Case 1302714/2023 · Employment Tribunal

Mr L Haddow v The Famous Virgins & Castle Ltd — 2024

Case reference: 1302714/2023
Decision date: 14 March 2024
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Dean REPRESENTATION

Indexed: 22 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr L Haddow

Respondent

The Famous Virgins & Castle Ltd

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The respondent did not present a response and entered no appearance. Following a Rule 21 hearing before Employment Judge Dean on 11 March 2024, the tribunal entered judgment for Mr L Haddow and upheld claims for unauthorised deductions from wages, breach of contract in respect of notice pay, and holiday pay. The notice pay damages of £852.56 were calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood that the amount would be taxed as Post Employment Notice Pay.

On the disability complaints, the tribunal found that the claimant was a disabled person within section 6 Equality Act 2010 because of bilateral impingement of the hip. It upheld the complaint of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability and the complaint of failure to make reasonable adjustments. The monetary heads of loss for the disability complaints were set out together: £6,306.15 for loss of earnings to the assessment date, £5,000.00 for injury to feelings, and £532.60 interest on the injury to feelings award.

The tribunal also upheld the unfair dismissal complaint. It awarded a basic award of £852.56 and a compensatory award of £22,166.56, and recorded a 25% uplift of £5,754.78 for non-compliance with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 under s.207A of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The grand total ordered was £47,983.87.

Claims and outcomes

6 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unlawful deduction from wages	Unauthorised deduction from wages for the period 1 September 2021 to 5 December 2021; gross sum ordered.	Upheld	—	£4,814
Breach of contract	Notice pay damages; calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood of tax on Post Employment Notice Pay.	Upheld	—	£853
Holiday pay	Failure to pay accrued but untaken holiday on termination.	Upheld	—	£1,705
Disability discrimination	Complaint of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability; monetary heads of loss were awarded together with the other disability complaint and not apportioned between them.	Upheld	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	Complaint of failure to make reasonable adjustments for disability; monetary heads of loss were awarded together with the other disability complaint and not apportioned between them.	Upheld	Disability	—
Unfair dismissal	Basic award of £852.56 and compensatory award of £22,166.56, plus a 25% uplift for ACAS Code non-compliance quantified at £5,754.78.	Upheld	—	£28,774

Remedy

Monetary award

Total award: £47,984; across all upheld claims
Basic award: £853; statutory, unfair dismissal
Compensatory award: £22,167; compensatory remedy recorded

Legal tests applied

5 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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