Case 3311175/2024 · Employment Tribunal

Miss A Gray v Coronet Flowers Ltd — 2025

Case reference: 3311175/2024
Decision date: 24 September 2025
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge McCooey Appearances
Venue: Watford

Indexed: 25 April 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Miss A Gray

Respondent

Coronet Flowers Ltd

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

This was a Rule 22 default judgment heard by Employment Judge McCooey via CVP after the respondent failed to present a valid response on time and did not attend. The complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded and the claimant was unfairly dismissed.

The tribunal awarded a basic award of £9,487.50, a compensatory award of £6,247.38 net (calculated over 20.5 weeks: 8.5 weeks salary plus 3 months' notice) plus £500 loss of statutory rights, increased by 20% (£1,349.48) under s.207A TULR(C)A 1992 for unreasonable failure to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 (compensatory total with uplift £8,096.86). An award of £1,725 (4 weeks' gross pay) under s.38 Employment Act 2002 was made for breach of the duty to provide a written statement of employment particulars.

The complaints of unauthorised deduction from wages (£836.62 gross for 1-11 June 2024) and holiday pay (£133.69 for 41.5 accrued hours) were both well-founded. The breach of contract complaint relating to notice pay was dismissed on withdrawal. The total award is £20,279.67, payable within 14 days.

Claims and outcomes

5 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	Unfair dismissal upheld via rule 22 default judgment. Basic award £9,487.50, compensatory award £6,247.38 + £500 loss of statutory rights = £6,747.38, plus 20% s.207A ACAS uplift of £1,349.48 making compensatory total £8,096.86. Compensatory losses calculated over 20.5 weeks (8.5 weeks salary + 3 months' notice).	Upheld	—	£18,084
Other	Failure to provide written statement of employment particulars - 4 weeks' gross pay under s.38 Employment Act 2002.	Upheld	—	£1,725
Unlawful deduction from wages	Unauthorised deduction for the period 1 to 11 June 2024.	Upheld	—	£837
Holiday pay	Failure to pay accrued but untaken leave on termination (entitlement of 41.5 hours / 1 April-11 June 2024).	Upheld	—	£134
Breach of contract	Notice pay claim dismissed on withdrawal.	Withdrawn	—	—

Remedy

Monetary award

Total award: £20,280; across all upheld claims
Basic award: £9,488; statutory, unfair dismissal
Compensatory award: £8,097; compensatory remedy recorded

Legal tests applied

4 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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