Case 6027753/2025 · Employment Tribunal
Ms S Belton v Natures Journey Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) — 2026
- Case reference
- 6027753/2025
- Decision date
- 24 March 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Moor Representation
Parties
3 namedKey findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe claimant brought claims against her former employer (the First Respondent, in voluntary liquidation) and the Secretary of State as statutory guarantor for unpaid wages, partly unpaid notice pay, accrued but unpaid holiday pay on termination, and injury to feelings. She also applied for legal costs. By the date of the hearing the claimant had received £5,447.43 from the Secretary of State (subject to the statutory cap) against a total claimed sum of £7,255.42. The hearing proceeded in the claimant's absence under Rule 47 after she indicated she was content for the matter to go ahead.
The Tribunal found that all three money claims had been presented after the primary three-month time limit — the wages and holiday-pay claims by approximately two months and the contract claim by 23 days. ACAS early conciliation did not extend the time limit for the wages and holiday-pay claims because it began outside the primary period. The Tribunal was not persuaded that it had been not reasonably practicable to present the claims in time and dismissed all three. The application for legal costs was refused because Rule 64 only permits consideration of conduct in the proceedings, and the injury-to-feelings claim was dismissed as misconceived because that remedy is not available in claims of these types.
Claims and outcomes
4 claims adjudicated| Claim type | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Dismissed | — | — |
| Breach of contract | Dismissed | — | — |
| Holiday pay | Dismissed | — | — |
| Other | Dismissed | — | — |
Legal tests applied
7 referencesSource document
Primary recordThe full judgment is available on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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