Claimant v Midas Manors Limited (in creditors' voluntary liquidation)
Outcome
Individual claims
Substantive hearing for unfair dismissal claim fixed for March 2026. This is a preliminary hearing dealing with enforcement of an interim relief order made on 29 November 2024 under Section 132(4) Employment Rights Act 1996.
Interim relief was granted by order dated 29 November 2024, requiring continuation of contractual terms at £3245.60 per month and preservation of seniority rights. This preliminary hearing enforces that order.
Facts
The claimant was granted interim relief by tribunal order on 29 November 2024, requiring the first respondent to continue her contractual terms at £3245.60 per month payable on the 20th of each month and preserve her seniority rights. The first respondent is in creditors' voluntary liquidation and failed to make payments from February to June 2025 (five months). The respondents did not attend this preliminary hearing. No application to revoke the interim relief order had been made.
Decision
The tribunal ordered the first respondent to pay £16,228 to the claimant for breach of the interim relief order, representing five months of unpaid continuation pay at £3245.60 per month. The tribunal exercised its power under Section 132(4) Employment Rights Act 1996 to enforce the interim relief order, noting the considerable delay until the substantive hearing fixed for March 2026.
Practical note
Tribunals will enforce interim relief orders where respondents fail to comply, and can make judgments for arrears even when the substantive unfair dismissal claim remains to be determined.
Award breakdown
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 1811282/2024
- Decision date
- 17 July 2025
- Hearing type
- preliminary
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- other
- Represented
- No
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No