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UNDT/2019/140

UNDT/2019/140, Gouin

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

No submission or further correspondence was received by the Registry from the Applicant. The Tribunal, therefore, can only conclude that the Applicant was no longer interested in the pursuit and outcome of these legal proceedings, which was therefore deemed to have been abandoned, and this matter therefore stood to be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The decision to deny the Applicant’s participation in a substantive test or competencybased interview in relation to nine job openings.

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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Gouin
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