction
• Employment Tribunals (Constitution and
Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004
• Regulation 3 – Overriding objective
Striking out claims
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Rule 18, schedule 1
Categories:
no reasonable prospect of success
scandalous, unreasonable or vexatious
not actively pursued
no longer possible to have a fair trial
Case Law – no reasonable prospect of
success
Anyanwu v South Bank Student Union
Eszias v North Glamorgan NHS Trust
Ministry of Defence v P and Q
Iteshi v London Borough of Hammersmith
and Fulham
• Community Law Clinic Solution Ltd v
Methuen
• Sood v Christ the King School
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Case Law – no reasonable prospect of
success
• Gayle v Sandwell and West Birmingham
Hospitals NHS Trust
• Irene R Williams v Real Care Agency Ltd
Case Law – scandalous or vexatious
conduct
• Blockbuster Entertainment v James
Case Law – no longer possible to have a
fair trial
• Obasa v Buckinghamshire County Council
Deposit Orders
• Rule 20, schedule 1
• Sharma v New College Nottingham