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£79,663.58 combined

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26 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination

Employer: The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs

The Claimant succeeded in having the physical disability of ACL damage recorded by consent, but claims based on the alleged mental disability of stress/anxiety/depression were dismissed for lack of disability while claims based on physical impairments remain outstanding.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the Claimant was disabled within the meaning of section 6 Equality Act 2010 in respect of a mental impairment
  • and what consequences that finding had for the reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability claims.

Reference: 6022434/2025

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25 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd

Both claims were dismissed as the claimant failed to establish the alleged failures to pay notice pay and unlawful deductions from wages.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether the employer failed to pay notice pay and made unlawful deductions from wages
  • burden of proof on claimant
  • respondent's non-attendance did not automatically establish claim.

Reference: 6027290/2025

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11 Aug 2026
Claimant won£8,346.80 awarded

Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Global Caring Group Ltd

The respondent failed to pay the claimant for all hours worked, fuel allowance, and holiday pay, and did not provide a written statement of particulars, resulting in total compensation of £8,346.80.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unlawful deduction from wages (s.13 ERA 1996)
  • breach of contract (Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction Order 1994)
  • holiday pay (Working Time Regulations 1998)
  • failure to provide written statement of particulars (s.1 and s.38 ERA 1996).

Reference: 6038541/2025

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10 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Joseph Heler Ltd

The claimant failed to establish primary facts from which discrimination or victimisation could be inferred; the respondent provided credible non‑discriminatory reasons for the rejection, and key decision‑makers were unaware of the alleged protected act.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Direct discrimination (race
  • perceived disability)
  • victimisation
  • burden of proof
  • time limits
  • whether email constituted a protected act

Reference: 1307046/2024

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8 Aug 2026
Claimant won£22,969.78 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal

Employer: Barnshaw Section Benders Ltd

The respondent breached the implied term of trust and confidence by failing to pay proper bereavement leave and failing to deal with the grievance, leading to the claimant's constructive unfair dismissal.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of implied term of trust and confidence
  • constructive dismissal
  • failure to follow ACAS Code.

Reference: 6020872/2024

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6 Aug 2026
Claimant won£3,815.02 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Ovensupport Ltd

The claimant's complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages was well-founded because the respondent failed to pay wages owed for the period of employment.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Reference: 6036434/2025

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27 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The claim was struck out in its entirety because it was an abuse of process, seeking to relitigate matters already finally determined or which should have been raised in earlier proceedings.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Strike out for abuse of process
  • res judicata
  • issue estoppel
  • Henderson v Henderson
  • whether a discrimination claim can be struck out despite the usual caution
  • application to amend where underlying claim is barred.

Reference: 1308627/2023

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2 Jul 2026
Claimant won£43,319.81 awarded

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

Employer: DAPV Ltd

The claimant succeeded in all claims: unpaid wages, holiday pay, pension contributions, constructive unfair dismissal, and unlawful deduction of tax rebate, with total compensation of £43,319.81.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Constructive dismissal
  • fundamental breach of contract (express term to pay wages and implied term of trust and confidence)
  • affirmation of breach
  • unlawful deductions from wages
  • holiday pay
  • breach of contract for pension contributions
  • remedy for unfair dismissal (basic and compensatory award).

Reference: 1311862/2024

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