Insights from the tribunal database
Data-backed articles built from the published employment tribunal judgments indexed on Tribunal Intel.
ACAS uplift: when tribunals increase compensation
When employment tribunals increase compensation for unreasonable failures to follow the ACAS Code, how the uplift is assessed, and when it is unlikely to apply.
How often do tribunals apply Polkey reductions?
What published unfair dismissal judgments suggest about Polkey reductions, how large they can be, and what that means for a statement of loss.
How long does an employment tribunal take?
Real waiting times by region and claim type, based on 26,000+ published decisions and current MOJ backlog data. Scotland, London, and the North compared.
Which employment tribunal claim types are most likely to succeed?
A data-backed look at claimant success rates by claim type in published employment tribunal judgments, with sample-size caveats and compensation context.
When claimants don't win: the reasons behind every other outcome
Strike-outs, time bars, merits losses, withdrawals, settlements, and defaults — a data-driven breakdown of the most common reasons employment tribunal cases end without a claimant win.
Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions: what they are and why they matter
A practical guide to what the Employment Appeal Tribunal does, what usually gets appealed, and how to use EAT judgments on Tribunal Intel.
What published tribunal judgments suggest about self-represented claimants
How self-represented and represented claimants compare in published employment tribunal judgments, including success rates and compensation patterns.
How often claimants actually win in published tribunal judgments
How claimant outcomes break down in published employment tribunal judgments, including merits wins, partial wins, strike-outs, and withdrawals.
How rare high-value employment tribunal awards really are
How often published tribunal awards reach £20k, £50k, and £100k, plus the largest compensation cases in the current corpus.
When claimants are ordered to pay respondent costs
How often respondent costs orders appear in published employment tribunal judgments, and how large those orders can get.