Southampton Employment Tribunal cases

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10

£206,538.67 combined

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3 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: F42 Travel Ltd

Both claims were dismissed in their entirety because the claimant failed to attend the hearing and the claims had no reasonable prospects of success.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Qualifying service for unfair dismissal (section 108 Employment Rights Act 1996)
  • strike-out for non-attendance under rule 47
  • requirement to plead facts supporting a discrimination claim
  • time limits for breach of contract claims

Reference: 6035009/2025

28 Aug 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Shaw Trust Ltd

The Employment Tribunal found the claimant's complaints of unfair dismissal, discrimination arising from disability, and failure to make reasonable adjustments to be well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • disability discrimination (s.15 Equality Act 2010)
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments

Reference: 1401354/2025

28 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£933.45 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Taylor Price Ltd

The claimant succeeded on the principal claim for unauthorised deductions but lost the ancillary claim for financial loss and/or interest.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages in breach of Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • whether the claimant was entitled to financial loss and/or interest

Reference: 6025959/2025

27 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Goldcrest Guarding Security Services

The unfair dismissal claim was struck out because the claimant was not a disabled person under the Equality Act 2010, so the claim had no reasonable prospects of success.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Definition of disability under section 6 Equality Act 2010
  • strike-out for no reasonable prospects of success

Reference: 6027551/2025

19 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£2,119.91 awarded

Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Other

Employer: Black Wax Coffee and Records Ltd

The claimant succeeded in her notice pay and holiday pay claims but her other complaints were dismissed.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether failure to pay notice pay was a breach of contract
  • whether failure to pay accrued holiday pay on termination was an unauthorised deduction from wages
  • calculation of notice pay damages on gross pay as Post Employment Notice Pay
  • allocation of tax and National Insurance
  • dismissal of remaining complaints

Reference: 1402501/2025

17 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Other

Employer: Alton Care Group

The claim was struck out and dismissed because the claimant did not attend the final hearing and failed to comply with a tribunal order.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Non-compliance with tribunal orders
  • failure to attend final hearing
  • strike out and dismissal under Rules 38 and 47

Reference: 6012771/2025

17 Aug 2026
Claimant won£5,508.20 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Halo (Appledore) Realisations Ltd (In Administration)

The claimants succeeded in their complaints for unauthorised deductions of wages because the respondent failed to show any lawful basis for the deductions.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages contrary to Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • calculation of arrears including holiday pay and overtime

Reference: 1402723/2024

14 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£101,372.52 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Ares Renewables Ltd and Kingdom Energy System Ltd

The claimant succeeded in claims for unauthorised deductions and unfair dismissal against the first respondent, but the claim against the second respondent was dismissed, resulting in a split outcome.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deductions under Part II ERA 1996
  • automatic unfair dismissal under section 104 ERA
  • TUPE transfer
  • jurisdiction and amendment applications

Reference: 6015043/2024

14 Aug 2026
Claimant won£8,167.56 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Bigfoot Logistics Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade

All claims were well-founded and the claimant was awarded compensation for unauthorised deductions, holiday pay, and failure to provide written particulars.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under section 13 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • holiday pay as a form of wages
  • failure to provide written itemised pay statements under section 8 ERA 1996
  • failure to provide written statement of employment particulars under section 1 ERA 1996
  • with remedy under section 38 Employment Act 2002

Reference: 6032614/2025

7 Aug 2026
Claimant won£2,639.43 awarded

Redundancy Pay and Breach of Contract

Employer: Formaplex Technologies Ltd (in administration) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade

The employer failed to consult about collective redundancies and failed to pay the claimant's notice pay, both breaches well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Failure to consult about collective redundancies under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
  • protective award
  • breach of contract for unpaid notice pay

Reference: 6004083/2024

6 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Somerset Passenger Solutions

The employer had a genuine belief in the claimant's misconduct based on reasonable grounds and a reasonable investigation, and the decision to dismiss was within the range of reasonable responses, such that the dismissal was fair.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Conduct dismissal
  • Burchell test (genuine belief, reasonable grounds, reasonable investigation)
  • range of reasonable responses
  • procedural fairness
  • Polkey reduction (dismissal inevitable despite procedural flaws)

Reference: 6034850/2025

31 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£28,500 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

Employer: Leads Everyday Ltd

The claimant won on ordinary unfair dismissal but lost on all other claims.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • wrongful dismissal
  • protected disclosure
  • unauthorised deductions
  • breach of contract

Reference: 1400357/2025

30 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£32,237.30 awarded

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

Employer: Footlaffs Ltd (formerly known as Time to be Me Ltd) (struck off) and others

Claimant succeeded in claims for unlawful deduction, notice pay, detriment for flexible working request, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments and victimisation, but failed in claims for automatic unfair dismissal and direct discrimination.

Legal Issues (7)
  • TUPE transfer
  • discrimination arising from disability
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments
  • victimisation
  • detriment for flexible working application
  • wrongful dismissal
  • unauthorised deductions

Reference: 1401617/2024

27 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£16,739.52 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: DA Environmental Services Ltd (in voluntary liquidation)

The claimant won on unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and wrongful dismissal, but lost on the holiday pay claim.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • disability discrimination under section 15 Equality Act 2010
  • wrongful dismissal
  • holiday pay on termination

Reference: 1401718/2025

16 Jul 2026
Claimant won£8,320.78 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd

The claimant was unfairly dismissed by the respondent, with the basic and compensatory awards reduced by 35% for contributory fault.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • contributory fault
  • reduction of awards for contributory conduct
  • breach of contract
  • recoupment of benefits

Reference: 1401260/2025

7 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Constructive Dismissal

Employer: Royal Mail Group Ltd

The claimant's claim was dismissed after he failed to attend a preliminary hearing, and the Tribunal refused to reconsider that dismissal because it was not in the interests of justice to do so.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Dismissal under rule 47 for failure to attend a hearing
  • reconsideration under rule 68
  • importance of finality in litigation
  • assessment of claimant's explanation for non-attendance and subsequent silence

Reference: 1402239/2024

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