Mr K Carr v The Managing Committee of Castleford Bowling Club Heard at Sheffield by CVP — 2025

Employment Judge Brain, sitting alone at Sheffield by CVP on 10 February 2025, found that the claimant Mr K Carr was unfairly dismissed by the respondent, The Managing Committee of Castleford Bowling Club. The respondent did not attend and was not represented at the hearing. The complaint of unfair dismissal was well founded.

The tribunal awarded a basic award of £514.80, calculated on the claimant's average gross weekly wage of £171.60, multiplied by two complete years of service and an age factor of 1.5. A compensatory award of £1,153.12 was made, equivalent to eight weeks' net pay, on the basis that the claimant would in any event have been dismissed in early August 2024 when the respondent ceased to trade. The tribunal applied a 20% uplift of £230.62 to the compensatory award to reflect the respondent's failure to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.

The total award of £1,898.54 was ordered to be paid by the respondent to the claimant by 24 February 2025. Reasons were given orally at the hearing and written reasons would not be provided unless requested within 14 days.