in person For the v Axiom Ince Limited (In Administration) — 2025

The claimant was employed as interim head of finance from 8 October 2018 under a written contract requiring six months' notice. The tribunal found that the respondent terminated his employment summarily on 9 November 2023 in breach of that notice term. The respondent was in administration and did not attend; the claimant had obtained consent for the claims to proceed.

The claimant had withdrawn pursuit of remedy for redundancy payment, arrears of pay and holiday pay because he had received those sums from the Secretary of State or, for arrears, from the administrator. The tribunal made no basic award because the claimant had received a statutory redundancy payment in the same amount.

For unfair dismissal, the tribunal awarded £500 for loss of statutory rights only, finding that any further compensatory award would duplicate the damages award. For wrongful dismissal, it awarded £16,090.04 gross damages, calculated by reference to salary loss, mitigation from higher-paid employment after six weeks, and sums received from the Secretary of State. The recoupment regulations did not apply.