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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| Withdrawn | 451 | 31% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400936/2008 | 22 November 2017 | Mrs M McWilliams | Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4100086/2016 | 17 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100086/2016 Mrs E Brown | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4107400/2013 | 17 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107400/2013 Mrs M Sangster | Represented by: Thompsons West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4112903/2015 | 17 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112903/2015 Mrs M Whitelaw | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110656/2012 | 17 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110656/2012 Ms M Wilkinson | Represented by: Thompsons West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108279/2014 | 17 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108279/2014 Ms MM Mangnall | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
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 |
| 4105752/2012 | 16 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105752/2012 Mrs J McClement | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100805/2014 | 16 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100805/2014 Ms A Jack | Represented by: Thompsons West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4107399/2013 | 16 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107399/2013 Mrs R Swarbrick | Represented by: Thompsons West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4111578/2012 | 16 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 100670/2010 & 4111578/2012 Mrs I McGowan | Represented by: Thompsons Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110234/2015 | 15 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110234/2015 Mrs J McClure | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108669/2012 | 15 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108669/2012 Miss K Berry | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101348/2012 | 15 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101348/2012 Mrs J Greenslade | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100965/2012 | 14 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100965/2012 Mrs A Starkey | Represented by: Thompsons Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3329427/2017 | 20 October 2017 | Ms A Macey, Counsel For the | Mr P Bownes solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4104438/2013 | 19 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104438/2013 Mrs M Mowatt | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108626/2015 | 19 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108626/2015 & 104437/2011 Mr D Gardner | Represented by: Thompsons Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110221/2015 | 19 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110221/2015 Mrs S Rae | Represented by: Thompsons Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104542/2013 | 18 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104542/2013 Mrs C Lees | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101686/2012 | 12 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101686/2012 Ms A Farr | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitors The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100892/2012 | 11 October 2017 | Ms MM Paterson | Unrepresented: West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100967/2012 | 10 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100967/2012 Mrs L Scotland | Represented by: Thompsons Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102870/2012 | 10 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102870/2012 Mrs PH Lightowler | Represented by: Thompsons Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100974/2012 | 10 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100974/2012 Mrs P Douglas | Represented by: Thompsons Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102873/2012 | 10 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102873/2012 Mr ED Turnbull | Represented by: Thompsons Clackmannanshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4116649/2014 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4116649/2014 Mrs D Boyd | Represented by: Flint Bishop Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4109935/2012 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109935/2012 Miss A Brown | Represented by: Flint Bishop Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104918/2013 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104918/2013 Mr R Hoey | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4109937/2012 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109937/2012 Mrs A Sutherland | Represented by: Flint Bishop Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4111655/2012 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111655/2012 Mr R Daly | Represented by: West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100872/2012 | 9 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100872/2012 Ms JH Boyd | Represented by: Thompsons East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110799/2015 | 5 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110799/2015 Held in Dundee Mrs P Bell | Represented by: Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110578/2012 | 31 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4110578/2012 Mrs T Summers | Represented by: Mr D Raggett – Solicitor Aberdeen City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4113211/2015 | 28 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113211/2015 Ms S Scott | Represented by: D M Legal Claims Ltd North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110944/2012 | 28 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110944/2012 Ms I Lewis | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4111665/2012 | 28 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111665/2012 Mr P Tainsh | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100604/2017 | 24 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100604/2017 Mrs T Morrison | Hewlett-Packard Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4112024/2012 | 10 August 2017 | Ms J Coyle | Unrepresented North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104112/2012 | 10 August 2017 | Ms M Gallagher | Unrepresented North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104106/2012 | 10 August 2017 | Ms M Gallagher | Unrepresented North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103204/2014 | 10 August 2017 | Ms S Kerr | Unrepresented North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4104109/2012 | 10 August 2017 | Ms M Gallagher | Unrepresented North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100624/2013 | 9 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100624/2013 Mrs A Ridley | Represented by: Thompsons North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101854/2014 | 9 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101854/2014 Mrs M Gardiner | Represented by: Thompsons South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108632/2012 | 8 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108632/2012 Miss C Bruce | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4101131/2013 | 8 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101131/2013 Ms G Robson | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100769/2013 | 8 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100769/2013 Mrs J Anderson | Represented by: Thompsons North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4107258/2013 | 1 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107258/2013 Mrs L Robert | Represented by: Thompsons North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108696/2012 | 1 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108696/2012 Mrs C Gandy | Represented by: Thompsons West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102433/2014 | 1 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102433/2014 Mrs MA Quinn | Represented by: Thompsons South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |