Mr M Kitis v Bensons Vending Limited — 2021

Case reference: 2403129/2020
Decision date: 3 June 2021
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Benson Members
Panel members: Ms A Gilchrist, Ms E Cadbury

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr M Kitis

Respondent

Bensons Vending Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal held that Mr M Kitis was unfairly dismissed by Bensons Vending Limited. It also found that he would have been fairly dismissed by reason of redundancy one week later, so the monetary award was limited to £614, comprising £284 for one week's net pay and £330 for loss of statutory rights.

The age discrimination claim failed and was dismissed. No separate discrimination remedy was awarded.

Claims and outcomes

2 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	The tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed, but found he would have been fairly dismissed by reason of redundancy one week later. The award was limited to £614, made up of one week's net pay (£284) and £330 for loss of statutory rights.	Upheld	—	£614
Age discrimination	The age discrimination claim failed and was dismissed.	Dismissed	Age	—

Remedy

Monetary award

Total award: £614; across all upheld claims

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

The official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.

Open official judgment PDF on gov.uk

Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How we got this data

Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.

Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.