Mr P Coates v Kimura Management Services Ltd — 2025

On 13 August 2025, Employment Judge Emery sitting alone at London Central by CVP found that Mr P Coates was an employee of Kimura Management Services Ltd from 1 October 2023 until termination of employment on 29 November 2024. The tribunal held that the complaint of breach of contract in relation to notice pay was well-founded and found that the claimant was owed two months' notice pay. Damages for that claim were assessed at £25,000, calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood that tax would be payable as Post Employment Notice Pay.

The tribunal also held that the complaint of breach of contract in relation to a redundancy consultation process was well-founded. Damages for that breach were assessed at £12,500, again calculated using gross pay for the same tax-related reason.

In addition, the tribunal held that the holiday pay complaint was well-founded. It found that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from wages by failing to pay for holidays accrued but not taken when the employment ended. The award for that claim was £2,307.69, with the claimant responsible for any tax or National Insurance. The total sum due was recorded as £39,807.69.