Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 473 UK employment tribunal cases involving trade union claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £5,657 (the largest £223,146) across 33 cases. Tribunals upheld 72% of the 768 decided trade union claims. These cases name 392 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 550 | 56% |
| Dismissed | 218 | 22% |
| Struck out | 106 | 11% |
| Withdrawn | 68 | 7% |
| Other | 38 | 4% |
| Settled | 2 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 79 | |
| 2020 | 103 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 50 | |
| 2023 | 77 | |
| 2024 | 63 | |
| 2025 | 30 | |
| 2026 | 12 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601383/2022 | 8 December 2023 | Mr. R C Wilson Additional Claimants: See the table at paragraph 3 below | Synthite Ltd | £223,146 |
| 1804383/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr J Pallagi | FL Meat Realisations Limited | £145,352 |
| 2303729/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Miss C Ibbotson (Counsel) For the | Mr J-P Van Zyl (Solicitor) | £72,864 |
| 2301303/2019 | 27 January 2022 | Mr Javier Sanchez Ortiz | Mitie Limited | £37,915 |
| 4105290/2016 | 12 December 2017 | — | WC Willis & Co Ltd | £27,803 |
| 4111447/2019 | 8 June 2021 | Mr G McIrvine | Represented by:15 Mr Jay Lawson Solicitor Scottish Police Authority | £22,071 |
| 2410812/2018 | 21 May 2019 | Mrs Liliana Martins Salvador | T & A Textiles & Hosiery Limited | £20,408 |
| 2500234/2021 | 30 December 2022 | Mr P Emmerson | Northern Gas Networks Limited | £17,160 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300956/2018 | 1 May 2026 | Mr D Joy | Acas | England & Wales | — |
| 3321379/2019 | 30 April 2026 | Mr R Drummond | G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314362/2019 | 30 April 2026 | Mr S Nash | Urbaser Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3300425/2019 | 29 April 2026 | — | Manthorpe v Kier Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307504/2018 | 27 April 2026 | Mr H Bonnick | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200059/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss M Moussa | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1303226/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs K Wilson-Dyke | Landau Forte Charitable Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403989/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr G Grant | Cirrus Inns Limited | England & Wales |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the trade union caseload if trade unionis 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.
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| 15 | Serco Limited | 3 |
| 16 | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | 3 |
| 17 | Acas | 2 |
| 18 | Asda Stores Limited | 2 |
| 19 | British Airways plc | 2 |
| 20 | Citizens Advice Merton & Lambeth | 2 |
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| 2407351/2024 | 23 April 2026 | Mr I MacFarlane | GMB Trade Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2401562/2025 | 13 March 2026 | Ms S Campbell and others Mr D Atkinson and others Mr M Adkins and others | Livv Housing Group Livv Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000591/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Ms Dawn Macdonald | Represented by: Mr R Clarke - Solicitor Highland Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3306439/2024 | 22 January 2026 | Mr R Payne | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8002168/2024 | 17 December 2025 | Mr J Nevin | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1301656/2025 | 28 November 2025 | Mr D Makovicky | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313271/2023 | 28 November 2025 | Mr S Gill | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2223816/2024 | 21 November 2025 | A, B, & C | 4V Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6016223/2024 | 4 November 2025 | Mr M O’Shea | London and North Eastern Railway Limited | England & Wales | £3,028 |
| 2412889/2023 | 10 October 2025 | Mr N Wiliams and others (see schedule) | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1601314/2023 | 10 October 2025 | Mr Alun Williams And others | Kingspan Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305587/2024 | 3 October 2025 | John Inokoba | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805616/2025 | 12 September 2025 | Mr A Roach | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2406503/2024 | 14 August 2025 | Mr B Bosson & others (see attached schedule) | Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2223030/2024 | 12 August 2025 | Mrs Amy Rothwell | Gray's Inn Medical Group Limited | England & Wales | £13,947 |
| 2225841/2024 | 1 August 2025 | (1) Ian Methven (2) Michael Eatwell (3) Louisa Bull | Unite the Union | England & Wales | — |
| 4106703/2024 | 30 July 2025 | Legal Members: P O’Hagan & S Cardownie Mr R Higgins & Others | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3311062/2023 | 28 July 2025 | Mrs S Chanda | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601331/2023 | 23 July 2025 | Mr P Duffy | Kingspan Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001092/2025 | 18 July 2025 | Mr O Nnamuchi | UNISON Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 1810294/2024 | 14 July 2025 | Mr A Long | XPO Transport Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600980/2024 | 27 June 2025 | Mr S Balmont (C1) and Claimants 2-11 | Flogas Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305280/2023 | 6 June 2025 | Heran Limbachia & Others | Serco Limited | England & Wales | £5,128 |
| 6001557/2024 | 3 June 2025 | T Hodge | Industrial Workers of the World | England & Wales | — |
| 1400547/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mr M Abdelsalam | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2307006/2023 | 22 May 2025 | Mr N Levy | St Thomas’’ Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2300458/2023 | 22 April 2025 | Mr D Rolles (1) Mr D Ludwig (2) Mr D Newcomb (3) Mr M MacPherson (4) | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 1402217/2022 | 27 March 2025 | - MR M PUAR (COUNSEL) FOR THE | Mr S Davies (counsel – unregistered) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302976/2024 | 25 March 2025 | — | Monteiro v Royal Mail Group Ltd | England & Wales | £766 |
| 2501117/2024 | 21 March 2025 | Mr. G. Askew | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1401254/2023 | 6 March 2025 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602180/2023 | 3 March 2025 | Respondent: Mr D Arundel Royal Mail Group Ltd JUDGMENT The claim of trade union detriment (s146 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) is struck out. This does not affect the remaining claim of disability discrimination. REASONS 1. By a letter of 7 February 2025, the Tribunal gave the Claimant an opportunity to make representations or to request a hearing as to why the complaint of trade union detriment should not be struck out because it did not have a reasonable prospect of success. 2. The Claimant did not respond by the deadline of 21 February 2025 but his representative confirmed receipt of the strike out warning. As no representations have been made, the Tribunal proceeded to strike out this claim. _________________________________ Employment Judge Sharp Dated: 26 February 2025 ORDER SENT TO THE PARTIES ON 3 March 2025 Kacey O’Brien FOR THE SECRETARY TO EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS | Mr D Arundel Royal Mail Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402482/2024 | 30 January 2025 | Mr N. Toms (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300531/2023 | 14 January 2025 | Mr K Vouzon | Transport UK London Bus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2216692/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mr Ace Ahmed | London Transit Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401315/2024 | 24 December 2024 | Mr J Stocker | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305821/2023 | 17 December 2024 | — | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Shared Services Connected Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2412897/2023 | 9 December 2024 | Ms S Primrose | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 4104649/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr J Stubbs | Represented by: Mr L G Cunningham - Advocate The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1800924/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mr F Villani | York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £10,000 |
| 4106930/2023 | 6 November 2024 | Mr. J Weldon | Represented by: Mr. R Lawson, Solicitor GXO Logistics UK Limited | Scotland | — |