Claimant v Wave Multi-Academy Trust
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal awarded a basic award and compensatory award including financial loss and loss of statutory rights, indicating the unfair dismissal claim succeeded at the liability hearing.
The tribunal awarded injury to feelings damages with interest calculated from a discrimination date of 5 June 2023, indicating a discrimination claim succeeded. The specific protected characteristic cannot be determined from this remedies judgment alone.
Facts
This is a remedies judgment following a liability hearing. The claimant Miss Harris successfully brought claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination against her employer Wave Multi-Academy Trust. The discrimination act occurred on 5 June 2023 and the dismissal was on 20 August 2023. The parties agreed the basic award and financial loss figures.
Decision
The tribunal ordered the respondent to pay £15,744.16 comprising basic award, compensatory award for financial loss and loss of statutory rights, and injury to feelings of £8,000 in the lower Vento band, plus interest on both the compensatory and injury to feelings awards calculated at 8% per annum. Payment was ordered by 16 December 2025 by consent.
Practical note
In a combined unfair dismissal and discrimination case, injury to feelings of £8,000 in the lower Vento band suggests relatively modest impact, and interest can add approximately 20% to the injury to feelings award when there is a significant delay between the discriminatory act and the remedy hearing.
Award breakdown
Vento band: lower
Case details
- Case number
- 6002532/2023
- Decision date
- 31 January 2025
- Hearing type
- remedy
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- education
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- barrister
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No