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| Withdrawn | 68 | 7% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2305594/2021 | 28 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2213436/2023 | 24 October 2024 | (1) Ms I Dos Santos Costa (2) Mr H Acosta Piamonte (3) Ms A Ferreira (4) Ms R Gusque (5) Ms S Fonnegra Rivera (6) Ms S Yaguar Salinas | DOC Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300081/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mr O Adebiyi & 7 Others (See attached schedule) | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400637/2023 | 17 October 2024 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602982/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mr T Watkins | Cardiff Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200779/2024 | 26 September 2024 | Dr Z Dinnen | Queen Mary University London | England & Wales | — |
| 2401705/2023 | 13 September 2024 | Mr J Tshino | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311660/2023 | 2 September 2024 | Mr G Deane (counsel) For the |
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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| 1804383/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr J Pallagi | FL Meat Realisations Limited | England & Wales | £145,352 |
| 1404078/2022 | 8 August 2024 | Mr H Menon, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301499/2022 | 19 July 2024 | Ms N Cordingley | The Royal School for the Blind | England & Wales | — |
| 2407636/2023 | 16 July 2024 | Unison & others (see attached schedule) | Orchard Day Nursery (Liverpool) Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600341/2023 | 10 July 2024 | Mr A Cattermole | SPS Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103131/2023 | 10 July 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4103131/2023 Mr D Matthews | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1305501/2022 | 28 June 2024 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2307124/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mr S Buparai | Secretary of State for Justice FINAL HEARING Heard at London South: by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2401500/2021 | 14 June 2024 | Mr I Roe | Lunar Automotive Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104467/2023 | 10 June 2024 | L Brown & P Findlay Ms F Abbott | - Solicitor Browns Manufacturing Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2411794/2023 | 6 June 2024 | Mr M Holt | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1603339/2023 | 6 June 2024 | Mr D Roberts-Griffiths and Others | CP Pharmaceuticals Limited (First Respondent) Wockhardt UK Limited (Second Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 2209500/2023 | 5 June 2024 | Ms T O’Halloran, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2210420/2023 | 29 May 2024 | — | Reply Ltd and Salt Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200700/2024 | 24 May 2024 | Mr D Carabott | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 2209965/2023 | 24 May 2024 | ABC | Xyz Reconsideration | England & Wales | — |
| 2302605/2022 | 16 May 2024 | Mr J Smith | South Thames Colleges Group | England & Wales | £5,500 |
| 2406472/2022 | 29 April 2024 | Ms A Hindle | British Medical Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2501677/2023 | 19 April 2024 | Mr G Marshall | LNER Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300353/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr M Young | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303729/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Miss C Ibbotson (Counsel) For the | Mr J-P Van Zyl (Solicitor) | England & Wales | £72,864 |
| 3311560/2020 | 10 April 2024 | — | Martins v GXO Logistics UK Ltd and others | England & Wales | £625 |
| 1302276/2022 | 26 March 2024 | Mr k bartwicki | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1302326/2022 | 26 March 2024 | Ms s hall | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1302320/2022 | 26 March 2024 | Ms A Graham | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1302346/2022 | 26 March 2024 | Ms m kell | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1302436/2022 | 26 March 2024 | Ms L Meeson | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2300256/2023 | 25 March 2024 | Mr P Kennedy | Arriva Rail London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302332/2022 | 24 March 2024 | Ms C Harrison | Homes and Communities Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 4106931/2023 | 22 March 2024 | — | Royal Mail Group Ltd & Others | Scotland | — |
| 2301062/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr. A. Szabo | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301993/2022 | 11 March 2024 | Mrs M Rucci | National Maritime Museum | England & Wales | — |
| 2300481/2020 | 7 March 2024 | Mr Paul Markham | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | £5,657 |
| 3308822/2022 | 4 March 2024 | Ms Sheila Foster | Centrebus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603036/2021 | 1 March 2024 | Dr D Harvie (1) Dr G Lightfoot (2) Professor S Lilley (3) | University of Leicester | England & Wales | — |
| 3205986/2022 | 1 March 2024 | Mr A Ali | Lea Interchange Bus Company Limited | England & Wales | £5,415 |
| 3201864/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mr Thomas Hassan Animashaun Mr Alun Hobday Mr Russell Dawes | Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304574/2023 | 23 February 2024 | Ms S Gedling | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102937/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Member Ms M McAllister Tribunal Member Mr R McPherson Ms M Coulter | Scottish Police Authority | Scotland | — |
| 4105432/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr G Reddick and others | 15 Simon Community Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2203235/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mr M West | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3302131/2021 | 2 February 2024 | Mr B Lawrence | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |