Mr N D Crowther, Miss W Whitehead, Mr J Riley, Mr D Barlow, Mr T Harrison, Mr S Latham, Mr J McDermott, Mr K Birkett all in person. Mr N D Crowther on behalf of Mr D Pinder and Miss S Holmes For the v Respondent — 2023

The Tribunal declared that the claimants were dismissed by the respondent by reason of redundancy on 28 April 2023. Their contracts were summarily terminated after the premises at which they worked had been damaged by fire, causing closure of the workplace. The Tribunal stated that there were no grounds for summary dismissal and that the claimants were wrongfully dismissed.

The claimants confirmed they had received in full from the Redundancy Payment Service their notice-period pay, redundancy payments, wage arrears up to and including 28 April 2023, and outstanding holiday pay. Their remaining claim concerned wages for 29 April 2023 to 16 June 2023, said to relate to insurance money paid to SPI Global Play Limited, the respondent's parent company.

The Tribunal considered that SPI was not a party to the proceedings and that, because the claimants were not SPI employees and had no contract with SPI, the Tribunal appeared to have no jurisdiction to entertain a complaint against SPI. It observed that any possible complaint about money allegedly earmarked for the claimants would need to be pursued in the County Court. As the claimants had received all payments due from the Redundancy Payment Service, the complaints were dismissed save for the redundancy declaration.