Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 60 (May)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Peter Clark, Mrs M Prosser and Miss C Holroyd

Representation Damian Brown (instructed by Freeth Cartwright, Nottingham) for the employer.
  Daniel Matovu (instructed by the Citizens Advice Bureau, Boston) for the employee.
Judgment Dates: 10 April 2002

Catchwords

Employment tribunal - Procedure - Complaint of unfair dismissal - Amendment to complaint - Employee wishing to amend originating application to add racial discrimination - Tribunal allowing amendment - Whether tribunal in error.

The Case

The question to be addressed by a tribunal hearing an application to amend an originating complaint was whether the facts supporting the new head of complaint sought to be added by way of amendment could be found in the originating application.

Practice Areas

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