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Tribunal Watch has indexed 133 UK employment tribunal cases involving parental leave claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £5,538 (the largest £174,645) across 12 cases. Tribunals upheld 21% of the 34 decided parental leave claims. These cases name 137 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 27 | 47% |
| Withdrawn | 12 | 21% |
| Struck out | 8 | 14% |
| Upheld | 7 | 12% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 25 | |
| 2020 | 28 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2416884/2018 | 20 March 2020 | Mr P Allen | Paradigm Precision Burnley Limited | £174,645 |
| 2603346/2023 | 23 December 2023 | Miss S Paraschiv | CDS Labour (Agriculture) Ltd (In Administration) | £20,811 |
| 4106401/2024 | 3 February 2025 | Mr E Heggarty | Record U.K. Limited | £20,571 |
| 2205826/2018 | 27 June 2019 | — | Webster Machinery Ltd | £18,529 |
| 1803656/2020 | 10 February 2021 | Mrs S Render | Rosdon Group UK Ltd | £16,437 |
| 4104090/2016 | 13 September 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Conjoined Cases No: 4104090/2016 and 4106953/2017 Heard at Edinburgh on 18, 19, 25, 26, and September, 02, 03, October and 01, and November 2018 and on February and February 2019 and Deliberations on February, March 2019, and and April 2019 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Tribunal Member Ms P McColl Tribunal Member Mr S Currie Ms M Hamilton | Represented by:- Mr M Allison, Solicitor Fife Council | £8,550 |
| 3305159/2023 | 10 October 2024 | Mrs Katie Plane | Gloo Communications Ltd |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501945/2020 | 29 April 2022 | Mrs S Robinson | NHS Business Services Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 2305038/2020 | 21 April 2022 | Miss K Mulford | Parkersteel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302244/2020 | 2 March 2022 | Mr S Gould | National Crime Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 3312501/2020 | 21 February 2022 | Mr S Irving, Trade Union Representative, (NSTN). For the First | Miss J Barnet, Lay Representative. For the Second Respondent: Mr L Millington, Solicitor. | England & Wales | — |
| 1311239/2020 | 20 February 2022 | In person For the | Ms A Ost - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1804350/2019 | 21 January 2022 | Mr P Cruickshank (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400754/2021 | 13 January 2022 | Mr R Date | Holley Autobodies | England & Wales | — |
| 4107494/2019 |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the parental leave caseload if parental leaveis 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.
| £2,527 |
| 2402120/2023 | 8 April 2024 | Melissa Redgrave | A Star Care at Home Limited | £1,386 |
| 15 | CDS Labour (Agriculture) Ltd (In Administration) | 1 |
| 16 | Choice Support | 1 |
| 17 | Commissioners for H M Revenue and Customs | 1 |
| 18 | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | 1 |
| 19 | Cornerstone Nurseries | 1 |
| 20 | Cranswick Country Foods plc | 1 |
| 21 December 2021 |
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| 1400518/2021 | 2 November 2021 | Mr K Stoney-Channon | Imperial Tobacco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310913/2020 | 28 October 2021 | Mr Richie Hunter | Patient Billing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802152/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Mr A Flanagan | Yorkshire Water Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1807094/2020 | 23 June 2021 | In person For the | Mr G Grant (HR and Finance Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502584/2019 | 3 June 2021 | Mr R McLean | The Banks Group Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 4106434/2019 | 18 May 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106434/2019 (V) Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on and April; and Deliberation on April 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: N Elliot Tribunal Member : R Henderson Mr Basil Hamza | HM Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 3334853/2018 | 12 May 2021 | Mr Robert Elliott | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4101470/2020 | 10 May 2021 | Mr D Wilson | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2500349/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Ms C Wood | Rejoy Beauty Limited | England & Wales | £1,250 |
| 3324448/2019 | 28 April 2021 | In person For the | Mr Juli Suli, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 4104288/2020 | 2 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4104288/2020 Mr G Rennie | Sangster & Annand Slaters Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300960/2020 | 24 March 2021 | Mr C Cole | Limitless Technology Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308232/2019 | 16 March 2021 | — | London EV Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803656/2020 | 10 February 2021 | Mrs S Render | Rosdon Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | £16,437 |
| 4101311/2020 | 10 February 2021 | Mr Gary Leach | East Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3202022/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Miss N McGlashan | Ringway Jacobs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306525/2020 | 5 January 2021 | Dr S Nazir | George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314157/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Mrs M Rattery | Whitchurch Primary School and Nursery/Joanne Daswani Headteacher and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3319932/2019 | 8 December 2020 | Mr C Williamson | Ambivent Limited | England & Wales | £1,050 |
| 2300612/2019 | 7 December 2020 | Mr K Vieru | Oxford Economics Ltd Heard: via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1800657/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Miss N Thackery | Daynes Monumental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301829/2019 | 15 September 2020 | Mr Ennis (solicitor) For the | Mr Scuplak (Human Resources Adviser) | England & Wales | — |
| 3327543/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr C Bradshaw | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400510/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr N Hillman | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1601763/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mrs S Hunt | Mr C Gayle | England & Wales | — |
| 1801777/2020 | 17 June 2020 | Mrs M Hanning | Independent Financial Adviser Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800703/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Miss E Hargreaves | Cornerstone Nurseries | England & Wales | — |
| 2200293/2020 | 21 May 2020 | Mr M Glazebrook | Asos.com Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403367/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Miss J Gillett | Hartwood Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 2415346/2018 | 12 May 2020 | Mr A Edwards | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2417107/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Mr L Rumsey | O2 (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404599/2019 | 27 March 2020 | Mr B Adams | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801364/2020 | 27 March 2020 | Mr N Secretan | Nexus Vehicle Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416884/2018 | 20 March 2020 | Mr P Allen | Paradigm Precision Burnley Limited | England & Wales | £174,645 |
| 1806436/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr S Gatehouse | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206519/2018 | 14 February 2020 | in person For | Mr S. Hoyle of Croners | England & Wales | — |
| 2303909/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr K Woods | Veolia | England & Wales | — |
| 2201871/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr B Moorad | NHS Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112517/2019 | 7 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112517/2019 Mr S Chalmers | Represented by: In Person Remote Measurement Systems Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3202107/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Ms A Chatfield | IKEA Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401785/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr D Chaffe | Peach Café Limited (t/a The Woods) | England & Wales | — |