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| Withdrawn | 451 | 31% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400911/2020 | 10 September 2020 | Mr R Tierney | Next Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500837/2019 | 9 September 2020 | Mrs IE Podar | M I Dickson Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803366/2020 | 8 September 2020 | Miss N Hussain | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1403235/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Mrs H Fisher | GatenbySanderson Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403122/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr K Lee | Speedy Hire plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2201796/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr M El | Khoueiry Maroush Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803376/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Ms L Smith | British Broadcasting Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 2207672/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Dr R Al Jehani | Royal Free Hampstead NHS Foundation Trust |
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 |
| — |
| 2600868/2017 | 2 September 2020 | Mrs H Claxton | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4101663/2014 | 1 September 2020 | — | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1308871/2019 | 27 August 2020 | Mr A Warke | J Hayward & Sons Of Walsall Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4109106/2012 | 24 August 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109106/2012 Mrs Bridget Barker | Thompsons Solicitors Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 1304808/2020 | 21 August 2020 | Mrs D Hall | Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304279/2020 | 19 August 2020 | Mrs D Cooper | Kier Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2413425/2019 | 14 August 2020 | Mr K Lorne | 1) ADI Gardiner Limited 2) ADI Global Distribution | England & Wales | — |
| 2400589/2020 | 13 August 2020 | (1) Ms HM Cunningham (2) Miss G Shiels | Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600681/2020 | 13 August 2020 | Ms R Bradley | Nottingham Trent University | England & Wales | — |
| 2600951/2020 | 13 August 2020 | Ms Joanna Archer | Altius VA Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402996/2020 | 12 August 2020 | Mrs P Hamilton | NHS Chorley And South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group | England & Wales | — |
| 4113755/2015 | 12 August 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113755/2015 & Others (Please see attached list) Mr A Bell & Others | Chief Constable of Police Scotland Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1806323/2019 | 11 August 2020 | Prof O Matthias | Sheffield Hallam University | England & Wales | — |
| 2404371/2018 | 10 August 2020 | Mr P Jones | North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304886/2020 | 7 August 2020 | — | Bira Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301475/2021 | 2 August 2020 | Ms J Prendergast | Royal Borough of Greenwich Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2602152/2018 | 31 July 2020 | Mrs L Hayes | Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2410366/2019 | 29 July 2020 | Ms T Mooney | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2406273/2019 | 29 July 2020 | Ms R Innes | Huntapac Produce Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100947/2013 | 27 July 2020 | Mrs M Gillespie | Falkirk Community Trust | Scotland | — |
| 3322290/2019 | 24 July 2020 | Helen Aranyi | DrsDirect Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600870/2020 | 24 July 2020 | Ms C Rouse | Zip Heaters (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102205/2020 | 17 July 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102205/2020 Miss B Bartosiewicz | North East Scotland College | Scotland | — |
| 1304557/2018 | 16 July 2020 | Ms P Linden | Grayson Engineering Systems PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3332638/2018 | 15 July 2020 | — | Lunn v T C Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802008/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr Paul Bray-Menezes | Jacobs UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405370/2020 | 14 July 2020 | (1) Mrs KJ Swift (2) Mrs J Farral | Mr Stewart Granger | England & Wales | — |
| 4101287/2013 | 13 July 2020 | Mr J McBride | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110351/2012 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs M Bukkems | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102386/2014 | 13 July 2020 | Ms F Campbell | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100617/2013 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs L Gillies | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104954/2012 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs B Brennan | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4106746/2013 | 13 July 2020 | Miss C Grimes | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4112082/2019 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs M Dunn | Represented by: Mrs M Dunn - Lay Representative Barclays Bank UK plc | Scotland | — |
| 4111206/2012 | 13 July 2020 | Ms D Neil | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102742/2013 | 13 July 2020 | Miss CI Hawkins | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101038/2013 | 13 July 2020 | Miss J McCairn | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100946/2013 | 10 July 2020 | Mrs C Nimmo | Falkirk Community Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4110275/2012 | 10 July 2020 | Mr A Graham | Falkirk Community Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4100945/2013 | 10 July 2020 | Mrs D Phillips | Falkirk Community Trust | Scotland | — |
| 4100694/2013 | 10 July 2020 | Miss M Weir | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4105151/2012 | 10 July 2020 | Miss J McMullen | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |