Mr Francis Mortin, counsel v Mr David Mayor, former director — 2021

The tribunal, sitting before Employment Judge T Coghlin QC on 2 and 3 August 2021, recorded that the claimant's unfair dismissal complaint succeeded. The award for that claim was £10,570.45, made up of £300 for loss of statutory rights and £10,270.45 for loss of earnings for the period from 3 April 2020 to 31 December 2020 inclusive, with mitigation taken into account. The tribunal also stated, for the purposes of Regulation 4(8) of the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996, that the claimant had neither received nor claimed the specified benefits for the relevant period.

By consent, the wrongful dismissal claim succeeded, but no separate award was made because that would have duplicated the compensatory award for unfair dismissal; the amount otherwise payable was stated to be £2,340 gross. By consent, the tribunal also held that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment of £2,362.50 and that the claim for unauthorised deductions from wages in respect of the week commencing 23 March 2020 succeeded, with £637.50 gross ordered to be paid.

The tribunal further declared that the respondent had failed to provide itemised pay statements as required by section 8 Employment Rights Act 1996 from 12 May 2019 until the claimant's employment ended on 2 April 2020. It also found a failure to provide written particulars of employment under section 1 Employment Rights Act 1996 and made an award of £1,050 under section 38 Employment Act 2002, representing two weeks' pay at the capped weekly rate of £525.