Miss R Cooper v East Street Trading Services Ltd RECONSIDERATON — 2026

This document is a reconsideration decision by Employment Judge Woodhead dated 12 March 2026. The underlying Rule 22 judgment of 13 February 2026 had found in favour of the Claimant on a claim of unauthorised deductions from wages and awarded £597. The Respondent's response to the original claim had been rejected on 2 December 2025 by Employment Judge Bax under Rule 19 because it was presented out of time and no application to extend time had been made.

The Respondent applied for reconsideration on 21 February 2026, asserting that hours had been cut lawfully across all staff due to an economic downturn, that staff received verbal warnings and, where requested, written notice, and querying whether TUPE applied given the business purchase had completed in late 2022. The Tribunal treated the application under Rules 68 to 71 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 and conducted a preliminary assessment under Rule 70(2).

Applying the test of whether reconsideration was necessary in the interests of justice, and citing Ministry of Justice v Burton [2016] EWCA Civ 714 and Liddington v 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust on the importance of finality in litigation, the Judge concluded there was no reasonable prospect of the original decision being varied or revoked. The application for reconsideration was refused.