Mr R Yeates Respondents (claims 1 and 2): Polestar Holdings Limited (1) Mr I Russell (2) Mrs N Borman (3) Mrs T Russell (4) v Ms Y Montaz (tribunal advocate) — 2025

The tribunal, sitting as a panel chaired by Employment Judge Hawksworth with Mr C Juden and Mrs F Tankard, unanimously found that the claimant Mr R Yeates was employed by Polestar Holdings Limited at the material times, and substituted that company as the first respondent to claim 2 in place of Polestar Financial Planning Limited. The complaint of ordinary unfair dismissal succeeded against the first respondent, the first respondent having conceded that complaint on 31 July 2024 after late disclosure indicated that the decision to dismiss had been made before the disciplinary hearing took place. The wrongful dismissal complaint in respect of notice also succeeded against the first respondent.

The tribunal further found that the first respondent had failed to give the claimant a written statement of particulars of change as required by section 4 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. All of the claimant's other complaints, which included whistleblowing detriment and dismissal, direct age discrimination, victimisation, unauthorised deductions from wages relating to fees and holiday pay, and related matters, failed against all respondents and were dismissed.

Because the claimant's claims succeeded in part, the tribunal listed a separate remedy hearing, with case management orders to be sent separately. No monetary award is set out in this reserved liability judgment. The liability hearing took place in parts between July 2023 and October 2024 due to ill health and bereavement affecting panel members and an administrative notification failure.