Ms T Strugnell and Mrs E Dunn v DOK cafe Ltd and The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (England and Wales : Redundancy) [2025] UKET 3303505/2024 (13 February 2025)
The claimants were employees dismissed by reason of redundancy and are entitled to statutory redundancy payments. As the employer failed to pay, the Secretary of State is liable to make the payments under the statutory scheme.
- Citation
- [2025] UKET 3303505/2024
- Parties
- Claimant: Ms T Strugnell; Claimant: Mrs E Dunn; Respondent: DOK cafe Ltd; Respondent: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Judgment Date
- 13 February 2025
- Procedural Posture
- Employment Tribunal / Judgment
- Outcome
- Claim upheld
- Legal Topics
- Redundancy, Statutory Redundancy Payment
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Parties
Ms T Strugnell
Claimant
Mrs E Dunn
Claimant
DOK cafe Ltd
Respondent
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Employment Tribunal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the claimants are entitled to redundancy payments from the respondent and/or the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Ratio Decidendi
The claimants were employees dismissed by reason of redundancy and are entitled to statutory redundancy payments. As the employer failed to pay, the Secretary of State is liable to make the payments under the statutory scheme.
Court Disposition
Claim upheld
Orders
- Respondent to pay claimants statutory redundancy payments
- If respondent fails, Secretary of State for Business and Trade to pay claimants
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