Transfer of undertakings (TUPE) compensation & tribunal success rate — UK data (page 11) | Tribunal Watch
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Transfer of undertakings (TUPE) employment tribunal cases — UK data 2017–present
Tribunal Watch has indexed 538 UK employment tribunal cases involving transfer of undertakings (tupe) claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,921 (the largest £279,566) across 115 cases. Tribunals upheld 51% of the 356 decided transfer of undertakings (tupe) claims. These cases name 667 distinct employers as respondents.
Total cases
538
Median award
£7,921
Claims upheld
51%
Largest single award
£279,566
Distinct employers
667
England & Wales
438
Scotland
100
Compensation in transfer of undertakings (tupe) cases
115 cases with a recorded award
Median
£7,921
Mean
£18,477
25th percentile
£1,940
75th percentile
£18,698
90th percentile
£42,221
Largest
£279,566
Figures are the total award recorded across cases that include a transfer of undertakings (tupe) claim and a published remedy — 115 of 538 transfer of undertakings (tupe) cases. Many tribunal judgments decide liability only, with compensation set at a later hearing, so they are not counted here. A judgment combining several claim types contributes its whole award. Nothing here is legal advice or a prediction of any individual outcome.
Outcomes of transfer of undertakings (tupe) claims
497 adjudicated claims
Outcome
Claims
Share
Upheld
181
36%
Dismissed
175
35%
Withdrawn
72
14%
Other
31
6%
Struck out
29
6%
Settled
9
2%
Counting only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed), 51% of transfer of undertakings (tupe) claims were upheld — 181 of 356. Settled and withdrawn claims are excluded from that rate. Outcomes are recorded per claim, so a judgment can uphold one claim and dismiss another.
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the transfer of undertakings (tupe) caseload if transfer of undertakings (tupe)is 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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