Case 1807229/2020 · Employment Tribunal
Mr G Johnston v BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP — 2021
- Case reference
- 1807229/2020
- Decision date
- 2 August 2021
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge JM Wade
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Mr G Johnston
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThis was a Rule 21 remote hearing on 2 August 2021 before Employment Judge JM Wade. The respondent filed no response by the return date and did not attend; the administrator had consented to the claim proceeding on 22 February 2021. After hearing sworn evidence from Mr G Johnston, the tribunal upheld his complaints of unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction from wages and breach of contract.
The tribunal dismissed any other complaints indicated in the claim form as outside the tribunal's jurisdiction or misconceived. It made no basic award because Mr Johnston had already received a statutory redundancy payment from the Insolvency Service. The tribunal awarded a single compensatory award of £16,500, said the recoupment regulations did not apply, and recorded that no further awards were made because any other sums had already been paid by the Insolvency Service or were included in the compensatory award.
Claims and outcomes
4 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal | Upheld in the Rule 21 judgment; no basic award was made because the claimant had already received a statutory redundancy payment from the Insolvency Service. | Upheld | — | — |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Upheld; no separate sum was apportioned to this claim, as the award was made globally. | Upheld | — | — |
| Breach of contract | Upheld; no separate sum was apportioned to this claim, as the award was made globally. | Upheld | — | — |
| Other | Any other complaints in the claim form were dismissed as outside the tribunal's jurisdiction or misconceived; the judgment does not identify them individually. | Dismissed | — | — |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £16,500
- across all upheld claims
- Compensatory award
- £16,500
- compensatory remedy recorded
Official outcome judgment PDF
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