Liverpool Employment Tribunal cases

Browse recent Employment Tribunal decisions heard at Liverpool.

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15
Employers (last 3 months)
14
Recorded awards (last 3 months)
1

£1,218.51 combined

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9 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Asda Stores Ltd

The claim was struck out under Rule 47 because the claimant failed to attend the preliminary hearing and had not progressed the case.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Rule 47 dismissal for non-attendance
  • overriding objective
  • claimant's capacity and failure to provide medical evidence
  • prejudice to respondent

Reference: 2400226/2024

4 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Fuels Transport & Logistics Ltd

All complaints were dismissed as not well-founded after a full merits hearing.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination under sections 15
  • 20 and 21 of the Equality Act 2010
  • unauthorised deductions from wages under section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 2412130/2023

25 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

Employer: University of Salford

The breach of contract claim was struck out due to the claimant's scandalous conduct and persistent non-compliance, while the remaining claims were not struck out but are subject to an unless order for witness statement exchange.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Strike out under Rule 38 for scandalous conduct
  • non-compliance
  • inability to have fair hearing
  • unless order
  • costs hearing

Reference: 6011717/2024

24 Aug 2026
Outcome unclear

Other

Employer: P Gosling

The claim was dismissed because neither party attended the final hearing, and no reasons were given for non-attendance, leading to dismissal under Rule 47.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Application of Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for non-attendance at final hearing

Reference: 6040169/2025

14 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Wirral Metropolitan College

The claimants' claims for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination were dismissed because they were presented out of time and no extension was granted.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Time limits for unfair dismissal under section 111 Employment Rights Act 1996 (reasonable practicability test) and for disability discrimination under section 123 Equality Act 2010 (just and equitable extension). Consideration of the claimants' profound deafness and communication barriers
  • the burden of proof on the claimants

Reference: 2402347/2025

13 Aug 2026
Claimant won£1,218.51 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Wax on Wax off Women Ltd

The respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages and failed to pay holiday pay, so the claimant's complaints were well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • holiday pay under Working Time Regulations 1998
  • extension of time limit for holiday pay claim

Reference: 6038821/2025

3 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Royal Mail Group Ltd

All claims were dismissed: unfair dismissal was struck out for lack of service, and the discrimination and harassment claims failed because the Tribunal found the respondent's conduct was not unwanted, not related to disability, and did not have the proscribed purpose or effect.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Disability discrimination
  • harassment related to disability
  • reasonable adjustments
  • burden of proof
  • reliability of witness evidence
  • contemporaneous evidence vs later recollections
  • two-year service requirement for unfair dismissal

Reference: 6020012/2025

31 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Home Office

All claims were dismissed as not well founded.

Legal Issues (5)
  • The Tribunal considered the merits of unfair dismissal
  • wrongful dismissal
  • disability discrimination (s15 and s20/21)
  • unpaid holiday pay
  • unpaid pension contributions. All claims were found not well founded

Reference: 2405358/2024

24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Harassment

Employer: Dolce Schools Catering and Others

All claims were either struck out for procedural non-compliance or dismissed as out of time and/or not well-founded on the merits.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Early Conciliation requirements for multiple claims
  • time limits for detriment and harassment claims
  • strike-out for non-compliance with procedural rules
  • interim relief for whistleblowing dismissal

Reference: 2409694/2023

24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: SCA Investments Ltd T/a Gousto

All claims were dismissed: the victimisation claim was out of time and not well-founded, and the other discrimination and wages claims were not pursued.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Victimisation under s.27 Equality Act 2010
  • time limits for discrimination claims (s.123 EqA)
  • just and equitable extension
  • burden of proof
  • definition of protected act
  • whether dismissal was for a protected act or for gross misconduct
  • relevance of HR advisor's knowledge and influence

Reference: 2403499/2024

16 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Peninsula Business Services Ltd

The claimant was not dismissed, so the unfair dismissal claim failed; the other claims also failed on their merits.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Whether the claimant was dismissed
  • breach of contract for notice pay
  • unlawful deductions from wages
  • counterclaim for breach of contract

Reference: 6000953/2025

10 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Other

Employer: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and I Haythornthwaite

The Tribunal found that Dr Gilby was constructively dismissed and subjected to detriments because of protected disclosures, making the dismissal unfair under section 103A and the detriment claims well-founded.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the resignation amounted to constructive dismissal
  • whether the reason was protected disclosure
  • whether detriments were on grounds of protected disclosures
  • adverse inferences from document destruction
  • costs and indemnity principle

Reference: 2402398/2023

9 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: DIJLA Ltd T/a Dominos Pizza

The tribunal found the complaint of direct age discrimination was not well-founded and dismissed it.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Direct age discrimination
  • burden of proof
  • whether less favourable treatment because of age

Reference: 2406708/2024

9 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Toolstation Ltd

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the hearing and the claim also appeared to be out of time.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limit for unfair dismissal claim
  • failure to attend hearing
  • rule 47 dismissal

Reference: 2404260/2025

3 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Royal Mail Group Ltd

The claimant's claim of unfair dismissal was not well-founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unfair dismissal – whether the dismissal was unfair
  • the tribunal found it not well-founded

Reference: 2407242/2023

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