The Studio (Newbiggin) Ltd (dissolved) and The Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Case Summary

The claimant, a hair stylist employed from May 2019 to February 2025, brought a redundancy payment claim in August 2025, outside the primary 6-month period. The tribunal found it just and equitable to allow the late claim having regard to the claimant's reasons for delay. The claimant was awarded a redundancy payment of £1,372.80.

The tribunal found it just and equitable to allow the redundancy payment claim brought outside the primary 6-month time limit under section 164(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, having regard to the reasons shown by the claimant for failing to bring the claim within the first period and all relevant circumstances.

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• •Jurisdiction of tribunal to make declaration where employer company dissolved

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