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Tribunal refuses wife s evidence
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AN unfair dismissal claim by a lorry driver was adjourned at the Manchester Industrial Tribunal because the man did not appear at the hearing. Instead he sent his wife to represent him but the Tribunal ruled that she could not give evidence as to what took place.
Mr Frank A. Grant, of Poynter Walk, Moorside, Oldham had applied for compensation for unfair dismissal by D. Mortimer's Transport (Failsworth) Ltd.
Mr D. A. Field, the company general manager, said that on May 2 Grant had finished at Winchester and had instructions to ring in but did not do so. Nothing was heard from him until 11 am the following day when he arrived at Failsworth with an empty trailer.
There was a loaded trailer at the group's Hemet Hempstead depot which was urgently required and he would have been told to collect it. Instead other arrangements had to be made at considerable cost.
Grant's log sheet showed he spent the night at Hamptonin-Arden and for this £4 subsistence was claimed. Because of the circumstances enquiries were made and it was found that he did not stay there.
After Mrs Grant had said her husband tried to phone but was unable to get through the Tribunal advised that she was not in a position •to give evidence as to what actually took place and it would be better to seek adjournment for her husband to attend.
Mr J. S. Lawton, for the company, indicated that an application for costs would be made at the continued heat He said Grant, who was working as an hgv drive: South Wales, had ample nc of the hearing and could I made arrangements to at in the same way as even else.