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£124,640.27 combined

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28 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£8,484.54 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: DHL eCommerce Ltd

Claimant succeeded in unfair dismissal and reasonable adjustments claims but failed in direct discrimination claim.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Reasonableness of redundancy procedure
  • duty to make reasonable adjustments for disability
  • direct discrimination comparators
  • Polkey reduction
  • mitigation of loss.
27 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£27,406.31 awarded

Discrimination, Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Lancaster’s Bakery Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation)

The claimant succeeded on claims for redundancy pay, notice pay, holiday pay, and written reasons, but her disability discrimination claim was dismissed on withdrawal.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Redundancy pay
  • statutory notice pay
  • holiday pay
  • failure to provide written reasons under s92 ERA
  • disability discrimination (withdrawn).
24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Generator Power Ltd

Claimant's claims dismissed because the respondent lawfully recovered overpayment for days the claimant worked elsewhere without consent.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deduction from wages
  • overpayment recovery under s.14 ERA
  • implied duty of good faith
  • readiness and willingness to work.
24 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: D S Emotion Ltd

The claims were struck out because they were presented outside the time limit and the claimant failed to establish disability under the Equality Act 2010.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Time limit under Section 123(1) EqA
  • just and equitable extension
  • definition of disability under Section 6 EqA
  • failure to comply with case management orders
23 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: St John the Evangelist Primary School Bradford

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the hearing and had not complied with Tribunal orders or communicated with the Tribunal.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Rule 47 dismissal for non-attendance
  • Rule 38 strike out for no reasonable prospects
  • unreasonable conduct
  • non-compliance
  • failure to pursue claim
  • and no fair hearing possible.
20 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Copper Cow Ltd

The claimant's claims were dismissed because the unfair dismissal claim was withdrawn (no termination) and the remaining claims were presented out of time and it was not just and equitable to extend time.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Jurisdiction for out-of-time claims under section 123(1)(a) Equality Act 2010
  • withdrawal of unfair dismissal claim
  • no termination of employment.
17 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unpaid Wages

Employer: S&S Consulting Services

The claim was dismissed because the respondent was not the claimant's employer, so the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear the claim.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Determination of the true employer
  • jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal
  • whether a payroll company can be the employer for the purpose of a wages claim.
13 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: EA Pharma3 Ltd

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the hearing without providing any reason.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Rules – dismissal of claim due to non-attendance of a party.
10 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: Young Foundations Ltd

Both claims were struck out because the tribunal lacked jurisdiction (one due to failure to extend time, the other due to no jurisdiction).

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limits for bringing a discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010
  • tribunal jurisdiction
  • strike out due to lack of jurisdiction.
9 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Alverthorpe St Paul’s CE (VA) School

The claimant's unfair dismissal claim succeeded, but the award was reduced for contributory fault and the Polkey chance of fair dismissal, and the parties agreed on remedy without specifying a sum in the judgment.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Polkey reduction
  • contributory fault
  • refusal of amendment to add breach of contract claim.
6 Jul 2026
Claimant won£1,143.12 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Serene Residential Care Ltd (In creditors' voluntary liquidation)

The respondent failed to pay the claimant the sums due for notice pay and holiday pay, so the claims were well founded and succeeded.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Entitlement to notice pay under employment contract and statutory holiday pay on termination
  • calculation of damages with gross pay for notice to account for tax liability.
3 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: The Secretary of State for Justice

The claimant succeeded on claims of failure to make reasonable adjustments (not allowing him to continue without attending violent incidents), discrimination arising from disability, and unfair dismissal, but lost on other reasonable adjustment claims.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Time limits under s.123 Equality Act 2010
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments
  • discrimination arising from disability
  • unfair dismissal for capability
  • reasonableness of dismissal and consideration of alternatives.
25 Jun 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Breach of Contract

Employer: LCUK Bradford Ltd

The employer's claim for breach of contract was dismissed because the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear it.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear an employer's breach of contract claim against an employee.
24 Jun 2026
Mixed outcome£10,011.65 awarded

Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Huntsman Pest Control Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation)

The respondent failed to file a response, so the tribunal found most of the claimant's complaints well-founded, but the claim for unauthorised bonus deductions was dismissed and the energy bill claim was withdrawn.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Default judgment under Rule 22
  • unauthorised deductions from wages under Part II ERA 1996
  • breach of contract
  • holiday pay under Working Time Regulations 1998
  • failure to provide itemised pay statements under section 8 ERA 1996.
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