Labour Court says Gerald McGuinness’s equality appeal fails

The Labour Court said Gerald McGuinness’s appeal against Prepay Power under the Employment Equality Acts failed after he left before it opened and could not advance it. In a decision dated 6 December 2023, the Court affirmed the Adjudication Officer’s decision; the merits were not decided. Mr McGuinness had said he was withdrawing all his appeals that day, but the Court found his statement too general to treat this appeal as withdrawn. Both parties attended the hearing venue, but he had left before this appeal opened.