Overview
- The Watford Employment Tribunal ruled East Anglia Home Improvements’ application for £7,500 in costs was submitted late and said it would have failed even if filed on time.
- Employment Judge Rebecca Peer said costs are the exception in tribunals and rejected annual leave as a valid reason for missing the deadline.
- In the earlier ruling, the judge accepted Molly Craigie’s account that colleagues wagered on who would sleep with her, describing any such bet as unwanted sexual conduct.
- Craigie’s harassment and constructive dismissal claims were dismissed as out of time, while she won £4,775 for unpaid holiday pay that remains unpaid.
- The company argued Craigie was self‑employed to challenge jurisdiction, and its counsel labeled her case “fanciful,” a characterization the judge did not adopt.