Midasplayer.com Ltd and Mr C Wurzinger

& 2223316/2024 - 1 - EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS BETWEEN Claimant: Mr Jose Plata Martinez Respondent: (1) Midasplayer.com Limited (2) Mr Christian Wurzinger Heard at: in public, in person On: 16, 17, 20, 21, 22 October 2025 (deliberations in chambers 15, 16 December 2025) Before: Employment Judge Adkin Mr P Secher Ms L Jones Appearances For the claimant: Mr P Livingston, Counsel For the respondent: Mr T Cordrey, Counsel JUDGMENT (1) The following complaints are not well founded and are dismissed: a. automatic unfair dismissal pursuant to section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996 ("ERA"); b. protected disclosure detriment, contrary to section 47B ERA; c. victimisation under section 27 of the Equality Act 2010 (“EqA”). & 2223316/2024 - 2 - REASONS The Claim 1. The Claimant presented his claims on 8 April 2024 & 10 July 2024. Summary 2. The Claimant had the title Senior Finance Director, King. “King” was the trading name of the First Respondent business, a mobile games development company, which is now part of Microsoft. 3. The Second Respondent was the CFO of King and the Claimant’s line manager. 4. Two complaints of discrimination were withdrawn before the final hearing. 5. The Claimant was dismissed purportedly for redundancy on 6 June 2024. He alleges that 7-8 protected disclosures and/or protected acts principally, though not exclusively, relating to the Second Respondent are the reason for his treatment. 6. The Respondents contend that the Claimant’s dismissal was one of two local redundancies with the Finance department forming part of a redundancy of 1,900 employees across the global Microsoft Games division which the First Respondent is now part of. Further they contend that the Claimant had been identified as a case of poor performance before the Second Respondent was aware of the proposed ...