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4 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£2,564.10 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy Pay

Employer: Humbledon and Plains Farm Workmen’s Club and Institute Ltd

The unfair dismissal claim was dismissed as out of time, but the statutory redundancy claim succeeded and the claimant was awarded £2,564.10.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether unfair dismissal claim was presented in time
  • whether it was reasonably practicable to present in time
  • entitlement to statutory redundancy payment.
2 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£15,444 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Agelec Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) and Electrogenius Ltd

The tribunal found that the first claimant's notice pay and redundancy claims were not well-founded, but upheld the first claimant's annual leave claim and the second claimant's notice pay and redundancy claims, awarding damages and a redundancy payment.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract for notice pay
  • entitlement to annual leave carry-over
  • and redundancy payments under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996.
10 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Other

Employer: Effective Security Services Ltd T/a Professional Security

The claimant won on unlawful deductions because rolled-up holiday pay was calculated on a below-minimum-wage basic rate, but lost all other claims because the cessation of shifts was due to an automatic right-to-work suspension, not a reaction to his complaints or disclosures.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages (rolled-up holiday pay on below-NMW basic rate)
  • automatic unfair dismissal for asserting NMW rights (s.104A) and for protected disclosure (s.103A)
  • detriment for protected disclosure (s.47B) and for asserting NMW rights (s.23 NMWA)
  • burden of proof
  • automatic suspension system for right-to-work documentation.
3 Aug 2026
Claimant won£35,128.70 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The claimant's claims for breach of contract, unfair dismissal, and unauthorised deductions were all upheld, with compensation awarded for each.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Breach of contract (failure to give notice)
  • unfair dismissal
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • ACAS Code uplift
  • recoupment provisions.
31 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination

Employer: HSBC UK Bank plc

The claimant succeeded on one discrimination claim (failure to provide a printer) but failed on other discrimination and victimisation claims, and other claims were struck out.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Discrimination
  • victimisation
  • jurisdiction under the Equality Act 2010.
31 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Costain Ltd

All claims were either dismissed as not well founded or withdrawn by the claimant.

Legal Issues (2)
  • The tribunal found the unfair dismissal and discrimination claims not well founded
  • the remaining claims were withdrawn. No written reasons were requested or provided.
24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: WORR Ltd

The claimant failed to prove any of his complaints (unfair dismissal, failure to make adjustments, discrimination arising from disability) were well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Burden of proof on the claimant
  • no evidence or submissions from either party to establish the claims
  • all complaints dismissed.
17 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: EFTEC Ltd

Claimant was not dismissed and age discrimination and harassment claims were not well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Jurisdiction for unfair dismissal (no dismissal)
  • direct age discrimination
  • harassment related to age.
10 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£3,527.01 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Notch Durham

The unfair dismissal claim was struck out for lack of qualifying service, but the wrongful dismissal, unauthorised deduction from wages (tips), and failure to provide written particulars claims all succeeded.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Section 108 Employment Rights Act 1996 (qualifying period for unfair dismissal)
  • wrongful dismissal damages
  • unauthorised deduction from wages under Part II ERA 1996
  • failure to provide written particulars under section 1 ERA 1996
  • and award under section 38 Employment Act 2002.
10 Jul 2026
Claimant won£230 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Security Defence Group Ltd

The claimant's complaint of unlawful deduction from wages was well founded and the respondent was ordered to pay £230.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unlawful deduction from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • default judgment due to respondent's non-participation.
9 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£18,293 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Harassment

Employer: Sureserve Compliance North Ltd

Ms Forster succeeded on her direct sex discrimination claim regarding suspension and failure to take her complaint seriously, but all other claims by both claimants were dismissed.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Direct sex discrimination (suspension and failure to take complaint seriously)
  • harassment related to sex
  • victimisation
  • unfair dismissal (redundancy)
  • whistleblowing detriment
  • time limits for discrimination claims and extension of time
  • assessment of injury to feelings and interest.
9 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Rosen (UK) Ltd

The claim was dismissed because it was not presented within the applicable time limit and it was reasonably practicable to do so.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limits for presenting a claim
  • whether it was reasonably practicable to present the claim in time
  • costs order for unreasonable conduct.
8 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£150 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: M Harding and Mick Harding Ltd

The claimant was an employee of the second respondent, so the claim against the first respondent was dismissed; the second respondent made an unauthorised deduction of £150, so that claim succeeded.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages
  • employment status (determination of employer).
6 Jul 2026
Claimant won£5,624.97 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: National Care Network Franchising Ltd

All complaints were well-founded and the respondent was ordered to pay the claimant for notice pay, holiday pay, redundancy payment, and unauthorised deductions.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract for notice pay and holiday pay
  • entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • unauthorised deductions from wages.
6 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust's policy requiring claimants to share a changing room with a biological male trans woman and its failure to address their concerns amounted to harassment and indirect sex discrimination, but other harassment allegations and victimisation claims were dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Harassment related to sex and/or gender reassignment (s.26 Equality Act 2010)
  • indirect sex discrimination (s.19)
  • and victimisation (s.27).
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