The respondents brought multiple requests for orders, including requests to dismiss the application for no reasonable prospect of success, no prima facie case, abuse of process, and delay.
The respondents also sought to remove the individual respondent, defer the application pending a Ministry of Labour investigation, and obtain early production of documents.
The Tribunal denied all of the respondents' requests, finding that the application disclosed a prima facie case of discrimination based on pregnancy and disability, the allegations were not clearly out of time, and the individual respondent's conduct was a central issue.
The request for early document production was denied as premature.