Case 2402588/2024 · Employment Tribunal
L Rebanks v Holly Townhill, trading as Victoria’s cafe — 2025
- Case reference
- 2402588/2024
- Decision date
- 2 July 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Batten
Parties
2 namedClaimant
L Rebanks
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningEmployment Judge Batten, sitting alone at Manchester over a hearing on 28-30 May 2025, found that the claimant L Rebanks's complaint of unfair dismissal against Holly Townhill, trading as Victoria's cafe, was well-founded and succeeded. The complaints of disability discrimination failed and were dismissed.
The respondent was ordered to pay the claimant a total sum of £2,765.00 as compensation for her unfair dismissal. This was made up of a basic award of £1,771.00, a compensatory award of £488.00, and a further £506.00 for a failure to provide a written statement of particulars of employment.
Reasons for the judgment were given orally at the hearing and written reasons will not be provided unless requested. The written record does not set out the tribunal's substantive reasoning, the legal tests it applied, or the basis on which the disability discrimination complaints were dismissed.
Claims and outcomes
3 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal | Compensation for unfair dismissal comprised a basic award of £1,771.00 and a compensatory award of £488.00 (totalling £2,259.00). A further £506.00 was awarded for failure to provide a written statement of particulars of employment, bringing the total sum to £2,765.00. | Upheld | — | £2,259 |
| Disability discrimination | The judgment records that the complaints of disability discrimination fail and are dismissed. No further detail is provided in the written record as reasons were given orally at the hearing. | Dismissed | Disability | — |
| Other | Award of £506.00 for a failure to provide a written statement of particulars of employment (s.1 Employment Rights Act 1996 / s.38 Employment Act 2002). Recorded by the tribunal as a separate component of the total sum ordered. | Upheld | — | £506 |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £2,765
- across all upheld claims
- Basic award
- £1,771
- statutory, unfair dismissal
- Compensatory award
- £488
- compensatory remedy recorded
Official outcome judgment PDF
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