In their extended reasons for that decision, the Tribunal found that the Applicant had been continuously employed by the Company since January 1994. He was dismissed without warning or prior consultation by reason of redundancy on 1 May 1998. There was no evidence as to the basis on which he had been selected, nor was there evidence as to any steps taken by the Company to find alternative employment for him. The dismissal was unfair.
Compensation for unfair dismissal was then calculated in the total sum of £5,369.49. The Tribunal's decision having been sent out to the parties on 30 July, the Company made application for a review by letter dated 17 September 1998. That letter sets out the grounds for review available under rule 11(1) of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure, but gives no particulars of the factual basis on which the review was sought in this case.
By a decision dated 6 October 1998, the Chairman dismissed the review application. His reasons for so doing were:
Against that review decision the Company appealed by a Notice dated 8 October 1998. The grounds of appeal are formulated in this way:
In the absence of any argument enlarging on that cryptic statement, we are unable to see any basis in law for interfering with the review decision. The application for review was out of time; no grounds for enlarging time under rule 15 were advanced. Further, no factual basis for a review was stated in the application. In these circumstances we shall dismiss this appeal.