Miss Helena Ifeka, counsel, instructed by Keystone Law For the v Mr David Laskow-Pooley (a director of the Respondent company) Page 2 of 20 — 2023

The tribunal found that the claimant moved from an informal business relationship with the respondent into a consultancy agreement in January 2018 and then into a written contract of employment with effect from 1 April 2020. It accepted that the claimant's salary increased when the first LRE system sale occurred in June 2020, and found that the increased pay was not paid. The tribunal also found that salary stopped altogether from August 2021 onwards. The respondent's case that there was an overarching business partnership under which payment could be deferred until the company could afford to pay was rejected. The tribunal held that the employment contract was binding, had been reviewed by the respondent, and was not subordinated to any informal arrangement.