In person For the v Mr I N Aimufua, Litigation Consultant — 2025

Employment Judge Dimbylow heard the case remotely in Birmingham on 21 and 22 July 2025. The claimant, Mr CS Gandhok, appeared in person and the respondent was represented by Mr I N Aimufua, Litigation Consultant.

The tribunal upheld the claimant’s unfair dismissal claim and declared that he had been unfairly dismissed by Mann Freightways Ltd. It awarded a basic award of £2,022.00, calculated as £674.00 x 1.5 x 2, and a compensatory award of £1,708.68, made up of £1,208.68 for 11 days’ loss of earnings and £500.00 for loss of statutory employment rights. The tribunal recorded that recoupment of benefits did not apply because the claimant had not received state benefits.

The breach of contract claim, based on failure to give notice or payment in lieu of notice, also succeeded. However, the tribunal made no separate damages award because it would have duplicated the compensation already awarded for unfair dismissal. The unlawful deduction from wages claim was upheld and the respondent was ordered to pay £674.00 gross.

The holiday pay claim was dismissed as not well-founded. The tribunal stated that the total payable by the respondent to the claimant was £4,404.68. The written judgment also notes that the basic award figure in the written judgment is the correct figure, correcting a difference from the oral judgment.