Mr A Madzima and Others v Tevva Motors Ltd (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 3201562/2024 and Others

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Case No 3201562/2024, 3202039/2024

Between

1. Mr A Madzima & 47 others (see attached schedule) 2. Mr G Kelley & 3 others (see attached schedule)Claimant

1. Tevva Motors Limited (In Administration) 2. Secretary of State for Business and TradeRespondent

Date 6 October 2025

JUDGMENT

BY CONSENT UPON reading the joint application submitted by or on behalf of;

[1]The Claimants named in The Schedule (“The Claimants”); and

[2]The First Respondent. AND UPON those parties having agreed to the terms of the Judgment set out below by consent, the Judgment of the Employment Tribunal made under Rule 64 of Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution & Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 is that: The protective award claims under section 189 of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

[1]In relation to The Claimants’ claims that are set out in The Schedule to this Judgment only;1.1 The First Respondent failed to adequately comply with a requirement of section 188 or section 188A of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and the claim for a protective award brought under section 189 of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 succeeds.

1.2 The First Respondent is ordered to pay remuneration (i.e., a protective award) to The Claimants for a protected period of 56 days beginning on 28 June 2024 being the date on which the first of the dismissals to which the complaint relates took effect.

1.3 Subject to the normal categories of preferential debts set out in Schedule 6 of the Insolvency Act 1986, any payments made by the First Respondent (rather than the Second Respondent) pursuant to this Judgment will be paid as a non-preferential unsecured dividend. Accordingly, The Claimants agree the protective award will constitute a non-preferential unsecured claim in the administration and will not form or constitute a claim against the Administrators of the First Respondent personally or be treated as an administration expense. Other claims

[2]All of The Claimants’ other claims against the Respondents are dismissed on withdrawal. Costs

[3]There is no order requiring any of The Claimants or the Respondents to pay or reimburse any other party’s costs or fees and each party shall bear their own costs and fees in relation to those claims. Approved by: