Miss R M Veszeli v Travelodge Hotels Ltd: 3202358/2023

Employment Tribunal decision.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
• Published: 10 July 2024
• Last updated: 16 September 2024
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  1. 16 September 2024

     Case No: 3202358/2023 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss R M Veszeli Respondent: Travelodge Hotels Ltd JUDGMENT The claimant’s application dated 9 July 2024 for reconsideration of the judgment sent to the parties on DATE is refused. REASONS There is no reasonable prospect of the original decision being varied or revoked, because 1. The application does not provide any new evidence in relation to the sole issue which was determined at the hearing, namely whether it was reasonably practicable for Miss Veszeli’s claim to be presented within the statutory limitation period and, if not, whether it was presented within such further time as was reasonable. 2. If there have been further alleged acts against other Claimants who remain in the employment of the Respondent, those matters can be pursued in respect of the ongoing claims brought by those Claimants. These do not have any bearing on the outcome of the hearing on 21 June 2024. 3. The judgment does not prevent the Claimant from pursuing any rights she may have in respect of personal injury by way of civil proceedings, if so advised. 4. The application is seeking to go behind the decisions taken on 21 June 2024 and at the previous preliminary hearing on 20 May 2024, and many of the points raised in the documents provided by the Claimant have already been considered at one or both of those hearings, in so far as they were relevant. 5. Issues between the parties in relation to the exchange of documents in July 2024 can only relate to the separate ongoing proceedings brought by the Claimant’s two former colleagues, as the Claimant’s claims have been dismissed. They have no bearing on the outcome of the hearing on 21 June 2024 in relation to this claim. 6. The Claimant did not raise any issue at the hearing in relation to the 53 page bundle provided for the hearing. In any event, most of the documents were either Tribunal correspondence or sick notes, which would have been familiar to the Claimant. Case No: 3202358/2023 7. The Claimant’s representative confirmed at the outset of the hearing that she was well aware of the issue which was to be determined at the hearing on 21 June 2024. She agreed to the procedure adopted, which was for the Claimant to provide oral evidence at the hearing (through an interpreter), having failed to provide a witness statement as ordered on 20 May 2024. 8. The Claimant’s claim was dismissed for reasons given to the parties orally at the hearing. It was not because “her testimony against Walthamstow Travelodge contains damning evidence”, but was because her claim was not presented within the statutory time limits despite it being reasonably practicable for it to have been so presented. Employment Judge Suzanne Palmer 27 August 2024

  2. 10 July 2024

     First published.

• Country: England and Wales
• Jurisdiction code: Health & Safety and Unfair Dismissal
• Decision date: 21 June 2024

Read the full decision in Miss R M Veszeli v Travelodge Hotels Ltd: 3202358/2023 - Dismissal.

Read the full decision in Miss R M Veszeli v Travelodge Hotels Ltd: 3202358/2023 - Reconsideration.