Mr Leigh Spinks v Barker’s (Cambridge) Limited RECORD OF A FINAL HEARING — 2025

Employment Judge Boyes, sitting alone at Bury St Edmunds on 6 October 2025, heard the claim in the absence of the Respondent, having decided under rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 that it was in accordance with the Overriding Objective to proceed. The Claimant represented himself, supported by his wife.

The Tribunal upheld three claims. The unauthorised deduction from wages claim succeeded because the Respondent failed to pay the Claimant's salary for the period 21 September 2024 to 3 October 2024. The breach of contract claim for wrongful dismissal succeeded because the Respondent dismissed the Claimant without notice. A further breach of contract claim succeeded in relation to the Respondent's failure to pay employer pension contributions. A 25% uplift was applied to each award for failure to follow the Acas code, producing a total payable sum of GBP 6,145.43.

The Tribunal also found that the Respondent had failed to provide itemised payslips for August, September and October 2024 in breach of section 12 Employment Rights Act 1996, but made no separate award. The Tribunal recorded that it did not have jurisdiction to determine any claim concerning the Respondent's failure to remit deductions for national insurance and income tax to HMRC.