Decision date
22 December 2025
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Phil Allen
Compensation awarded
£1,470
Extracted from judgment text — may not capture every award component precisely.
Case Summary
The respondent failed to respond to the claim and was ordered to pay the claimant £1,470 for unauthorized deductions from wages.
Why this outcome?
Default — respondent did not respondThe respondent failed to respond to the claim, and the tribunal found the claimant had suffered unauthorized deductions from wages totaling £1,470.
Claim Types
Key Issues
- •unauthorized deductions from wages
Decision Text
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: T Bamford Respondent: The Takeaway Group Limited JUDGMENT 1. The claim was presented in the Manchester Employment Tribunal on 18 February 2024. The respondent has failed to present a valid response on time. The Employment Judge has decided that a determination can properly be made of the claim, or part of it, in accordance with rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure. 2. The respondent has made unauthorised deductions from the claimant’s wages of 122.5 hours at a pay rate of £12 per hour and must pay the claimant £1,470.00 gross. 3. The respondent must pay the claimant £1,470.00 in total. 4. The claimant will be responsible for paying any tax liabilities arising out of the gross award if they receive the gross figure and tax is not deducted from source. Approved by: Employment Judge Phil Allen 22 December 2025 JUDGMENT SENT TO THE PARTIES ON 25 February 2026 FOR THE TRIBUNAL OFFICE NOTICE THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (INTEREST) ORDER 1990 ARTICLE 12 Name of case: T Bamford v The Takeaway Group Limited Interest is payable when an Employment Tribunal makes an award or determination requiring one party to proceedings to pay a sum of money to another party, apart from sums representing costs or expenses. No interest is payable if the sum is paid in full within 14 days after the date the Tribunal sent the written record of the decision to the parties. The date the Tribunal sent the written record of the decision to the parties is called the relevant decision day. Interest starts to accrue from the day immediately after the relevant decision day. That is called the calculation day. The rate of interest payable is the rate specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 on the relevant decision day. This is known as the stipulated rate of interest. The Secretary of the…
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Case Details
- Claimant
- T Bamford
- Case No.
- 6005409/2025
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 22 December 2025
- Published
- 13 March 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Phil Allen
Registered Company
- Company name
- THE TAKEAWAY GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 15961892
- Industry
- Hospitality
- Status
- dissolved