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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10

repeat employers ranked

Corpus stats are based on documented outcomes only and should be treated as illustrative.

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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

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