Claimant v Leetent Ltd — 2025

The Claimant, Mr P J Foster, brought a complaint under section 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 alleging unlawful deductions from wages by the Respondent, Leetent Ltd. The Respondent did not enter a Response, did not appear and was not represented, and the Tribunal proceeded in its absence under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. The Claimant gave sworn evidence and produced his employment contracts, pay slips and bank statements.

On jurisdiction, although the Claimant lived and worked in the Isle of Man, both contracts of employment contained identical clauses providing that the governing law and exclusive jurisdiction were those of England and Wales. The Tribunal applied Rule 8 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 and was satisfied that the Respondent resides or carries on business in England, being registered at Companies House with a London registered address. The claim was presented on 24 December 2024, within the three-month primary time limit running from termination on 31 October 2024.

On the merits, the Tribunal was satisfied on the evidence of the Claimant's contractual entitlement and that he had not been paid his salary for September and October 2024, his contractual six months' notice pay, or his holiday pay, and that the Respondent had failed to account for his income tax and national insurance for April to August 2024 inclusive. The Tribunal accepted that the Claimant treated himself as discharged from interim payment plans agreed in October and November 2024 owing to the Respondent's repudiatory breaches and reverted to his full contractual entitlement. The complaint was found well-founded and the Respondent was ordered to pay £96,731.00 gross, the Claimant undertaking to account to the Isle of Man tax authorities.