Appeal No.	 EAT/581/99

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL
58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS

	At the Tribunal
	On 9 July 1999

Before
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE CHARLES
MRS T A MARSLAND
MR T C THOMAS CBE

JOHN LEWIS PLC	APPELLANTS

MRS T L COYNE	RESPONDENT

Transcript of Proceedings

JUDGMENT

PRELIMINARY HEARING

	APPEARANCES

For the Appellants	MR DAVID WICKS
(of Counsel)
Instructed by:
Mr A Lester
Director of Legal Services
John Lewis Plc
171 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5NN	

	MR JUSTICE CHARLES:	This is an appeal which comes before us today by way of preliminary hearing.  The parties are John Lewis Plc and a Mrs Coyne.  

1	John Lewis appeal against a decision of the Employment Tribunal which was sent to the parties on 15 March 1999.  Their function today is to show us that they have a reasonably arguable point of law.  

2	We accept that they have reasonably arguable points of law.  The less we say about the case, at this stage, the better.

3	Having reached that conclusion we direct that this appeal will proceed to a full hearing on the grounds set out in the Notice of Appeal.  We think it should be Category B and we will give it a time estimate of a day.