Claimant v A & D Curtains Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal found that the claimant was not an employee for the purposes of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Without employee status, the claimant had no entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment. The claim was therefore not well-founded and was dismissed.
Facts
Julie Smith brought a claim for a statutory redundancy payment against A & D Curtains Limited and the Secretary of State for Business & Trade. The case was heard remotely by video (CVP) at Nottingham on 7 April 2025. The claimant represented herself while the first respondent was represented by Mr Soni.
Decision
Employment Judge Price dismissed the claim, finding that the claimant was not an employee for the purposes of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Without employee status, she had no entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment and the claim was not well-founded.
Practical note
Employment status is a jurisdictional threshold issue - without establishing employee status under section 230 ERA 1996, claims for statutory redundancy payments will fail regardless of the circumstances of termination.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 6000416/2025
- Decision date
- 7 April 2025
- Hearing type
- full merits
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- manufacturing
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- lay rep
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No