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Vento bands: injury-to-feelings awards

The Vento bands used by employment tribunals to assess injury-to-feelings awards in discrimination cases.

GBP

Band	From	To	Desc
lower	1,300	12,600	less serious cases
middle	12,600	37,700	cases not meriting the upper band
upper	37,700	62,900	most serious; exceptional cases may exceed £62,900

Corroborated (secondary) Presidential guidance jurisdiction GB in force since 2026-04-06

presidential_guidance·GB·corroborated-secondary-B·last verified 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z·sha256:c179b5ee1d4…

Scope: Applies to claims PRESENTED on/after 2026-04-06; earlier claims use the Eighth Addendum bands. Non-statutory judicial guidance (no SI exists), RPI-uprated. Scotland additionally subject to para 12 of the 2017 guidance.

PDF para 1 contains an apparent internal typo ('Eighth' where 'Ninth' is meant); operative bands unaffected. Sole publisher judiciary.uk — corroborated-secondary-B is the best attainable status for this source_type.

Current sources

Judicial guidancePresidential Guidance (ET E&W + Scotland), NINTH Addendum, signed 2026-03-30; PDF archived at research/artifacts/Vento-bands-presidential-guidance-April-2026-addendum.pdf (URL rotates yearly)

retrieved 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z
sha256:dd1ff9114926…

Secondary reproductions≥2 independent reproductions matching the PDF exactly: Practical Law w-049-8281; Howes Percival 'Updated Vento Bands 2026'

retrieved 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z

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Band	From	To	Desc
lower	1,300	12,600	less serious cases
middle	12,600	37,700	cases not meriting the upper band
upper	37,700	62,900	most serious; exceptional cases may exceed £62,900

2026-04-06

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Corroborated (secondary)

Judicial guidance: Presidential Guidance (ET E&W + Scotland), NINTH Addendum, signed 2026-03-30; PDF archived at research/artifacts/Vento-bands-presidential-guidance-April-2026-addendum.pdf (URL rotates yearly) retrieved 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z (sha256:dd1ff9114926…)
Secondary reproductions: ≥2 independent reproductions matching the PDF exactly: Practical Law w-049-8281; Howes Percival 'Updated Vento Bands 2026' retrieved 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z

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