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12 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£18,428.50 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Mitie Care and Custody Ltd

The overall verdict is split because Mr Lehan's unfair dismissal claim was dismissed and his wrongful dismissal/holiday pay claims were withdrawn, while Mr Maynard's unfair dismissal claim succeeded.

Legal Issues (9)
  • Fairness of conduct dismissals under s98 ERA (genuine belief
  • reasonable investigation
  • band of reasonable responses)
  • whether private WhatsApp posts and earlier informal resolutions precluded subsequent discipline
  • alleged predetermination
  • human rights arguments under Articles 8/10
  • contributory fault
  • calculation of week's pay
  • additional award for failure to comply with a reinstatement order.
12 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£29,489.62 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Elite Hair Lounge Ltd

The claimant succeeded in her automatic unfair dismissal claim and in some, but not all, of her discrimination claims; some claims were withdrawn earlier.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Automatic unfair dismissal (s99 ERA) due to pregnancy
  • direct age discrimination (s13 EqA)
  • direct pregnancy and maternity discrimination (s18 EqA)
  • burden of proof and inferences from timing
  • injury to feelings awards.
12 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal

Employer: SE Trains Ltd

The claimant resigned voluntarily and was not dismissed by the respondent; the resignation was a consensual decision to avoid a potential capability dismissal.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether an employee's resignation was enforced (constructive dismissal) or voluntary. Application of Martin v Glynwed Distribution Ltd and Sandhu v Jan de Rijk Transport Ltd. Assessment of witness credibility and contemporaneous documentary evidence.
8 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Recycled Streetwear Ltd

All claims dismissed because the claimant failed to prove unlawful deductions (or claims were time-barred), the respondent provided itemised pay statements, and the holiday pay claim was unparticularised.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Time limits for unlawful deduction of wages claims
  • reasonable practicability for extension
  • burden of proof on hours worked
  • requirement for itemised pay statements
  • particularisation of holiday pay claims.
7 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing, Harassment and Other

Employer: Bupa Care Services Ltd

The claimant's claims under Working Time Regulations were struck out for no reasonable prospects, and his religion/belief discrimination and Health and Safety claims were withdrawn, while other claims remain pending.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Interim relief test (pretty good chance of success)
  • definition of protected disclosure
  • strike-out for no reasonable prospects
  • withdrawal of claims.
4 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Other

Employer: Brighton and Hove City Council

The interim relief application was presented out of time, and the claimant failed to show it was not reasonably practicable to present it earlier, so the rejection was confirmed.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the interim relief application was presented in time
  • application of s.128(2) ERA 1996
  • meaning of 'presented' (Hammond v Haigh Castle)
  • strict time limits and reasonable practicability (Fishley
  • Miller v Community Links).
3 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Harassment

Employer: South Bank Colleges

The claimant succeeded in victimisation, constructive unfair dismissal, holiday pay, notice pay, and SSP claims, but failed in disability discrimination and harassment claims.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Disability definition under s6 Equality Act 2010
  • victimisation
  • constructive dismissal
  • unfair dismissal
  • unlawful deductions from wages
  • holiday pay
  • notice pay.
3 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Kinoya Ltd

The claimant's complaints were dismissed because the employer had effectively provided payslips via a digital link (constructive giving) and the holiday pay was fully paid after termination, so no unlawful deduction remained.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Section 8 ERA (itemised pay statements) - meaning of 'given' (Leedham v Royal Mail)
  • Section 13 ERA (unauthorised deductions from wages)
  • application to amend (Selkent
  • Vaughan
  • Peace)
  • time limits
  • balance of hardship.
31 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: Splash Damage Ltd

The claims were struck out because the claimant's death made it impossible to have a fair hearing, as the respondent could not test the claimant's evidence on the central issue of disability.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether a fair hearing is possible when the claimant has died and cannot give evidence or be cross-examined on the central issue of disability
  • application of Rule 38(1)(e) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024.
31 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Harassment

Employer: Park Avenue Healthcare Ltd

The claim for failure to make reasonable adjustments succeeded, but all other claims (direct race and disability discrimination, harassment, holiday pay) were dismissed.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Reasonable adjustments for disability
  • time limits under section 123 Equality Act 2010
  • just and equitable extension
  • direct discrimination
  • harassment
  • holiday pay.
28 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Comave UK Ltd

The claim was dismissed under Rule 47 because the claimant indicated the matter had been resolved by payment and neither party attended the hearing.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Non-attendance of parties
  • dismissal under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2024
  • claim resolved by payment.
28 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Other

Employer: ISS Facility Services Ltd

The claim was struck out because it had no reasonable prospect of success and the claimant failed to comply with an Unless Order.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Strike out application under Rule 37(1)(a) (no reasonable prospects) and Rule 37(1)(c) (failure to comply with orders)
  • consequences of Unless Order non-compliance.
28 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: King’s College London and L Sanderson

The entire claim was struck out as vexatious and an abuse of process under Rule 38(1)(a), because the claimant repeatedly re-litigated matters already decided or which could have been raised in earlier proceedings.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Strike out for no reasonable prospects and as vexatious
  • abuse of process (Henderson v Henderson)
  • issue estoppel
  • proportionality of strike out
  • litigant in person conduct.
27 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: The Secretary of State for Justice

The claimant succeeded only on her harassment related to sex claim (a comment in February 2018), while all other claims were dismissed.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Harassment related to sex under the Equality Act 2010
  • ordinary unfair dismissal
  • direct sex discrimination
  • discrimination arising from disability
  • victimisation. The tribunal found only the harassment claim well-founded.
24 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Discrimination

Employer: WPP 2005 Ltd

Claimant failed to establish that he was a disabled person under section 6 of the Equality Act 2010, so all discrimination claims dependent on disability status were dismissed.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Whether claimant had a disability under s.6 Equality Act 2010
  • meaning of 'substantial adverse effect'
  • distinction between diagnosis and actual functional impact
  • burden of proof on claimant.
23 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

The claims of direct race discrimination and victimisation were not well-founded on the merits because the redundancy process was fair, the claimant was not treated less favourably because of her race, and the decision-makers were unaware of her protected act.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Direct race discrimination
  • victimisation
  • redundancy selection
  • burden of proof
  • credibility of witnesses.
22 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£60,670.83 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Mashtraxx Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation)

The claimant won on claims for wages, breach of contract (notice and expenses), redundancy, and holiday pay but lost on a separate claim for compensation for lost share options.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages (Employment Rights Act 1996 s.13)
  • breach of contract for notice pay and travel expenses
  • statutory redundancy payment
  • holiday pay accrual on termination
  • share options not compensable on redundancy absent contractual provision
  • default judgment under rule 21/22.
20 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Breach of Contract

Employer: Macmillan Cancer Support

The claimant's unfair dismissal claim was struck out for lack of service, and his claims of direct race discrimination, victimisation, and wrongful dismissal were dismissed on their merits.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Jurisdictional requirement of two years' service for unfair dismissal
  • elements of direct race discrimination and victimisation under the Equality Act 2010
  • wrongful dismissal for breach of contract.
18 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: Advanced New Technology Ltd

The claimant was not constructively dismissed because the employer's conduct did not amount to a fundamental breach of contract, and the claimant's resignation was not in response to any such breach.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Constructive dismissal – whether employer's conduct amounted to a fundamental breach of the implied term of trust and confidence
  • requirement for employee to resign in response to the breach
  • affirmation of contract.
17 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£4,124.18 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Harassment

Employer: Ocado Central Services Ltd

The claimant succeeded on the unfair dismissal claim but failed on all other claims, resulting in a split verdict.

Legal Issues (10)
  • Unfair dismissal reason and procedure
  • Polkey deduction
  • ACAS Code uplift
  • disability discrimination claims including direct
  • indirect
  • arising from disability
  • reasonable adjustments
  • harassment and victimisation
  • time limits
  • breach of contract for notice and holiday pay.
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