Independent research on UK Employment Tribunal outcomes.
We analyse hundreds of thousands of published tribunal decisions to surface patterns in awards, success rates, industries and regions — research used by employees, advisers and journalists.
The reports explain what has happened across thousands of Employment Tribunal decisions — and, just as importantly, why individual outcomes so often diverge from the national picture.
Context first. Personal relevance second.
- Understand the wider Employment Tribunal landscape.
- Challenge common assumptions about awards and success rates.
- Interpret national statistics correctly, rather than at face value.
- Appreciate why individual outcomes vary so widely.
Research provides context. Benchmarking a dispute against genuinely comparable tribunal decisions provides personal insight.
Employment Tribunal Statistics 2026
Analysis of 130,984 published UK Employment Tribunal decisions
Employment Tribunal Statistics 2026
The UK’s most comprehensive independent analysis of Employment Tribunal decisions — covering compensation, success rates, claim types, industries, regions and representation.
- Published
- 28 June 2026
- Version
- v1.0
- Dataset
- 130,984 decisions
- Format
- PDF · 38 pages · 1.1 MB
Start with the flagship report for the broad picture, then explore focused research covering compensation, legal representation and other aspects of Employment Tribunal outcomes.
Employment Tribunal Compensation Statistics
Why the average award (£7,098) is almost three times the typical award (£2,594) — and what the data actually shows.
Legal Representation at Employment Tribunal
What 64,143 Tribunal cases reveal about legal representation and outcomes.
Discrimination Outcomes
A focused study of discrimination claims at Employment Tribunal.
Settlement vs Tribunal
Comparing settled and litigated employment disputes.
Polkey & Contributory Fault
A deep dive into how tribunals adjust compensatory awards.
Turning research into better decisions.
The reports in this Research Centre answer questions such as how often claims succeed, how compensation is distributed across thousands of decisions, and how representation influences outcomes.
They cannot answer what an individual case is worth, whether a particular settlement offer is fair, whether a claim is unusually strong, or which historical decisions most closely resemble it. That is where CaseIntel's benchmarking tools complement the research — applying the same underlying dataset to a specific dispute.
- Settlement Checker
Benchmark a specific settlement offer against comparable tribunal decisions.
- Claim Success Checker
See how often historically similar claims succeeded at tribunal.
- Outcome Predictor
Model realistic outcome ranges using cases with similar factual characteristics.
The reports here explain how Employment Tribunals operate at a national level.
For most readers, the next question is not “what usually happens?” but “what is most likely to happen in a case like mine?”National research provides context. CaseIntel's benchmarking tools help answer that individual question using comparable Employment Tribunal decisions.