Employment tribunals still under pressure according to latest figures
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) recently revealed its tribunal statistics for the latest quarter (October to December, Q3 2025/26), showing that employment tribunals continue to receive significantly more cases than it resolves.
The publication notes that the single claim open caseload (58,000) has exceeded the peak of 44,000 in Q3 2020/21 for the third consecutive quarter and is up 49% compared to the same period in 2024/25. In Q3 2025, employment tribunals received 13,000 single claims and disposed of 5700 single claim cases. Of the 590 received, 340 were disposed of.
The number of open lead cases stood at 7400 at the end of December. These lead multiples cover 9500 multiple claim receipts, 2600 disposals and leave an open caseload of 466,000 multiple claims. This means that, at the end of the quarter under review, there were 523,000 open claims in total.
The MoJ emphasises that multiple claims can represent many individual cases linked to a single employer, which is why their volumes can change sharply from quarter to quarter.
