Insights
Data-backed guides to employment tribunal outcomes.
Research built from published judgments: success rates, compensation, costs, appeals, procedure, and employer patterns.
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Which employers appear most often in published decisions?
A careful look at repeat respondent names, with caveats on what the counts do and do not prove.
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repeat employers ranked
Corpus stats are based on documented outcomes only and should be treated as illustrative.
Reading list
Outcomes · 18 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
What successful disability claims have in common
Patterns that show up in clear wins: adjustments, capability decisions, harassment, and evidence.
150
clear disability wins reviewed
Compensation · 6 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
When ACAS uplift increases compensation
How tribunals use the ACAS Code when deciding whether compensation should increase.
25%
maximum ACAS uplift
Compensation · 17 May 2026 · 5 min read
How Polkey deductions reduce compensation
Why a tribunal can reduce compensation even after finding an unfair dismissal.
100%
possible Polkey reduction
Procedure · 26 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
How long tribunal cases take
What published decisions and official backlog data suggest about timing.
20%
backlog adjustment
Outcomes · 23 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Which claim types succeed more often?
A comparison of outcomes by claim type, with sample-size limits kept visible.
25
claim types compared
Outcomes · 16 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Why claims get struck out or dismissed
The common routes out of a claim before a straightforward win or loss.
6
main outcome routes
Appeals · 10 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
How Employment Appeal Tribunal appeals work
How appeals work and when EAT judgments help with research.
42 days
usual appeal deadline
Outcomes · 6 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
How self-represented claimants fare
What published outcomes show for litigants in person compared with represented parties.
2
groups compared
Outcomes · 28 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
How often claimants win
A plain-English breakdown of full wins, partial wins, respondent wins, and early exits.
31.6%
claimant or partial wins
Compensation · 22 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
How rare high-value awards are
How often visible awards reach higher bands and what the largest awards look like.
2.4%
awards above £50k
Compensation · 19 Mar 2026 · 6 min read
When claimants are ordered to pay costs
When costs become an issue and what the published orders can look like.
£20k
largest visible costs order