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| Withdrawn | 451 | 31% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2205929/2020 | 26 March 2021 | Ms M Meehan | European Medical Aesthetics Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | £10,810 |
| 1309304/2019 | 24 March 2021 | Mr James Porter | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600013/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Ms J Young | Watkin Jones & Son Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601979/2020 | 22 March 2021 | — | Carroll v Celtic Hairdressing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301987/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Tomasz Tym | KTB Rehabilitation | England & Wales | — |
| 3302576/2020 | 9 March 2021 | Ms C Relf | Parkview Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2300985/2020 | 9 March 2021 | In person. For the | Mr. F Mohammad, HR Assistant. | England & Wales | — |
| 2419660/2020 | 4 March 2021 | Mrs J Jones | Beldam Crossley Ltd |
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 |
| — |
| 4104856/2016 | 2 March 2021 | Ms MJ Reid | Falkirk Council | Scotland | — |
| 2400231/2020 | 23 February 2021 | Mr J Hindley | Bellamy’s Fish Bar Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602264/2019 | 18 February 2021 | Mrs J E Witt | New Quay Honey Farm Limited | England & Wales | £16,943 |
| 4108591/2012 | 11 February 2021 | Mr D Frost | West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4108592/2012 | 11 February 2021 | Mr M Burns | West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4108568/2012 | 11 February 2021 | Mr S Jeffrey | West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4108570/2012 | 11 February 2021 | Miss JL Johnston | West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4108584/2012 | 11 February 2021 | Miss A Sohar | West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust | Scotland | — |
| 1306312/2020 | 10 February 2021 | Ms L Pointon | Hopkinson Wootton Lovatt | England & Wales | — |
| 2406261/2019 | 3 February 2021 | Miss J Bobmanuel | Tradesite (Lancs) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304650/2020 | 28 January 2021 | Ms Suraiya Begum | Surgi-Call Locums Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600860/2017 | 22 January 2021 | Mrs S Aston & others | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4110596/2019 | 22 January 2021 | Mrs F Dearie | Represented by: Mr D Hutchison - Solicitor Co-Operative Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2602352/2018 | 8 January 2021 | Mr R Szarkowski | DFS Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306745/2019 | 23 December 2020 | Mr G Clarke | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600873/2017 | 17 December 2020 | Miss J Greatorex & Others (see attached schedule) | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2302512/2020 | 2 December 2020 | Mr T Pitt | Burgess Management Consultants | England & Wales | — |
| 2300540/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Sarah Perryman | RSL Awards Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101333/2014 | 11 November 2020 | Mr G Moore | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2413639/2019 | 6 November 2020 | Mr E Critchley | Christopher Bennett t/a Christopher Bennett Hairdressing | England & Wales | £146 |
| 1305255/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr Simon Pipe | Coventry University Higher Education Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 3200137/2017 | 19 October 2020 | Ms F Habib | Dave Whelan Sports Limited T/a DW Fitness First | England & Wales | — |
| 4102264/2014 | 12 October 2020 | Ms P Smith | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102450/2012 | 8 October 2020 | Mrs R Thomson | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103286/2012 | 7 October 2020 | Miss J Ruffle | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103681/2012 | 6 October 2020 | Mrs K Purves | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103797/2012 | 6 October 2020 | Mrs K Preston | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103783/2018 | 5 October 2020 | Members H Boyd and J Burnett Ms M Weatherup | Dumfries & Galloway Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108526/2012 | 5 October 2020 | Ms A Semple | West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100921/2012 | 5 October 2020 | Mrs L Waterston | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2405583/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Ms CJ Spickett | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2202639/2022 | 1 October 2020 | Mrs P Carnell | Butterworths Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2202434/2019 | 30 September 2020 | Ms M Bennett | Gratte Brothers Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302006/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mr G Graham (counsel) For the | Mr M Welsh (HR Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303904/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Ms B Thompson | Ringway Jacobs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,900 |
| 4100011/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr R Donnelly | Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103678/2019 | 21 September 2020 | Mr S Alasheni | Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4122033/2018 | 17 September 2020 | Ms A Friel | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102387/2012 | 15 September 2020 | Mrs J Armstrong | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2206080/2019 | 14 September 2020 | Mr M Harris, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406014/2019 | 12 September 2020 | Miss N Nyland | Scapa UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302055/2018 | 10 September 2020 | Mr L Matthews-Clarke | Next Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |