UNDT/2020/042

UNDT/2020/042, Acquatella Corrales

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

As of the date of this Judgment, the Applicant has failed to comply with the Tribunal’s orders. The Applicant did not submit an updated medical certificate explaining his failure to comply. The proceedings cannot continue when Counsel is not instructed by her client. The Applicant was no longer interested in the pursuit and outcome of the legal proceedings, which were therefore be deemed to have been abandoned, and the matter was therefore dismissed for want of prosecution.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

Separation from service on grounds of misconduct.

Legal Principle(s)

The right to institute and pursue legal proceedings is predicated upon the condition that the person exercising this right has a legitimate interest in initiating and maintaining legal action and that access to the Dispute Tribunal has to be denied to those who are no longer in need of judicial remedy, or no longer interested in the proceedings.

Outcome

Dismissed for want of prosecution/abandonment

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

Acquatella Corrales

Entity

ECLAC

Case Number(s)

UNDT/NY/2017/064

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

New York