Mr S Aly v Recovery NLR Ltd: 6016987/2024
JUDGMENT
[1]The claim was presented in the Employment Tribunal on 1 November 2024. The respondent has failed to present a valid response on time. The Employment Judge has decided that a determination can properly be made of the claim in accordance with rule 22 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024.[2]The respondent has made unauthorised deductions from the claimant’s wages because wages for the period 13 September 2024 to 3 October 2024 were not paid in full. The respondent must pay the claimant the unpaid wages of £1,300 gross.[3]The respondent breached its duty to provide full and accurate written particulars of employment under section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The respondent must also pay the claimant the sum of £1,400. This is an award of two weeks’ pay, subject to the statutory maximum of £700 per week which was in force at the relevant time.[4]The tribunal does not have the power to make an award for compensation for stress. Approved by:REASONS
[1]The judgment was made on 11 November 2025 and sent to the parties on 18 December 2025. The request for reconsideration was made on 30 January 2026. This was outside the 14 day time limit required by rule 69.[2]The respondent says that it did not receive notice of the claim or the judgment. The tribunal wrote to the respondent on five occasions:a. The claim was presented in the Employment Tribunal on 1 November 2024. The tribunal sent the notice of claim on 11 November 2024 to NLR Recovery Limited at the respondent’s registered office address;b. When no valid response was presented, a judge considered the case and ordered that the name of the respondent be changed to Recovery NLR Limited. The tribunal sent a letter about this to the respondent’s registered office address on 8 March 2025;c. Also on 8 March 2025 the tribunal sent a letter to Recovery NLR Limited at its registered office address to say that a judgment may be issued because it had not presented a response to the claim;d. The tribunal wrote to the claimant on 8 March 2025 to ask him to provide details to enable the judge to consider whether a judgment could be issued without a hearing. This letter was copied to the respondent at its registered office address; Case Number: 6016987/2024e. Judgment under rule 22 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 was sent to the respondent at its registered office address on 18 December 2025.[3]There is a public interest in the finality of litigation. The respondent’s application for reconsideration of the judgment was made outside the 14 day time limit. A notice of claim, the judgment and three other communications were sent by the tribunal to the respondent’s registered office address. It is the respondent’s duty to make sure that it has arrangements in place to ensure that it receives in good time any correspondence which is sent to its registered office address.[4]There is no good reason to extend the time for the respondent to make an application for reconsideration, and in any event there is no reasonable prospect of the judgment being varied or revoked, even if time were extended. Approved by: