Mr Jurij Osokin v Moss and Coleman Solicitors Limited — 2025

Employment Judge J S Burns heard this matter at the London East Hearing Centre by CVP on 6 October 2025. The claimant Mr Jurij Osokin appeared in person and the respondent (Moss and Coleman Solicitors Limited) was represented by Mr D Berry (Director). The claimant was a fee-earning solicitor employed from 14 December 2020 to 31 January 2025 with a contractual entitlement to a bonus of 10% of fees billed and recovered in excess of his fee target (3 x salary).

The Judge found that, applying section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and Coors Brewers Ltd v Adcock, the bonus claim was a sufficiently quantified wages claim and within the Tribunal's jurisdiction. The respondent's submission that the contract terms were too unclear to permit a wages claim was rejected; the Judge found the claimant's evidence and figures the most reliable, and the calculation of the bonus should have been made promptly after year end (consistent with clause 3.4 and the practice of paying the 2022 bonus in January 2023).

The respondent was ordered to pay the claimant £4,660.20 gross by 21 October 2025, less tax and NI. The respondent's counterclaim was withdrawn on the basis that it was not dismissed and could be pursued in the County Court. Interest and consequential damages claims were rejected for want of jurisdiction.