Ms J Ryan – the first claimant Mr P Nikolov – the second claimant v Amyris UK Trading Limited (in liquidation) – the first respondent Beauty Labs international Limited (in liquidation) – the second respondent — 2025

The tribunal held that the claimants were not employees of the first respondent, Amyris UK Trading Limited (in liquidation), at the relevant time, so the complaints against that respondent were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The claims proceeded against the second respondent, Beauty Labs International Limited (in liquidation), which the tribunal found was the employer at the relevant time.

For Ms Ryan, the tribunal held that the unfair dismissal complaint was well founded. It found there was a 50% chance she would have been fairly dismissed in any event. She was awarded a basic award of £0 because she had already received the correct statutory redundancy entitlement, and a compensatory award of £34,250 made up of immediate loss of income from 7 October 2023 to 6 July 2024 (£33,750) and loss of statutory rights (£500). There was no award for future loss, and the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 did not apply.

The tribunal also found that Ms Ryan suffered an unauthorised deduction from wages when the quarter one bonus due on 30 April 2023 was not paid, and ordered payment of £6,500 gross. It held that neither claimant was entitled to a protective award under s189 TULRCA 1993. For Mr Nikolov, the tribunal found territorial jurisdiction, held that he was an employee of the second respondent within s230(1) ERA 1996, and upheld his unfair dismissal complaint. He received a basic award of £1,286 and a compensatory award of £5,427.24, made up of immediate loss of income from 26 September 2023 to 28 February 2024 (£4,927) and loss of statutory rights (£500), with no award for future loss.