Labour Court allows Terrie Clarke’s employment appeal to proceed after one-day delay

The Labour Court allowed Terrie Clarke’s employment equality appeal to proceed after finding exceptional circumstances explained its one-day delay. The Court received the notice on 1 February 2016, a day after the calculated deadline. Kylemore Services Group/Home Fare Services Limited argued that Clarke’s representative could have tracked the post or used another method to meet the deadline. The Court found the representative’s steps inadequate but exceptional, and accepted that Clarke was not responsible for the delay. The determination was signed on 16 May 2016; the underlying complaint’s merits were not decided.