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10 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£2,287.54 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Leo Group Ltd

The claimant succeeded on all claims against the first respondent but claims against the second and third respondents were dismissed.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Default judgment under rule 22
  • claims for unauthorised deductions
  • holiday pay
  • written statement of particulars
  • and itemized pay statements.
7 Sept 2026
Claimant won£8,854.16 awarded

Breach of Contract

Employer: Net2Source Global Workforce Solutions Ltd

The respondent failed to present a valid response, and the claim for breach of contract (notice pay) was well-founded, resulting in a default judgment with an ACAS uplift.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract (notice pay)
  • default judgment under rule 22
  • ACAS code of practice uplift for unreasonable failure to comply.
4 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination

Employer: Lancashire County Council

The claimant succeeded on direct sex discrimination but the claim of direct race discrimination was dismissed.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Direct sex discrimination under section 13 Equality Act 2010
  • direct race discrimination under section 13 Equality Act 2010
  • comparator analysis
  • burden of proof (section 136 EqA)
  • whether treatment was because of sex where the young person's reaction was inseparable from the claimant's sex
  • material difference in circumstances between the claimant and a female comparator.
20 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

All claims were either withdrawn or dismissed on their merits; the sole well-founded s.15 claim was dismissed as out of time, so the claimant achieved no substantive success.

Legal Issues (10)
  • The key legal issues concerned the interpretation and application of sections 15
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 26
  • and 27 of the Equality Act 2010
  • including the burden of proof
  • causation
  • reasonable adjustments
  • and time limits.
20 Aug 2026
Claimant won£694.99 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: The Crafted Experience Ltd

The respondent made unauthorised deductions from the claimant's wages and failed to file a valid response, leading to a default judgment in the claimant's favour.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages
  • default judgment due to failure to respond.
20 Aug 2026
Claimant won£2,876.54 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: The Crafted Experience Ltd

The respondent failed to present a valid response, and the claim for unauthorised deductions from wages was found well-founded.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Default judgment under rule 22
  • unauthorised deductions from wages under Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
20 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Other

Employer: Jacolileo Ltd

The Tribunal dismissed the claim because the respondent company had been dissolved and there was no jurisdiction to proceed, and the director was not personally liable.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the Employment Tribunal can continue proceedings against a dissolved company
  • whether a director can be personally liable for the debts of a dissolved company in the absence of a personal employment relationship.
14 Aug 2026
Claimant won£2,554.15 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Arborforce Group Ltd

The claimant succeeded in their claim for unlawful deduction of wages, with the tribunal awarding the net amount owed after allowing the deduction for the unreturned equipment.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unlawful deduction of wages under Section 13 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • whether a deduction for failure to return equipment was lawful.
13 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination, Whistleblowing, Harassment and Other

Employer: Watson Ramsbottom Ltd

All claims were either struck out for non-compliance, withdrawn, or dismissed on the merits after a full hearing.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Strike out for non-compliance with tribunal directions
  • withdrawal of disability claims
  • equal pay material factor defence
  • indirect discrimination
  • proportionality and legitimate aim.
12 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Whistleblowing

Employer: The Floorbrite Group Ltd

Both claims were struck out because they had no reasonable prospect of success and were not being actively pursued by the claimant.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Strike out under Rule 38(1)(a) for no reasonable prospect of success
  • strike out under Rule 38(1)(d) for not being actively pursued.
7 Aug 2026
Claimant won£641.08 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Elite Bars & Pubs Ltd

The respondent failed to file a valid response, and the Legal Officer found the claims of unauthorised deductions and breach of contract (notice pay) to be well-founded.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Default judgment
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • breach of contract for notice pay
  • failure to file a response.
6 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Breach of Contract and Harassment

Employer: GLP Legal Management Ltd and Others

All claims brought by the claimant were dismissed, either on jurisdictional grounds (out of time) or on the merits.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Employment status under ERA and EqA
  • time limits for discrimination complaints
  • fairness of dismissal
  • direct age discrimination
  • harassment
  • victimisation
  • and breach of contract.
3 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Constructive Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: GXO Logistics UK Ltd

All claims dismissed: direct discrimination out of time and without merit, indirect discrimination justified, victimisation not established, and no repudiatory breach for constructive dismissal.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Time limits under s123 Equality Act 2010
  • direct and indirect discrimination
  • victimisation
  • constructive dismissal
  • mutual trust and confidence
  • affirmation.
31 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Zeno Ltd

All claims were dismissed after a full merits hearing as the claimant failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination or any unauthorised deduction.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Direct race discrimination (Equality Act 2010 s.13)
  • victimisation (s.27)
  • unauthorised deduction from wages (Employment Rights Act 1996 s.13).
30 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Manchester City Council

At the final liability hearing the tribunal found the claims not well founded and dismissed each discrimination claim, so the claimant lost overall, despite an earlier strike-out application being rejected.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the respondent directly discriminated against the claimant on grounds of age
  • race and disability under s13 Equality Act 2010
  • whether she was unfavourably treated because of something arising in consequence of disability under s15
  • whether an anonymised application process and the application of the Guaranteed Interview Scheme amounted to indirect discrimination under s19
  • and whether the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments under s20-21 Equality Act 2010. The earlier strike-out application also raised procedural issues about clarity of pleadings and compliance with case management orders.
29 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Peninsula Business Services Ltd

The claimant failed to establish that they were disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act at the relevant time, so the disability discrimination claim could not succeed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Preliminary issue of disability status under the Equality Act
  • definition of disability and relevant time
  • consequence of an adverse disability finding for a disability discrimination claim.
27 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

The tribunal dismissed all disability discrimination claims because the evidence did not establish that the claimant was placed at a substantial disadvantage by any PCP, nor that the treatment complained of was unfavourable because of something arising in consequence of her disability.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Disability discrimination: failure to make reasonable adjustments under s.20-21 EqA 2010 and discrimination arising from disability under s.15 EqA 2010. The tribunal considered whether the respondent applied a PCP causing substantial disadvantage and whether the treatment was 'something arising in consequence of disability' and if it was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
27 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£2,867.81 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: BDS Ltd

The claimant partially succeeded in claims for unauthorised deductions from wages and holiday pay, and fully succeeded in a claim for breach of duty to provide written particulars, while other deduction claims were dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages
  • holiday pay entitlement on termination
  • failure to provide written particulars of changes to employment.
24 Jul 2026
Claimant won£14,961.50 awarded

Discrimination, Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

Employer: Dukinfield Engineering Ltd

The claimant won on all remaining claims (wrongful dismissal, unlawful deductions, holiday pay, and redundancy) after the respondent failed to respond and the discrimination/whistleblowing claims were withdrawn.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Default judgment under Rule 22(2) where respondent failed to respond
  • wrongful dismissal (notice pay)
  • unlawful deduction from wages
  • accrued holiday pay on termination
  • statutory redundancy payment calculation.
24 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination and Other

Employer: Manchester Abattoir Ltd

The Tribunal upheld jurisdiction for the Equality Act claims but dismissed the non-Equality Act claims for lack of jurisdiction.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal to hear Equality Act 2010 claims versus non-Equality Act claims.
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