Mr A Forgan v Bacerius Investments Limited and Delesius Investments Limited together as Trustees of Sutton Place Property Unit Trust — 2023

The case was heard remotely by CVP at Watford on 17 January 2023 before Employment Judge Edmonds. The written record states that the hearing was not objected to by the parties, that the respondent identity was amended by consent to Bacerius Investments Limited and Delesius Investments Limited together as Trustees of Sutton Place Property Unit Trust, and that reasons were given orally at the hearing so no written reasons were provided in the judgment record unless requested.

The claimant succeeded on all four monetary claims recorded in the judgment. He was awarded £6,750 gross for unlawful deduction from wages, made up of £2,250 gross for each of March, April and May 2022. He was also awarded £311.55 gross for 3 days' payment in lieu of accrued but untaken holiday, with the respondent permitted to make tax and national insurance deductions where appropriate.

The tribunal further awarded a statutory redundancy payment of £1,557.69, calculated by reference to three years' service at £519.23 for each year. It also awarded £1,462.50 gross for unpaid notice pay for the period from 1 June 2022 to 20 June 2022, described as 65% of one month's pay because the claimant had served the remainder of his notice period before his employment ended on 31 May 2022.

The total of the awards made in the judgment is £10,081.74 gross. The judgment also records that the award is a statement of what is owed to the claimant and should not be read as requiring or inducing any breach of sanctions, government restrictions or other legal restraint affecting access to the respondent's bank account.