Number:8001888/2025 Mr C Cottam v Adarma Limited (In Administration) — 2025

The tribunal issued a Rule 22 judgment on the available material because no response was presented within the applicable time limit. It recorded that the claimant, Mr C Cottam, was an employee dismissed as redundant and therefore entitled to bring the complaint, which concerned a failure relating to the election of employee representatives. The respondent, Adarma Limited (In Administration), was in administration, and the administrator consented to the continuation of the proceedings by letter dated 14 August 2025.

The tribunal found the complaint well founded. It held that the respondent dismissed more than 100 employees at one establishment within a period of 45 days or less, and that the claimant was dismissed as redundant on 14 July 2025. It also found that the respondent failed to ensure that employee representatives were elected in accordance with section 188A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and then failed to consult with them in accordance with section 188 of that Act.

As a result, the tribunal made a protective award in respect of the claimant as an employee dismissed as redundant at the respondent's establishment at 3rd Floor, Quay 1, 133 Fountainbridge, EH3 9QG. It ordered the respondent to pay remuneration for the protected period. The protected period began on 14 July 2025 and was 90 days. The extracted text does not state the amount payable under the protective award.