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Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,515 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,352 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,343 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,214 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,396 | 35% |
| Struck out | 6,533 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,818 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |
| Other | 1,026 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,871 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,577 | |
| 2026 | 1,946 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404855/2018 | 5 June 2019 | In person For the | University of Southampton | £3,449,329 |
| 2302179/2017 | 17 June 2022 | Mr C Crow (Counsel) For the | — | £1,009,832 |
| 3304188/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Cyril Gregory | Petro Trace Limited | £340,213 |
| 1801339/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Miss S J Austin | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | £269,114 |
| 1600183/2021 | 27 November 2020 | Ms Peak Ong | Aberystwyth University | £264,442 |
| 3320831/2021 | 30 November 2022 | Mr Joh Murphy | Remus Corporation UK Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | £234,410 |
| 3305627/2024 | 6 August 2025 | Mr Richard Cooke | Seven Resourcing Limited | £229,119 |
| 3303448/2019 | 25 March 2021 | Scott Neto | Key People Limited | £217,039 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2308162/2024 | 14 February 2025 | Miss P Cheeseman | Vivendo | England & Wales | — |
| 3302963/2024 | 14 February 2025 | Mr B Xue | Escendant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500733/2023 | 14 February 2025 | Ms H Gaines | Leslie Brown Contracting Limited | England & Wales | £4,147 |
| 3200254/2024 | 14 February 2025 | Mr M Kumar | Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3200055/2023 | 14 February 2025 | Mrs A Noden | Step Up Children and Family Services Limited | England & Wales | £8,756 |
| 3312217/2023 | 14 February 2025 | Mr R. Seaward For the | Mr O. Fuller | England & Wales | — |
| 6020380/2024 | 14 February 2025 | — | Uckmar v Natsap Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2306571/2023 | 14 February 2025 | Ms. K. Kolawole | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the unfair dismissal caseload if unfair dismissalis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
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| 16 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 50 |
| 17 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 18 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 47 |
| 19 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| 20 | British Telecommunications plc | 46 |
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| 3303452/2024 | 14 February 2025 | Ms S Mead | L.D. Collins & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600267/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Miss J Whitty | Torfaen County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3201623/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Mr M Okoro | Diamond Hangar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402883/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Mr K Chima | Sustainable Energy First Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2217983/2024 | 13 February 2025 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202454/2023 | 13 February 2025 | Mr Bosko Pejic | Storm Global Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302976/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Sarah Tucker | PeoplePlus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201648/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Miss L Nasr | Virgin Active Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005238/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Daniel Barnes | J & K Global Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601300/2023 | 13 February 2025 | Mr Neil Colbourne | Johnsons Textile Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005723/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Ms N Burgess | ActionAid | England & Wales | — |
| 6008259/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Mr A Qadiri | The Brookknight Security Group | England & Wales | — |
| 6000473/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Miss S Kitson | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2401084/2024 | 13 February 2025 | M Z Bedoui | Greene King Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2215401/2023 | 12 February 2025 | Ms D Clarke | General Medical Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3306304/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Miss L Smith | Time Systems UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002245/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Benjamin Mercer | F W Marsh Electrical and Mechanical Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2302968/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Miss B Warden | Countrystyle Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401589/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Mr S Aiyegbusi | Oak Tree (Construction Design & Management) Limited | England & Wales | £722 |
| 4105584/2023 | 12 February 2025 | Member E Farrell Tribunal Member R Taggart Mr L Weston | Represented by Mr B McKinlay - Solicitor Royal Mail Group Ltd | Scotland | £3,011 |
| 1311314/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Mr A Maqsood | Alamgir Traditional Cuisine Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6006524/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Mr Miroslaw Skiepko | JBP Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304168/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Mrs Jessica Mauve | Plinian Capital Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301232/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Ms M Stevens | A&S Food and Drink Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011042/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Mr G O'Donnell | Bourne Leisure Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400247/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Dean McMullen | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £6,746 |
| 2303049/2024 | 12 February 2025 | Miss B Connolly | Trentham Invest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304291/2024 | 11 February 2025 | A Page | The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company | England & Wales | — |
| 3315324/2023 | 11 February 2025 | Goda Siaulyte | Vita Manufacture Ltd | England & Wales | £4,095 |
| 1304185/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Farihah Chaudry, Assistant Lawyer | Simon Jerrison, Solicitor PRELIMINARY HEARING IN PUBLIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1401065/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Mrs Gillian Dawson, Senior Employment Caseworker (Citizen’s Advice Bureau) For the | Mr Jack Treston, Litigation Consultant (Peninsula) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409237/2023 | 11 February 2025 | Mrs Elizabeth Mary Richardson | Hair by Alison Preston Limited (“first respondent”) & Envy Cheshire Limited (“second respondent”) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303667/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Mr H Shariff | Stephenie Bridge | England & Wales | — |
| 1602379/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Mr P L Burton | Arriva North West Ltd. HELD AT: Caernarfon | England & Wales | — |
| 6016099/2024 | 11 February 2025 | IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203789/2022 | 11 February 2025 | Mrs M Sabio Almeda | Gratte Brothers Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302979/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Mr B Hazelwood | Alliance Property Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6010635/2024 | 11 February 2025 | Mr S Thomas | Recyclabox Limited (t/a Spring) | England & Wales | £4,931 |
| 2410925/2023 | 11 February 2025 | Mr Muhammad Yusuf | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309557/2022 | 10 February 2025 | Miss J Collins | Capel Manor College | England & Wales | — |
| 3307837/2023 | 10 February 2025 | Mrs S White Miss K Holmes Mrs M Lalite | Pebble Sanctuary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004775/2024 | 10 February 2025 | Mr Chris Bridle | NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |