A property company has been ordered to pay around £21,000 to a former employee for unfair dismissal.
But the Scottish company went into liquidation last year and is no longer trading, despite reporting a 33% increase in sales to £11.4m just two years ago. It is unclear whether the amount will be paid. 
One of the company's directors has links to several other Scottish property companies, including letting agents, The Neg has discovered.
A Scottish Employment Tribunal has ordered compensation after hearing the facts of a case involving Sandstone UK Property Investments and its employee Angela Kirkwood.
loss of income
Judge Jones said: “The defendant (Sandstone) entered into compulsory liquidation on 7 August 2023 and, had the plaintiff (Ms Kirkwood) not been unfairly dismissed prior to that date, she would have been dismissed on that date.” said.
“Compensation is therefore only awarded in respect of the loss of income from the date of the claimant's dismissal to the date of the respondent's compulsory liquidation.”
The total award of £20,893 was compensated by a loss of income of £17,909 and a loss of pension benefits of £2,984.
redundancy
Recently, a Winkworth franchise in Worthing, West Sussex, was ordered to pay a senior sales negotiator more than £10,600, including severance pay, for unfair dismissal.
Meanwhile, Preston estate agent Michael Bailey has been told to pay £28,000 to his former sales and business support manager following an unfair dismissal claim.
