Hi, I am wondering if anyone has experience of tribunals, specifically those where the respondent has replied with grounds of resistance.
DH submitted an ET1 which was accepted and a court hearing date provided for next year. The Respondent had until 15/12/2017 to submit their response, which they did via e-mail at 16:40pm 15/12/2017 (so within their deadline).
Their response and grounds of resistance along with covering letter were e-mailed to both the relevant tribunal office and DH. The email to DH requests that he supply within 14 days further and better particulars relating to two paragraphs in his grounds of complaint.
It also states that they are requesting a preliminary hearing to have the case struck out as they claim there is little prospect of success.
Should DH have received this direct communication detailing the response as the tribunal office told DH on the telephone they would advise of the response once received from the Respondent.
There are several elements within their grounds of resistance which are incorrect (dates and names of companies) and some of their submissions contradict the evidence DH has ( they state an independent person would have been brought in to deal with his appeal, however, letter states appeal was to be carried out by the MD).
One of the accusations made within the investigation was not upheld as a disciplinary issue and instead was escalated to the police, DH is yet to receive an update as they were making enquiries with the company in question. Their solicitor has stated in the response that the police are pressing criminal charges. The MD's son is an officer in the same station and we feel that this information may prove that he is accessing details of the investigation and feeding back to his father, is there any way of us raising this with the investigating officer?
Thank you in advance, DH will be raising these queries with his solicitor on Monday I just like to know what we are dealing with.