Equal pay employment tribunal cases — UK data 2017–present

Tribunal Watch indexes 2,200 cases involving equal pay claims from UK employment tribunal judgments published on gov.uk since 2017. These cases name 619 distinct employers as respondents.

Total cases: 2,200
England & Wales: 581
Scotland: 1,619
Distinct employers: 619
Largest single award: £39,961

Top employers — equal pay cases

20 ranked by case count

#	Employer	Cases
01	North Lanarkshire Council	345
02	Glasgow City Council	317
03	West Dunbartonshire Council	55
04	Cordia Services LLP Glasgow City Council	52
05	South Lanarkshire Council	45
06	Glasgow City Council Cordia (Services) LLP	41
07	Sunderland City Council	35
08	The City of Edinburgh Council	23
09	Cordia Services LLP	20
10	Falkirk Council	20
11	Liverpool City Council	15
12	North Ayrshire Council	15
13	Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited	15
14	Glasgow City Council Community Safety Glasgow	14
15	Safeway Stores Ltd	12
16	Birmingham City Council	11
17	East Ayrshire Council	11
18	Next Retail Limited	11
19	SLM Community Leisure Charitable Trust	9
20	SLM Fitness & Health Limited	9

All equal pay cases

2200 cases · chronological

Case ref.	Decided	Claimant	Primary respondent	Jurisdiction	Total award
1304541/2018	1 May 2026	Mrs N Daste	Berry Bros & Rudd Ltd & Others	England & Wales	—
2502105/2019	30 April 2026	Ms K Smith First	Sir John Fitzgerald Limited Second respondent: David Horgan	England & Wales	—
3312412/2019	29 April 2026	Mrs G Scandrett	Sovereign Housing Association Ltd	England & Wales	—
1303463/2019	29 April 2026	Ms S Insull	Staffordshire County Council & Others	England & Wales	—
1308216/2019	29 April 2026	Miss A Butler	Buse Gases Limited	England & Wales	—
2601849/2018	29 April 2026	Mrs A Vickers	Dr Vaughan Kitchin (R1) Tag Guard Ltd (R2)	England & Wales	—
3302284/2020	29 April 2026	Mr K Tabb	University of Hertfordshire	England & Wales	—
3334528/2018

Methodology

Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the equal pay caseload if equal payis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are listed with no award amount. Nothing on this page is legal advice; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.