Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 2,206 UK employment tribunal cases involving equal pay claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,060 (the largest £48,500) across 33 cases. Tribunals upheld 17% of the 196 decided equal pay claims. These cases name 668 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Struck out | 751 | 52% |
| Withdrawn | 451 | 31% |
| Dismissed | 163 | 11% |
| Other | 42 | 3% |
| Upheld | 33 | 2% |
| Settled | 7 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 322 | |
| 2018 | 106 | |
| 2019 | 325 | |
| 2020 | 231 | |
| 2021 | 168 | |
| 2022 | 224 | |
| 2023 | 309 | |
| 2024 | 168 | |
| 2025 | 327 | |
| 2026 | 26 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2207626/2022 | 7 March 2024 | Mr M Todd, counsel For the | Mr R Katz, Litigation Consultant | £48,500 |
| 1601484/2021 | 2 July 2024 | D | R1 and others | £47,247 |
| 1401523/2018 | 4 March 2025 | 1. Helen Cherry 2. Amanda Cox 3. Alison Milton | Next Retail Limited | £39,961 |
| 3200643/2023 | 20 October 2025 | Dr Eliane Bodanese | Queen Mary University London | £30,725 |
| 1800008/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Ms Kathy Wright | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Heard by Teams: Remote Video Link | £30,080 |
| 1306243/2023 | 7 February 2025 | Anna Munkevics | Echo Personnel Ltd | £25,110 |
| 1602107/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Mr A Cridge | The Christmas Decorators (Franchising) Ltd | £25,000 |
| 1403135/2022 | 23 May 2023 | In person, assisted by Mr Peacock, Friend For the | Mr P Oldham of His Majesty’s Counsel |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500241/2014 | 6 January 2022 | Ms J Turnock | Sunderland City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2500220/2014 | 6 January 2022 | Miss P Ryan | Sunderland City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2500181/2014 | 6 January 2022 | Mr C Mitchell | Sunderland City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2500072/2014 | 6 January 2022 | Mrs J Abele | Sunderland City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2413279/2018 | 30 December 2021 | Ms A Morton | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3310651/2021 | 28 December 2021 | Mr A d Bryant | KLM Engineering Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1802767/2021 | 16 December 2021 | Mr L. Bongard-Lincoln. | Ryedale District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2509240/2007 | 6 December 2021 | Ms M Common |
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. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). 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 excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| £24,000 |
| 20 |
| 13 | Falkirk Council | 20 |
| 14 | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors The City of Edinburgh Council | 19 |
| 15 | North Ayrshire Council | 17 |
| 16 | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | 17 |
| 17 | Represented by: DM Legal Claims South Lanarkshire Council | 16 |
| 18 | Liverpool City Council | 15 |
| 19 | Represented by: DM Legal Claims North Lanarkshire Council | 15 |
| 20 | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors Fife Council | 15 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2504546/2012 | 6 December 2021 | Miss E Snaith | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2502700/2013 | 6 December 2021 | Mrs J Routledge | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2514893/2009 | 6 December 2021 | Mrs T Stokoe | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3318776/2019 | 6 December 2021 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408919/2020 | 2 December 2021 | Ms R Matei | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207673/2020 | 30 November 2021 | Liliya Bashova | Sovrn UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307458/2020 | 30 November 2021 | Ms C Stewart First | Pathway First Ltd Second Respondent: Mr S Ali | England & Wales | — |
| 1305771/2020 | 26 November 2021 | Mr A Dutton | HM Reef Acrylic & Ceramic Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | £1,294 |
| 4111277/2021 | 23 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111277/2021 Ms M Lawrence | Represented by: Ms A Bowman - Solicitor Carlisle Support Services Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600113/2021 | 17 November 2021 | Ms C Phillips | Cardiff University | England & Wales | £552 |
| 2601862/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Miss. A Gircyte | CDS Labour (Agriculture) Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102049/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102049/2014 Ms L Cowie | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101740/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101740/2014 Mrs A Glancy | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101875/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101875/2014 Mrs J Marchant | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102056/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102056/2014 Ms J Lynch | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101971/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101971/2014 Mrs A MacDonald | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101751/2014 | 26 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101751/2014 Mrs A Scott | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102047/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102047/2016 Mr J Muir | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101998/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101998/2016 Ms M Millar | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101972/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101972/2016 Ms J McNeil | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102054/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102054/2016 Ms T Munro | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102071/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102071/2016 Ms A Naules | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101997/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101997/2016 Ms C Millar | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101981/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101981/2016 Ms A McSeveney | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101977/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101977/2016 Ms S McPhail | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102021/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102021/2016 Ms L Montgomery | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102010/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102010/2016 Ms M Miller | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102014/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102014/2016 Ms M Moane | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101992/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101992/2016 Ms F Merry | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102052/2016 | 22 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102052/2016 Ms E Mullen | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4112050/2019 | 8 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4112050/2019 Open Preliminary Hearing (OPH) Held in person on October 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms N Pennycook | Represented by:15 Self Kingdom Services Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4108996/2021 | 29 September 2021 | Mrs Amanda Prior | Unisono UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4109948/2012 | 23 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4109948/2012 Mr K Jamieson | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2206858/2018 | 17 September 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107708/19 Held on 17, 18, 19, & June and August 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members: J McCaig E Coyle Ms E Borkowska | Represented by Mr A Hardman, Advocate The University of Aberdeen | Scotland | — |
| 4101718/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101718/2016 Ms J Lafferty | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101686/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101686/2016 Ms S Kelly | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101693/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101693/2016 Ms A Kennedy | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101938/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101938/2016 Ms L McKnight | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101696/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101696/2016 Ms C Kerr | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101682/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101682/2016 Mr C Kelly | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101967/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101967/2016 Ms J McMurray | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101943/2016 | 15 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101943/2016 Ms P McLaughlin | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |