A long-running employment claim against PAYONE GmbH, the German payments company within the wider Worldline group, remains listed for a final hearing in October 2026 after a UK appeal court took urgent case-management action.
The case, valued at £1.1 million by Payone’s opposition, is listed for a 7 day trial following successful 2024 and 2025 appeals..
PAYONE had argued that the October hearing was no longer workable because of a pending appeal process concerning the final List of Issues for the trial. The company’s position was that the parties could not “properly prepare” until that appeal process had been resolved.
However, the appellate court has now expedited the appeal hearing so that it can take place before the October trial. It stated that both parties should proceed on the assumption that the October 2026 final hearing will take place and should prepare accordingly.
PAYONE’s lawyers have since written to the lower court to say that the October trial remains unworkable. As things stand PAYONE will have to attend and defend the claim or risk losing the claim.
📌 Why this matters
This is not just a timetable dispute.
The claim has been running since 2021. It concerns serious allegations spanning a four-year employment period, including a lengthy period of alleged race-related mistreatment and injury.
There is also a wider context.
Before the October 2026 trial has taken place, PAYONE has pursued aggressive litigation and enforcement steps against its former employee. Mr Logo told Loopline Media that PAYONE should attend the October trial and defend the claims openly. He said:
“I may not succeed. That is for the court to decide. But the trial should happen. Once the evidence is heard, the parties will have a much clearer view of who owes what amount.”
At the first 2023 trial, eight PAYONE witnesses were flown into London from Frankfurt to defend the claims. It now appears that witnesses may again be required to give evidence likely from the officces PAYONE’s lawyers. Decision attached.
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