Mrs L Phipps v Western Turville Golf Club Ltd and 1 other — 2025

Under section 163 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the tribunal determined that Mrs L Phipps was entitled to a statutory redundancy payment. It also found that her complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded and that she had been dismissed in breach of contract because she was not given her statutory minimum notice of 10 weeks’ pay and was dismissed without notice on 8 January 2024.

The tribunal recorded that Omega Leisure Management Ltd was the claimant’s employer at the time of dismissal. It also noted that Western Turville Golf Club Ltd, the other named respondent, had in fact been dissolved in 2016.

The claims for age discrimination, holiday pay and deductions from wages were dismissed. On remedy, Omega Leisure Management Ltd was ordered to pay £3,984.75 statutory redundancy pay, £2,415 notice pay net of tax, and a compensatory award of £6,279.06 without tax deductions, with the tribunal stating that these were the actual sums payable to the claimant. The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 did not apply.