Legal Authority Tracker

5,221 unique authorities cited across published tribunal decisions. Search for a specific case or statute to see which tribunal decisions have cited it.

How to use this page

Search for a case name (e.g. “Burchell” or “Vento”) or statute (e.g. “ERA 1996”) to find how often it has been cited in tribunal decisions. Click on any authority to see the full list of citing tribunal cases, where you can further filter by claim type, outcome, and keyword. Citations referring to the same authority with different citation formats have been grouped together.

Most cited authorities — with outcome correlation

Claimant success rate in contested cases where each authority is cited. Correlation does not imply causation — frequently cited authorities appear in both successful and unsuccessful claims.

All authorities by citation frequency

AuthorityTribunal decisions citing
Madarassy v Nomura International Plc [2007] ICR 867200
Igen v Wong [2005] ICR 931183
BHS v Burchell [1978] IRLR 379173
Shamoon v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [2003] ICR 337154
Polkey v A E Dayton Services Ltd [1988] ICR 142144
Iceland Frozen Foods v Jones [1983] ICR 17136
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Hitt [2003] ICR 111128
Nagarajan v London Regional Transport [2000] 1 AC 501123
Western Excavating v Sharp [1978] ICR 221114
Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International [1998] AC 20108
Hewage v Grampian Health Board [2012] UKSC 3786
Robertson v Bexley Community Centre [2003] IRLR 43486
Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth [2018] ICR 185083
Hendricks v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2003] ICR 53080
Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal [2009] ICR 72476
Chesterton Global Ltd v Nurmohamed [2018] ICR 73175
Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2021] UKSC 3372
Keeble v British Coal Corporation [1997] IRLR 33670
Adedeji v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 2370
Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions [1968] 2 QB 49769
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher [2011] UKSC 4169
Goodwin v Patent Office [1999] ICR 30268
Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Ltd v Geduld [2010] ICR 32566
Pnaiser v NHS England [2016] IRLR 17063
Anyanwu v South Bank Student Union [2001] ICR 39154
Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 552
Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2003] ICR 31847
Yerrakalva v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council [2012] ICR 42047
Glasgow City Council v Zafar [1998] ICR 12042
Ministry of Justice v Sarfraz [2011] IRLR 56241
Vaughan v Modality Partnership [2021] ICR 535(3 variants)40
Environment Agency v Rowan [2008] ICR 21839
Abernethy v Mott, Hay and Anderson [1974] ICR 32338
Taplin v C Shippam Ltd [1978] ICR 1068(3 variants)37
Selkent Bus Co Ltd v Moore [1996] ICR 836(3 variants)37
Anya v University of Oxford [2001] ICR 84737
Foley v Post Office [2000] ICR 128335
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police v Khan [2001] ICR 1065(7 variants)34
Porter v Bandridge Ltd [1978] ICR 943(3 variants)34
Griffiths v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2017] ICR 16033
Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd [2008] ICR 79932
J v DLA Piper UK LLP [2010] ICR 105231
Williams v Compair Maxam [1982] ICR 15630
Laing v Manchester City Council [2006] ICR 1519(4 variants)28
Bahl v The Law Society [2004] IRLR 799(4 variants)27
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board v Morgan [2018] ICR 1194(4 variants)26
Pemberton v Inwood [2018] ICR 129126
Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] ICR 1602(4 variants)26
Fecitt v NHS Manchester [2012] ICR 372(6 variants)26
Balls v Downham Market High School [2011] IRLR 21725

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