Hospitality and insolvency claims surface in latest employment tribunal decisions
The 21-22 September batch of tribunal decisions includes multiple claims against catering and restaurant firms, at least three against insolvent companies, and one naming the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
The batch includes multiple claims against hospitality and food service employers, such as Compass Group, Hamble Catering, Griffin Catering Services, Viva Italia, Heavenly Desserts, and PLK Chicken UK, which trades as Popeyes Louisiana Chicken [2][3][5][6][7][8]. At least three of the decisions involve companies that have entered insolvency: Tapp'd Cocktails Ltd (in liquidation), J F Renshaw Ltd (in administration), and ERV Group Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) [10][11][9]. In the ERV Group case, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade is also named as a respondent [9].
Sources
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr A Paraskeva v Wessex Water Services Ltd: 6004307/2025
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr H Birak v Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd: 6024723/2025
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mrs J Malecka v Hamble Catering Ltd: 6020835/2024
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr A Verano v OVO Energy Ltd: 6019958/2024
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr W Hampson v Griffin Catering Services Ltd: 6002843/2025
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: C Ross v Viva Italia Ltd: 8001266/2026
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: S Bhadauria v Heavenly Desserts: 8001171/2026
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr P Jambagi v PLK Chicken UK Ltd T/a Popeyes Louisiana Chicken: 6019450/2024
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Ms C Swan and others v ERV Group Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) c/o Btg Begbies Traynor and Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 4101010/2026 and others
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr L Davy v Tapp’d Cocktails Ltd (In Liquidation): 3201459/2023
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr J Gee v J F Renshaw Ltd (In Administration): 2410939/2023
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