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Insolvent employer cases list government as named respondent in new tribunal batch

Newly published employment tribunal listings show the Secretary of State for Business named alongside three companies in administration or liquidation.

Employment tribunal decisions published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service on 17 September 2026 include at least three cases in which a government business department is named as a respondent alongside an insolvent employer [1][2][3]. Bigfoot Logistics Ltd is listed in creditors’ voluntary liquidation, while MJ Harris Repairs Ltd and Orocco Ltd are listed in administration [1][2][3]. In the Bigfoot Logistics and MJ Harris Repairs cases, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade is named alongside the company; in the Orocco case, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is named [1][2][3]. The published entries give no further detail of the decisions [1][2][3].

Sources

  1. HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr SM Neacsu v Bigfoot Logistics Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 6032614/2025
  2. HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Mr A Sharp v MJ Harris Repairs Ltd (in Administration) and The Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 1602955/2025
  3. HM Courts & Tribunals Service: K Quinn and others v Orocco Ltd (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 4103787/2025

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