Mr D Emery v Tower Cinemas (Blackpool) Ltd (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) — 2026

The claimant brought complaints of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination against the respondent, which was in creditors' voluntary liquidation and did not attend the CVP hearing before Employment Judge Dunlop. The Tribunal held it had no jurisdiction to consider the unfair dismissal complaint because the claimant had insufficient continuity of service, and that claim was dismissed.

The disability discrimination claim was upheld. The Tribunal found the claimant was a disabled person within the meaning of s.6 Equality Act 2010 at all material times. It found the respondent had failed to make reasonable adjustments between mid-September 2024 and February 2025 by not offering the claimant daytime shifts, and that the termination of his contract with effect from 7 March 2025 was an unlawful act of discrimination arising from disability under s.15 Equality Act 2010.

The respondent was ordered to pay £27,304.00 in compensation, comprising £2,304.00 gross for shifts the claimant would have been allocated had reasonable adjustments been made (calculated as 16 weeks x 2 shifts per week x 6 hours x £12 per hour) and £25,000 for injury to feelings. No award was made for psychiatric injury or aggravated damages.