Miss J Alcock and others v Debenhams Retail Ltd (in administration): 2206333/2020 and others
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimants listed in the attached schedule to this Judgment (the “Claimants”) were all employed by the First Respondent in Oxford Street.[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 Mr Richard Edward Fellows 2205997/2020 Morgan Miss Jayne Alcock 2206333/2020 Ms Clare Aslett 2206011/2020 Ms Laura Baker 2206334/2020 Ms Claire Ball 2206335/2020 Miss Amy Batchelor 2205979/2020 Ms Clare Baumfield 1301117/2021 Ms Jasmina Bencedic 2206336/2020 Ms Sarah Bennett 2206010/2020 Mrs Dorothy Blakemore 2205978/2020 Ms Emma Louise Booth 2205975/2020 Ms Alexandra Diane Bradford 2205982/2020 Mrs Jane Broad 2206001/2020 Ms Susan Carson 2204242/2020 Miss Lisa-Marie Chaplin 2205972/2020 Miss Lesley Chapman 2203782/2020 Ms Dawn Chappell 2206337/2020 Miss Rebecca Cooper 2205976/2020 Mrs Elaine Corr 2205986/2020 Ms Julia Croucher 2206009/2020 Miss Nicola Cummings 2205988/2020 Mr Jay Dallamore 2205714/2020 Miss Aileen Day 2206005/2020 Mrs Yvonne Doherty 2205995/2020 Miss Joanne Furzer 2204797/2020 Mrs Valerie Gilbert 2203417/2020 Ms Sarah Haberfield 2206007/2020 Mrs Rebecca Hardie 2206008/2020 Mrs Elsie Ann Harrison 2205992/2020 Mrs Tracey Hawkins 2206338/2020 Miss Rachel Herron 2206002/2020 Miss Hannah Hunter 2203746/2020 Mrs Claire Jordan- 2206004/2020 Francis Miss Lauren Kane 2205999/2020 Miss Tara Lam 2203702/2020 Miss Donna Lamb 2205981/2020 Mrs Annette Learmonth 2205991/2020 Miss Wing Ting Ma 2205984/2020 Mrs Giselle Manning 2205994/2020 Miss Tiffany McAuliffe 2205987/2020 Miss Leslie McGinity 2206000/2020 Miss Elin Moore 2204323/2020 Miss Elizabeth Morgan 2205563/2020 Mrs Angela Ness 2206339/2020 Ms Susan Ralls 2206006/2020 Mr Bruce Alexander Ross 2205996/2020 Ms Alana Rowe 2206340/2020 Miss Rebecca Ryan 2205983/2020 Ms Gillian Scrivener 2206341/2020 Miss Becki Shone 2205973/2020 Mr Clyde Simpson 2205985/2020 Ms Sara Sinclair 2206342/2020 Mr Stuart Paul Smith 2205974/2020 Mrs Bernadette Smith 2205990/2020 Ms Davina Stopher- 2206343/2020 Sellers Ms Angela Surey 2206344/2020 Mrs Elaine Warman 2205989/2020 Ms Trisha Westwood 2205993/2020 Miss Laura Wheatley 2205998/2020 Miss Chantel Whitaker 2206003/2020 Miss Christa Wilson 2205980/2020