Over £100k

Paralegal/caseworker (1 year 10 months' service) v Khans Solicitors

A paralegal with six disabilities was unfairly dismissed after asserting her right to be paid and asking for reasonable adjustments. The tribunal awarded £109,020.64.

Leading Project Geophysicist (4 years' service) v Petrotrace Limited

A 62-year-old Leading Project Geophysicist was unfairly dismissed and subjected to age discrimination after the company's majority shareholder repeatedly called for his replacement with younger employees. The Reading tribunal awarded £340,212.80.

Business Intelligence Manager (6 years' service) v Micro Focus Ltd

A Business Intelligence Manager with six years' service has won his unfair dismissal claim after his employer decided his fate before consulting him. The tribunal awarded over £117,000 in compensation and a protective award for failing to collectively consult.

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) on Executive Committee v Co-operative Group Limited

A Chief Human Resources Officer was unfairly dismissed by Co-operative Group Limited after a sex-biased performance appraisal and a flawed reorganisation. The tribunal awarded £101,373 in compensation.

Production Manager (13 years' service) v Herongrange Manpower Direct Limited (previously Herongrange Security and Systems Limited)

A production manager with 13 years' service was dismissed without notice on the day his employment transferred to a new company. The tribunal found automatic unfair dismissal and direct age discrimination, awarding over £130,000.

Former employee v Hayre Builders Company Limited

A Reading tribunal awarded a former employee £178,199.82 after finding he was unfairly dismissed, with the employer failing to provide a written statement of particulars and unreasonably ignoring the Acas Code.

Former employees (salon workers) v Group Momentum (Salons) Limited

Eleven salon workers were awarded over £240,000 after their employer laid them off without pay, leading to constructive unfair dismissal and breach of contract claims.

Director – EMEA Operations (12 years' service) v Brocade Communications UK Ltd

A director with 12 years' service who had renal cancer was unfairly dismissed and denied reasonable adjustments during a redundancy alignment exercise. The tribunal awarded over £1.76 million.