Updated 2025.
Employment Tribunal cases and their judgments, in the past, were rarely made freely available to the public, however The Ministry of Justice launched an online database in February 2017, which you can access here, meaning that in future, employment tribunal decisions from England, Scotland and Wales will be easily searchable.
At October 2025 the database contains about 125,000 decisions dating back to 2015 (there are a few cases listed dated between 2010-2015).
Concerns were raised about the effect of the new system – employers who have lost or settled claims (including those proceedings that are ‘dismissed’ and don’t get to Tribunal, or are withdrawn on settlement via ACAS (with a COT3 form)), are also included in the database and will find that information is easily available for anyone to see. In addition, database searches could become part of some employers’ and recruiters recruitment and screening processes….. Employers are warned against using the database for this in case they risk claims for compensation because of discrimination, victimisation, whistle-blowing or black-listing.
In addition,
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgments have been available online for years – The higher courts and the Employment Appeal Tribunal usually have details published on the BAILII website.