Mrs H Abbott and others v Debenhams Retail Ltd (in Administration): 2205021/2020 and others
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimants listed in the attached schedule to this Judgment (the “Claimants”) were all employed by the First Respondent at their Henrietta Place office.[2]On 9 April 2020, the First Respondent entered administration and Geoffrey Paul Rowley and Alastair Rex Massey (both of FRP Advisory, 2nd Floor, 110 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU) were appointed as joint administrators (“Joint Administrators”).[3]The Claimants were dismissed by the First Respondent by reason of redundancy on or after 31 May 2020.[4]The Claimants raised a complaint pursuant to section 189 of The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (the “Act”) and are seeking a protective award in respect of failure to consult in accordance with s.188 and s.188A of the Act.[5]The Claimants were all assigned to an establishment where 20 or more redundancies were proposed by their employer within a period of 90 days. The First Respondent did not fully inform and consult with the Claimants in accordance with the provisions of s.188 and s.188A of the Act.[6]The protected period should be 90 days from the date of the first dismissal (31 May 2020)[7]The Protective Award Payments will rank as unsecured claims in the insolvency of the First Respondent but some of the Protective Award Payments may be wholly recoverable from the Redundancy Payments Service.[8]There is no order requiring any party to pay or reimburse another party’s costs or fees. Each party shall bear their own costs and fees.[9]For the avoidance of doubt, this Judgment applies to the listed Claimants only.[10]To the extent that the claim forms may have intimated any other claims they will stand dismissed automatically 14 days after the date of this order UNLESS the claimant writes in specifying any outstanding claim and providing administrator consent in respect thereof within that timeframe. Employment Judge Broughton Date: 17 January 2023 Annex Title Firstname Surname Case number Mrs Helen Abbott 2205021/2020 Miss Sumeya Abdalla 2205023/2020 Miss Budour Abudakka 2205024/2020 Ms Danielle Ahern 2204717/2020 Ms Ruby Acquaye-Nortey 2205384/2020 Mr Mirko Albertin 2205026/2020 Miss Moesha Alderson 2205027/2020 Miss Elsbet Alen 2205028/2020 Miss Rachael Allinson 2205033/2020 Miss Jai Alston 2205029/2020 Miss Hollie Amie Dowling 2205034/2020 Mrs Nicola Amodio 2205035/2020 Mr Said Amour 2205036/2020 Miss Katie Ann Stagles 2205040/2020 Mrs Kathryn Anna Huggett 2205042/2020 Mrs Laura Anne Yuill 2205044/2020 Miss Catrin Archer 2205045/2020 Mrs Sally Arkley-Wade 2205046/2020 Miss Daisy Ashton 2205048/2020 Miss Emily Atherton 2205049/2020 Miss Laura Athey 2205050/2020 Miss Abigail Atterbury 2205051/2020 Mrs Hayley Austin 2205053/2020 Mr Paul Austin 2205052/2020 Miss Angela Baidoo 2205054/2020 Miss Lucy Baker 2205055/2020 Mr Andrew Baldock 2205056/2020 Mr Thomas Baldwin 2205057/2020 Miss Abimbola Banjo 2205058/2020 Mrs Hayley Barlow 2205061/2020 Miss Victoria Barnes 2205062/2020 Miss Chloe Barton 2205064/2020 Mr Darryl Bayne 2205065/2020 Miss Florence Bell-Lound 2205067/2020 Miss Amanda Bennett 2205068/2020 Mr Edward Benson 2205069/2020 Miss Laura Bentley 2205070/2020 Miss Paris Bernard 2205071/2020 Mrs Archna Bharadia 2205073/2020 Miss Kelly Birtles 2205075/2020 Miss Kelly Bisgrove 2205076/2020 Miss Emma Bishop 2205077/2020 Mr Jack Bishop 2205078/2020 Miss Louise Eleanor Black 2205163/2020 Miss Gina Blake 2205080/2020 Miss Megan Bohan 2205081/2020 Mrs Melanie Boswell 2205083/2020 Miss Emma Botham 2205084/2020 Miss Laura Bourke 2205085/2020 Miss Kathryn Boyers 2205088/2020 Miss Kirsty Braybrook 2205089/2020 Miss Karmelle Brewer 2205090/2020 Mr Jason Brooks 2205092/2020 Mrs Donna Brown 2205093/2020 Miss Rhian Brown 2205094/2020 Miss Gemma Browning 2205095/2020 Miss Rachael Burkey 2205096/2020 Mrs Abigail Butler 2205193/2020 Mr Stephen C Ellison 2205100/2020 Mrs Claire Caines 2205101/2020 Miss Eleanor Callow 2205103/2020 Miss Harriet Carter 2205104/2020 Miss Laura Cash 2205106/2020 Miss Lesley-Ann Chapman 2205109/2020 Miss Chloe Charrington 2205112/2020 Miss Sophie Cheney 2205113/2020 Mr Stephen Childs 2205114/2020 Mr Ishaque Choudhury 2205115/2020 Miss Jade Churchouse 2205117/2020 Miss Sarah Clarke 2205119/2020 Miss Kerri Clay 2205120/2020 Miss Catherine Coggins 2205123/2020 Miss Anastasia Connolly 2205126/2020 Mr christopher Cooke 2205127/2020 Mr Matthew Cooper 2205128/2020 Mr Jamie Coppen 2205129/2020 Ms Letitia Cowell 2205131/2020 Miss Sarah Cowling 2205132/2020 Miss Jennifer Helen Cox 2205241/2020 Miss Matilda Cram 2205133/2020 Miss Perdita Cresser 2205134/2020 Miss Jaclyn Crisp 2205135/2020 Mrs Kate Crossey 2205136/2020 Ms Abigail Crowther 2205624/2020 Miss Julia Cummings 2205138/2020 Mrs Jennifer Curtis 2205139/2020 Miss Courtney Cuthill 2205140/2020 Ms Stacey Dalzell 2205142/2020 Mr Helder Filipe Das Neves 2205438/2020 Ribeiro Miss Natalie Davis 2205145/2020 Mrs Maria Rosa de Segundo 2205147/2020 Mrs Loredana Diaconescu 2205149/2020 Miss Alexandra Dobson 2205150/2020 Mr Michael Dockerty 2205151/2020 Miss Zara Donaldson 2205152/2020 Mr Peter Down 2205153/2020 Miss Aimee Dunn 2205156/2020 Miss Sophie Dyer 2205158/2020 Miss Kayla Easie 2205159/2020 Mrs Lynsey Edge 2205160/2020 Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Edwards 2205161/2020 Mrs Gemma Elizabeth Johnson 22015166/2020 Mrs Rosie Ellen Banton 2205168/2020 Mrs Clare Ellidge 2205169/2020 Miss Karen Ellis 2205173/2020 Mr Stephen Ellison 2205116/2020 Miss Katie Elmer 2205174/2020 Miss Charlotte Emily James 2205175/2020 Mr Andrew Fernandes 2205178/2020 Miss Penelope Fevola 2205179/2020 Miss Bethany Finch 2205180/2020 Miss Denise Finnegan 2205181/2020 Miss Jennifer Finnie 2205182/2020 Mrs Laura Flitton 2205185/2020 Mrs Amanda Fostekew 2205188/2020 Mrs Michelle Fox 2205190/2020 Miss Laura Frettingham 2205194/2020 Mrs Charlotte Fry 2205195/2020 Ms Charlotte Gaffney 2205196/2020 Miss Hannah Gardiner 2205197/2020 Miss Selin Gaygisiz 2205198/2020 Mrs Leanne Gemma fraser 2205199/2020 Miss Rakhee Ghelani 2205200/2020 Miss Louise gibling 2205202/2020 Mr Colin Giddings 2205204/2020 Miss Molly Gittings 2205205/2020 Ms Zana Gjerqeku 2205206/2020 Miss Anna Glibbery 2205335/2020 Miss Natasha Goddard 2205210/2020 Mrs Danielle Godin 2205211/2020 Mrs Suzi Gould 2205212/2020 Miss Lorraine Graham 2205213/2020 Miss Rebecca Graham 2205214/2020 Miss Darcy Grant 2205217/2020 Mrs Lucia Gray 2205285/2020 Mrs Navreet Grewal 2205221/2020 Mr Dale Guthrie 2205224/2020 Mrs Mandy Hammond 2205226/2020 Miss Rachelle Hannah Claydon 2205228/2020 Mrs Stephanie Hanrahan 2205229/2020 Miss Katie Harris 2205233/2020 Mrs Natalie Harris 2205232/2020 Miss Verity Jayne Harris 2205234/2020 Miss Chanelle Hayward 2205236/2020 Miss Cassie Hazell 2205237/2020 Miss Lucia Heffernan 2205238/2020 Mrs Joanna Helen Buller 2205239/2020 Miss Elicia Hicks 2205243/2020 Mrs Elizabeth Hill 2205246/2020 Miss Rachel Hill 2205245/2020 Miss Briony Hockley 2205247/2020 Mr Sadiqul Hoque 2205250/2020 Ms Lucy Horden 2205251/2020 Miss Kathryn Hubbard 2205252/2020 Miss Alison Hunt 2205254/2020 Miss Heide Hynes 2205255/2020 Miss Emma I'Anson 2205256/2020 Mrs Sarah Imam 2205257/2020 Ms Louisa Ioannou 2205258/2020 Mrs Elisabeth Irwin Waller 2205248/2020 Mr Andrew Jackson 2205262/2020 Mrs Caroline Jackson 2205261/2020 Miss Sarah Jackson 2205260/2020 Miss Laura Jane Whitaker 2205266/2020 Miss Harriette Jarman 2205269/2020 Miss Samantha Jean Parsley 2205271/2020 Miss Nicola Jepson 2205272/2020 Miss Lucie Jirakova 2205273/2020 Mrs Claire Joanne Atkinson 2205274/2020 Mrs Joanne John-Blyth 2205277/2020 Mr Steven Johnson 2205278/2020 Miss Lucy Jones 2205281/2020 Miss Ruth Jones 2205280/2020 Miss Wendy Jones 2205284/2020 Ms Leigh Jordan Morris 2205286/2020 Miss Teresa Joseph 2205287/2020 Miss Amy Jukes 2205288/2020 Ms Jasbir Jutley 2205289/2020 Mr Vaibhav Kakkar 2205290/2020 Mrs Priya Kaur 2205291/2020 Mrs Reema Kaur Mudhar 2205292/2020 Mr Erhan Kaya 2205293/2020 Mrs Rachel Kelley 2205146/2020 Miss Charlotte Kennedy 2205296/2020 Miss Hannah Kilburn 2205300/2020 Miss Natalie Kinch 2205301/2020 Ms Sheena Kotecha 2205302/2020 Miss Caroline L Kaye 22053030/2020 Miss Jessica Lam 2205304/2020 Miss Emma Lanchester 2205305/2020 Mr Richard Lane 2205306/2020 Mr Mathew Le 2205308/2020 Ms Elizabeth Lees 2205309/2020 Mrs Laura Lewinson 2205311/2020 Miss Nadia Lewis 2205312/2020 Miss Rebecca Lewis 2205313/2020 Mr Edward Lindley 2205315/2020 Ms Dawn Lingley-Webster 2205316/2020 Mrs Toni Little Pang 2205317/2020 Mrs Sarah Louise 2205320/2020 McDonnell Miss Sarah Louise Rose 2205322/2020 Miss Joanna Longhurst 2205771/2020 Mrs Gillian Lynch 2205325/2020 Miss Sophie Lytton 2205326/2020 Mr Alexander M Robinson 2205327/2020 Mr Rajesh Malhotra 2205328/2020 Miss Theresa Ann Manley 2205039/2020 Mrs Victoria Marie Earle 2205329/2020 Ms Ann Marie Haynes 2205330/2020 Miss Ruth marie taylor 2205331/2020 Miss Ana Marin Refojos 2205332/2020 Miss Natasha Markham 2205333/2020 Mr Daniel Marlow 2205334/2020 Miss Alice Martin 2205336/2020 Mrs Christine Mary Aguss 2205338/2020 Miss Eleanor Mary Pountney 2205339/2020 Mrs Carrie Mathews 2205342/2020 Miss Jennifer Maxwell 2205344/2020 Miss Louise McBrien 2205345/2020 Mr Stephen McDowall 2205346/2020 Miss Lucy Mcgowan- 2205348/2020 Scanlon Mrs Victoria McLean Lincoln 2205350/2020 Mrs Julie Megan Bratley 2205355/2020 Mrs Michelle Melville 2205356/2020 Miss Natalie Mikula 2205357/2020 Ms Giuseppina Milone 2205358/2020 Mrs Bina Mistry 2205360/2020 Miss Hemagni Mistry 2205359/2020 Miss Ruth Moir 2205363/2020 Miss Noura Mokhtar 2205364/2020 Miss Henrietta Mooney 2205367/2020 Ms Geraldine Morris 2205368/2020 Mr Edward Moruzzi 2205371/2020 Miss Moyosolu Mosaku 2205372/2020 Miss Natasha Mountford 2205373/2020 Mrs Maria Mourgue-Aliaj 2205374/2020 Miss Joanne Murray 2205375/2020 Mrs Lynne Nibbs 2205378/2020 Mrs Dillara Nicolaides 2205379/2020 Mrs Maryam Nizam 2205380/2020 Mr Vikash Nobeen 2205381/2020 Miss Jessica Norbury 2205382/2020 Miss Victoria O'Hanlon 2205386/2020 Mrs Angela O'Leary 2205387/2020 Miss Michelle O'Neill 2205388/2020 Miss Nicola Orchard 2205389/2020 Miss Jessica Overman 2205390/2020 Mr Jake Pace 2205391/2020 Mrs Mandip Padam 2205392/2020 Mrs Anushka Pai 2205393/2020 Mr Ramesh Panavalli 2205394/2020 Mr Kwai Pang 2205395/2020 Miss Esther Parker 2205396/2020 Miss Abbey Parkinson 2205398/2020 Mrs Anna Parkinson-Bates 2205399/2020 Miss Abby Parsons 2205400/2020 Miss Andrianna Pastou 2205401/2020 Mr Trushal Patel 2205402/2020 Miss Charlotte Patten 2205403/2020 Mrs Tanpreet Pausker 2205405/2020 Mr Steffan Pearson 2205406/2020 Mrs Nadine Pegrum 2205407/2020 Miss Rebecca Pennock 2205408/2020 Miss Marta Perkowska 2205409/2020 Miss Dannielle Phillip 2205412/2020 Mrs Joanne Pimblett 2205414/2020 Miss Georgina Pinkerton-Guyer 2205415/2020 Miss Annette Pitman 2205416/2020 Miss Heather Platt 2205417/2020 Miss Emily Postle 2205418/2020 Mrs Lucy Poulson 2205420/2020 Miss Charlotte Poulteney 2205421/2020 Mr Andrew Price 2205423/2020 Mr Jonathan Priestley 2205424/2020 Mrs Marianne Pullan 2205426/2020 Mrs Laura Randall 2205429/2020 Mrs Amanda Ranson 2205430/2020 Miss Jemma Razzell 2205432/2020 Miss Caitlin Reeve 2205434/2020 Miss Marta Rekawek 2205436/2020 Miss Lucy Reynolds 2205437/2020 Ms Rachel Richardson 2205439/2020 Miss Tanith Richardson 2205440/2020 Ms Sophia Ridley 2205441/2020 Miss Natalie Roberts 2205444/2020 Miss Natasha Robinson 2205445/2020 Mr Matthew Rollings 2205447/2020 Miss Effrosyni Romana 2205448/2020 Mrs Karen Roots 2205450/2020 Mrs Rachel Rowntree 2205451/2020 Miss Nicola Rumbolt 2205452/2020 Mr Ben Ryder 2205453/2020 Miss Nicola Sandford 2205457/2020 Mr Pramod Sanghani 2205458/2020 Miss Ana-Maria Sarbu 2205459/2020 Mr Robbie Saulter 2205460/2020 Mr Andrew Schlanker 2205143/2020 Mrs Thea Seal-Jones 2205463/2020 Mr Adam Sean Crick 2205464/2020 Mrs Hayley Seman 2205465/2020 Miss Zinunula Serumaga 2205466/2020 Miss Helen Sett-Wong 2205467/2020 Miss Laura Shepherd 2205470/2020 Ms Karen Shreeve 2205471/2020 Miss Anastasia Skordili 2205472/2020 Mrs Aimee Smith 2205478/2020 Miss Chloe Smith 2205477/2020 Miss Madeleine Smith 2205475/2020 Miss Melanie Smith 2205435/2020 Miss Kate Spooner 2207023/2020 Mr Albie Stafford 2205482/2020 Mrs Laura Staples 2205483/2020 Mrs Maria Steinert 2205484/2020 Mrs Susan Steward 2205485/2020 Miss Nicola Street 2205486/2020 Miss Lauren Sullivan 2205487/2020 Miss Aurelija Svazaite 2205489/2020 Mrs Yvonne Sweetland 2205490/2020 Mrs Jessica Tannis 2205491/2020 Mrs Sarah Theobald 2205495/2020 Mr Darren Thompson 2205496/2020 Miss Lauren Thompson 2205497/2020 Mrs Elizabeth Tighe 2205499/2020 Miss Lia Towle 2205501/2020 Mr Adam Townes 2205502/2020 Miss Charmaine Trotman 2205503/2020 Miss Monica Valente 2205505/2020 Miss Georgie Vardigans 2205506/2020 Miss Aurelie Vicente 2205507/2020 Miss Cleo Victoria Goss 2205508/2020 Miss Charlotte Victoria Walsh 2205509/2020 Miss Luiza Vieira Malab 2205510/2020 Mrs June Vryenhoef 2205511/2020 Mrs Monica Wahla 2205512/2020 Miss Lucy Wainman 2205513/2020 Mr Mark Wainwright 2205514/2020 Mrs Kirsty Waite 2205515/2020 Mrs Nicola Walker Gent 2205517/2020 Ms Emma Wallington 2205518/2020 Mrs Sabrina Warth 2205105/2020 Mr Alan Watson 2205519/2020 Miss Katharine Wells 2205521/2020 Mr Andrew Whale 2205523/2020 Miss Frances White 2205525/2020 Mr Mark White 2205526/2020 Miss Lauren Whyte 2205529/2020 Miss Abbie Widdowson 2205530/2020 Mr Alexander William Tullis 2205532/2020 Mr Ross Wilson 2205534/2020 Miss Phoebe Winbolt 2205535/2020 Miss Natasha Wisbey 2205536/2020 Mrs Valentina Wolfermann 2205537/2020 Vicent Mr Andrew Wood 2205541/2020 Miss Fiona Wood 2205538/2020 Miss Sarah Wood 2205540/2020 Miss Yasmin Wood 2205539/2020 Ms Joanne Woodgate 2205543/2020 Mrs Natasha Woodman 2205544/2020 Mrs Claire Woodward 2205545/2020 Miss Hope Wyatt 2205547/2020 Miss Rebecca Wynn 2205548/2020 Miss Elena Yiangou 2205549/2020 Mr Stuart York 2205550/2020 Mrs Joanne Young 2205977/2020 Mrs Abeygunawardhana Witharana 2205822/2020 Wijesing