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9 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: AMC Installations Ltd

The tribunal found that the dismissal was for a fair reason (redundancy) and that the process, although short, was within the range of reasonable responses given the small size of the employer and the pool of one.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether dismissal was by reason of redundancy
  • whether the employer acted reasonably in the circumstances (s.98 ERA 1996)
  • adequacy of consultation and consideration of alternatives.
8 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Dorchester Heating Solutions Ltd

The claim was struck out because the claimant did not have at least two years' continuous service, which is a jurisdictional requirement for bringing an unfair dismissal claim.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear an unfair dismissal claim when the claimant has less than two years' continuous service under s.108 Employment Rights Act 1996.
8 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£7,337 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Other

Employer: E H E Alrefai

The first and second claimants won their wage and written statement claims, but the third claimant lost his wage claim and the first claimant's whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claims were withdrawn.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under Part II Employment Rights Act 1996
  • breach of duty to provide written statement of employment particulars under section 38 Employment Act 2002
  • withdrawal of claims
  • burden of proof on claimant to prove wage claim.
8 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£14,335.94 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Moneytrans UK Ltd and C.-H. Springuel

Claimant succeeded against first respondent for unpaid wages, redundancy, and holiday pay; claim against second respondent dismissed as not employer.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Default judgment under rule 22
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • statutory redundancy payment
  • holiday pay
  • jurisdiction over second respondent.
3 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: Mars Petcare UK

The claimant did not have the required two years' continuous service to bring an unfair dismissal claim, so the complaint was struck out and the entire claim dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Qualifying period of service for unfair dismissal claim
  • application to amend claim refused
  • strike out for lack of jurisdiction.
3 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£188.86 awarded

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Speak Like A Native Ltd and Monkfrith Primary School

The claimant won the unfair dismissal claim against the 1st respondent, but the same claim against the 2nd respondent was struck out, resulting in a split outcome.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Polkey reduction (100% chance of fair dismissal)
  • contributory fault reduction (75%)
  • ACAS uplift (25%)
  • strike out for no reasonable prospects.
2 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: BUPA Occupational Health Ltd

The claimant was not an employee, so unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; however, she was a worker, so the holiday pay claim will proceed.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Employment status – employee vs worker vs self-employed
  • mutuality of obligations
  • personal service
  • control
  • integration
  • dependency
  • use of intermediary company.
2 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Whistleblowing

Employer: British Airways plc

The claims of unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction from wages, and whistleblowing were dismissed for want of jurisdiction as they were presented out of time and the claimant failed to establish valid presentation or grounds for an extension.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Jurisdiction
  • time limits for presenting claims
  • validity of presentation by email and post
  • application of reasonably practicable and just and equitable tests for extension of time.
30 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: B&M Retail Ltd

The unfair dismissal claim was struck out because the claimant had less than two years' service and no exception applied; the remaining claim for breach of non-contractual procedures was struck out for having no reasonable prospect of success; wage claims were withdrawn.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Lack of two years' service for unfair dismissal
  • no reasonable prospect for non-contractual breach claim
  • withdrawal of wage claims.
29 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

Employer: Tesco Stores Ltd

The specific complaint alleging that 'lack of promotion' was race discrimination was struck out, while the other complaints were allowed to proceed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the complaint of race discrimination regarding lack of promotion should be struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success or being otherwise an abuse of process.
26 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Independiente Communications Ltd

The claim was struck out because the claimant's employment was based in Hungary with insufficient connections to Great Britain, so the tribunal had no territorial jurisdiction under the ERA.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Territorial jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • application of Lawson v Serco and Ravat v Halliburton
  • whether the claimant's employment had stronger connections with Great Britain than with Hungary.
26 Jun 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Hasbro European Services and D Farrow

The claim was dismissed because the claimant did not have the required two years of continuous service to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether the claimant had sufficient continuous service to bring an unfair dismissal claim
  • the tribunal found he did not have two years' service
  • therefore lacked jurisdiction.
25 Jun 2026
other

Discrimination, Whistleblowing, Breach of Contract and Harassment

Employer: Global Banking School Ltd and Global Edu Services Ltd

The claimant's claims are partially withdrawn and partially pending; no final liability determination has been made on the remaining discrimination claims.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Application to amend to include indirect race discrimination
  • withdrawal of claims
  • strike-out application
  • jurisdiction over whistleblowing claim
  • whether withdrawal was binding.
24 Jun 2026
Claimant won£26,176.17 awarded

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Samworth Brothers Ltd

The Employment Tribunal found the complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded, ruling that the claimant was unfairly dismissed by the respondent.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair Dismissal (Section 98 Employment Rights Act 1996). The judgment found the dismissal was unfair but does not specify the precise legal reason (e.g.
  • procedural unfairness
  • substantive reason not proven) in the provided text.
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