In Person v Respondent — 2026

The Employment Judge sat alone at Exeter by CVP on 4 March 2026. The Claimant appeared in person; the Respondent did not appear. A former director attended part of the Preliminary Hearing but agreed to leave when it was established that she played no role for the Respondent and was not invited by it to attend on its behalf. The judgment records that the Respondent company has neither directors nor a company secretary on its Companies House entry, that there is no reason to think it has any assets, and that there is an active proposal to strike it off the register of companies.

The Tribunal found that the Claimant had two years' continuity of employment from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024 and that she was unfairly dismissed by the Respondent. The Tribunal further found that the Respondent owed the Claimant pay for 20 days of accrued but untaken holiday for the 2024 holiday year, salary for days worked in December 2024, and employer and employee pension contributions that had not been paid over to the pension company.

The Respondent was ordered to pay the Claimant £5,312.40 forthwith, comprising a Basic Award for unfair dismissal of £576.92 (2 x £288.46), a shortfall of December 2024 wages of £1,171.88, unpaid pension contributions of £2,200.00, and holiday pay of £1,363.60 (20 x £68.18 gross). The judgment was sent to the parties on 23 March 2026.