The Hound Ville Ltd and Others

Case Numbers: 1805532/2023 & 1807749/2023 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant Respondent Rebecca Etherington v (1) The Hound Ville Limited (2) Hannah Butcher (3) The Hound Ville (Yorkshire) Ltd Heard at: Sheffield (by video link – Kinly Cloud) On: 11, 14 and 15 July 2025 Before: Employment Judge James Representation For the Claimant: Miss Brooke-Ward, counsel For the Respondent: Mr A Farooq, lay representative (Litigation Consultant) JUDGMENT Liability issues (1) The claim for automatically unfair dismissal because of a transfer (Regulation 7 TUPE 2006 and s.94 Employment Rights Act 1996) is not upheld and is dismissed. (2) The claimant’s employment transferred from the first respondent to the third respondent on or before 5 September 2023 (Regulation 4 TUPE 2006). As a result, all claims against the first respondent are dismissed. (3) The claim of automatically unfair dismissal because of pregnancy/maternity (section 99 Employment Rights Act 1996) is upheld against the third respondent. (4) The claim for ‘ordinary’ unfair dismissal (S.94 Employment Rights Act 1996) is not upheld and is dismissed. (5) The following claims of pregnancy and maternity discrimination (S.18 Equality Act 2010) are upheld against the second and third respondent: a. Sending the claimant an email on 6 September 2023 telling her she had abused her position and used the company to obtain sufficient service to claim statutory maternity pay; b. Failing to pay the claimant maternity pay from July 2023 onwards; c. Dismissing the claimant on 6 September 2023. Case Numbers: 1805532/2023 & 1807749/2023 2 (6) The following claim of pregnancy and maternity discrimination (S.18 Equality Act 2010) is not upheld and is dismissed: deciding not to transfer the claimant to the Third Respondent. (...