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4 Oct 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: The Trampery (Peckham) Ltd and The Trampery Foundation Ltd

The tribunal dismissed both the unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims, finding that the claimant was fairly dismissed for gross misconduct and that the dismissal was justified without notice.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Application of the Burchell test for unfair dismissal
  • including whether the employer held a genuine belief in misconduct based on reasonable grounds after a reasonable investigation. Consideration of the Solectron principle regarding implied terms of custom and practice (whether the claimant's previous working arrangements with PLL could be implied into his contract). Assessment of the fairness of the appeal process under Taylor v OCS Group Ltd. Law on wrongful dismissal and repudiatory breach of contract

Reference: 6007747/2025

2 Oct 2026
Mixed outcome£12,579.72 awarded

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Harassment

Employer: Brighton & Hove Pub Company Ltd

The claimant succeeded on three harassment claims but lost on direct discrimination, unlawful deduction from wages, and notice pay claims.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Harassment under section 26 Equality Act 2010
  • application of section 212 Equality Act 2010 barring direct discrimination claims for the same acts
  • unlawful deduction from wages
  • notice pay

Reference: 2304070/2023

2 Oct 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: Abbey Uplands Care Home

Both complaints of unfair dismissal and breach of contract were dismissed after a full hearing.

Legal Issues (1)
  • The judgment does not specify the legal issues. The claims were dismissed on the merits

Reference: 6015364/2026

30 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£11,739.26 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: AGO – UK1 Management 1 Ltd (in voluntary liquidation)

The claimant succeeded on a wages claim but all other claims were struck out for lack of prosecution.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unlawful deduction from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • strike-out under Rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for failure to actively pursue a claim

Reference: 2306123/2024

30 Sept 2026
Claimant won£25,926.98 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Beezees Creation Ltd and Ms T A Mebitaghan

The tribunal found the complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages well-founded and ordered the respondent to pay the deducted sum.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages contrary to the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 6023961/2025

30 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

Employer: Cell Therapy Catapult Ltd

Mixed outcome: the unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims were dismissed, but the wrongful dismissal claim succeeded on liability; remedy is pending.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Key legal issues included the correct application of s.10 and s.12 ERA 1999 (right to be accompanied and automatic unfair dismissal)
  • s.43B and s.47B ERA 1996 (protected disclosures and detriment)
  • the test for repudiatory breach of contract (gross misconduct) for wrongful dismissal

Reference: 2306767/2023

29 Sept 2026
Claimant won

Unpaid Wages

Employer: London Borough of Southwark

The claimant's complaint of unlawful deductions from wages was well-founded, but the respondent had already paid the amount, so no further award was made.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages under Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 6019362/2026

29 Sept 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Irving Stores Ltd

The tribunal dismissed both claims due to lack of jurisdiction: the breach of contract claim did not arise on termination because the claimants' employment transferred under TUPE, and both claims were presented out of time with no reasonable excuse for the delay.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Jurisdiction: whether breach of contract claim arises on termination (TUPE transfer means no termination)
  • time limits for unlawful deduction of wages and breach of contract
  • whether it was not reasonably practicable to present claims in time
  • whether further delay was reasonable

Reference: 2300585/2026

28 Sept 2026
Claimant won£13,926.34 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: STM Group plc

The claimant's claims were upheld and the respondent was ordered to pay £13,926.34 in notice pay, holiday pay, and unauthorised deductions.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Breach of contract (wrongful dismissal)
  • entitlement to notice pay
  • holiday pay
  • unauthorised deductions from wages

Reference: 6006741/2026

28 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£6,761.77 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Schab Ltd

The claimant succeeded on most wage deduction claims and travel expenses, but the unfair dismissal was struck out and the payslip claim was dismissed, resulting in a split outcome.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Burden of proof under section 13 ERA 1996 for unauthorised deductions
  • implied term for reimbursement of travel expenses
  • oral variation of training repayment clause
  • jurisdiction over non-contractual certificate claim
  • adequacy of itemised payslips

Reference: 6047824/2025

28 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Whistleblowing

Employer: Tom Brown Wholesale Florist Ltd

The entire claim was dismissed under Rule 47 due to the claimant's failure to attend the interim relief hearing without explanation.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Dismissal under Rule 47 for failure to attend a hearing
  • consideration of claimant's absence
  • lack of explanation
  • tribunal resources
  • potential inability to give evidence from India

Reference: 6028207/2025

24 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome

Constructive Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Sysco GB Ltd

The disability discrimination claim was dismissed as out of time, while the constructive unfair dismissal claim remains ongoing.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Time limit for presenting a disability discrimination claim
  • whether it is just and equitable to extend time

Reference: 6025978/2025

23 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: Optima Care Ltd

All claims of direct race discrimination were dismissed on their merits.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Direct race discrimination under the Equality Act 2010

Reference: 6007674/2024

22 Sept 2026
Claim withdrawn

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Department of Work and Pensions

All claims were withdrawn by the claimant and dismissed by the Tribunal.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Disability discrimination
  • harassment
  • reasonable adjustments
  • withdrawal of claims

Reference: 6020902/2024

22 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Yell Sales Ltd

The claim was struck out because the claimant failed to attend the preliminary hearing without providing medical evidence or a good reason, leading to dismissal under Rule 47.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 – dismissal for failure to attend a hearing without good reason. The tribunal considered the claimant's non-attendance
  • lack of medical evidence
  • the respondent's application

Reference: 6022083/2025

22 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Breach of Contract

Employer: Dunhill Financial Ltd

The respondent did not act in breach of contract regarding expenses, so the claim was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the respondent breached the claimant's contract of employment in respect of expenses claimed. The tribunal found no breach and dismissed the claim

Reference: 6009947/2026

22 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Time 4 U Ltd

The unfair dismissal claim was withdrawn, and all other claims were struck out, so the claimant did not succeed on any claim.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Strike-out under Employment Tribunal Rule 38(1)(a) for no reasonable prospect of success
  • withdrawal of claim

Reference: 6025143/2025

22 Sept 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Domex Ltd

The entire claim was dismissed because it was presented out of time, and alternatively because the claimant lacked the requisite two years' service to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Time limits for presenting claims (s.111 Employment Rights Act 1996 and s.23/24 Employment Tribunals Act 1996)
  • reasonable practicability
  • two-year qualifying service requirement for unfair dismissal
  • jurisdiction to hear claims out of time

Reference: 6026070/2025

21 Sept 2026
Claimant won£24,068.98 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Media Stream AI Ltd

The tribunal found both claims well-founded and awarded the claimant £24,068.98 in total.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • entitlement to accrued holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998

Reference: 6006748/2026

21 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Ringway Hounslow Highway Ltd

All claims were unsuccessful: age discrimination and harassment claims struck out as having no reasonable prospect of success, and the victimisation claim was dismissed on the merits.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Strike out test under Rule 37 (no reasonable prospect of success)
  • res judicata and Henderson v Henderson abuse of process
  • definition of protected act under s27 Equality Act 2010
  • requirement for a nexus between treatment and protected characteristic
  • detriment analysis
  • reverse burden of proof

Reference: 6006553/2025

21 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£14,621.81 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Cleanco Cleaning Services Ltd

The claimant succeeded in part: holiday pay, employer pension contributions and failure to provide written statement claims were upheld, but the claim for unpaid overtime was dismissed.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Working Time Regulations 1998 (regulation 14(2) and 16(1))
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • employer pension contributions
  • section 38 Employment Act 2002 (failure to provide written statement of employment particulars)

Reference: 6036295/2025

19 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Other

Employer: West Thames College

The Tribunal finally struck out the wages and Agency Workers Regulations claims and refused the whistleblowing amendment, while the direct discrimination claim remains outstanding, producing a partial final outcome.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Amendment to add a section 48(1A) protected-disclosure detriment claim
  • amendment of direct discrimination particulars under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010
  • strike-out under rule 38(1)(a) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for no reasonable prospect of success
  • unauthorised deductions from wages under section 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • Agency Workers Regulations 2010 regulations 13 and 17

Reference: 6019268/2025

19 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: London Borough of Southwark

All claims were either withdrawn or dismissed; the claimant did not succeed on any substantive claim.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Direct discrimination because of marriage (Equality Act 2010 s.13)
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments (s.20-21)
  • burden of proof
  • substantial disadvantage
  • reasonable steps

Reference: 2302098/2024

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