Mr J Cook v Secretary of State for Business and Trade

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case No: 8001452/2024 Hearing held by CVP in Edinburgh on 27 November 2024 Employment Judge Sangster 10 Mr J Cook Claimant In person 15 Secretary of State for Business & Trade Respondent Represented by Mr P Soni 20 Lay Representative

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL 25 The judgment of the Tribunal is that:

1. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to consider the claimant’s complaints under section 188 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, as they were not lodged within the requisite time limits.

2. The claimant had no entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment, as he 30 was not an employee. He was not therefore entitled to apply, under section 166 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, to the respondent in these proceedings for payment of that sum.

3. The claimant’s complaints are accordingly dismissed.