Dear Colleague,
Further to the last update issued on 28 February 2024, the delayed preliminary hearing was held on 2 April 2024 and the following details have now been confirmed by a Tribunal Judge:
- The final hearing will take place on 17 March 2025 and has been allocated 4 days.
- The liquidators on behalf of the company previously called LloydsPharmacy Ltd will be calling three witnesses for the hearing. These are believed to be the grievance manager, the appeal manager, and a representative from Sainsbury’s.
- There will be one lead claimant and a PDA Union Official giving evidence on behalf of the claimants, with the union exploring the option of calling a further witness from Sainsbury’s.
The PDA recognises the strong feeling held by many of the claimants about the desire to hold LloydsPharmacy Ltd to account for the loss of their enhanced redundancy entitlement, even though the liquidation of the company means that there is no realistic hope of securing anything more than a very small fraction of any compensation awarded, if the claim is successful.
Due to the large number of members involved in the claim and because the great majority of the legal costs involved in the case have already been incurred, the PDA has decided to continue to support the case to a hearing.
Further updates will follow when we know more.
Kind Regards
PDA Director of Defence Services, Mark Pitt
Learn more
- Lloyds/Sainsbury’s enhanced redundancy claims update – February 2024
- Lloyds/Sainsbury’s enhanced redundancy claims update – 26 January 2024
- Insolvency plans update of ‘Lloyds Pharmacy Limited’
- PDA responds to insolvency plans of ‘Lloyds Pharmacy Limited’
- PDA activity for members at LloydsPharmacy – Update December 2023
- LloydsPharmacy complete divestment of their high street network
- Former Sainsbury’s pharmacists commence legal action against LloydsPharmacy
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