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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600396/2023 | 14 January 2025 | Mrs D Byczek | Sports Direct.com Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001022/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Mrs J Rowland | Zoe Jarvis | England & Wales | — |
| 2302746/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Mr G Peel | Garth Denham Assoc Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405058/2023 | 14 January 2025 | Mx I Wix | The Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2600198/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Ms L Baxter Ms M Boston | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6005321/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Ms D Bhatti | London Healthcare Locums Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2417074/2019 | 14 January 2025 | Mr G Bond | Insolvency Service Redundancy Payments | England & Wales | — |
| 8001603/2024 |
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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| 1303102/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Mr M Young | West Midlands Travel Ltd, National Express | England & Wales | — |
| 2601507/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Mr J Inquieti | Pmc | England & Wales | — |
| 6007431/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Miss A Harrison | Fino Pizzeria & Chicchetti Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010871/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Miss Stephanie Faulkner | Lincoln UTC | England & Wales | — |
| 1305010/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Sherman Dubisson | Longbridge Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2400352/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Samuel Baxter | Maidenhead Aquatics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1604177/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Ms M Vercherat | GB Intelligence Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409204/2023 | 14 January 2025 | Mr S Smith | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2226332/2024 | 14 January 2025 | Miss Flora Gome Djedje | Community Integrated Care HELD AT: London Central (via CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3304740/2024 | 13 January 2025 | No attendance For the | Mr. A. Rhodes - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 8001189/2024 | 13 January 2025 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001189/2024 (V)5 Held on January 2025 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr C Booth | Represented by, Mr B McLaughlin, Solicitor Aberdeenshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 6012382/2024 | 13 January 2025 | Marjan Shahabi | Dumbledore Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6010514/2024 | 13 January 2025 | Miss G Carli | Entertainment Security Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 1405845/2023 | 13 January 2025 | Mr T Howland | Outlet Trade Frames Limited | England & Wales | £12,607 |
| 8000069/2024 | 13 January 2025 | L Brown & G McKay Ms S Rashid | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6008559/2024 | 13 January 2025 | Halima Akter | Vanity Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400483/2024 | 13 January 2025 | Miss J Barton | Steven Heyworth News HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 2303022/2024 | 13 January 2025 | Ms. Claire E Williams | ABCDE1 Limited (formerly Woodfield Systems Ltd) (in Administration) | England & Wales | £27,951 |
| 6008394/2024 | 11 January 2025 | Mr F Rafiq | Sunrise International Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1310822/2022 | 10 January 2025 | Mrs J Wisniewska | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2216940/2024 | 10 January 2025 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200180/2024 | 10 January 2025 | TOBIAS DONALD | Complete English Kitchens Limited | England & Wales | £60,180 |
| 6006035/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Mr S Priest | Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service Heard: by CVP in Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 6002876/2024 | 10 January 2025 | A Hussain | Radio Fiza Ltd | England & Wales | £17,731 |
| 1308542/2023 | 10 January 2025 | Mr J Compton | Skanska plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2216628/2023 | 10 January 2025 | Mr T Ogg, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6023111/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Mr T Gunes | DPV Logistics Group Ltd t/a Clintopia Logistics and Warehousing | England & Wales | — |
| 1800863/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Mr D Milton | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £101 |
| 6000154/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Miss H Fowden | Babbasa Youth Empowerment Projects C.I.C | England & Wales | — |
| 6016913/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Chaeah Jeong | W.E. Hair and Beauty Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004511/2024 | 10 January 2025 | P Hughes | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001065/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Dr A Rani | Nicola Meakin | England & Wales | — |
| 2302680/2024 | 10 January 2025 | Mr M Margiotta | James Andrew Residential Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6007647/2024 | 10 January 2025 | L Jones | Total Site Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409795/2022 | 9 January 2025 | Ms S Pedder | Limitless Send Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6002602/2023 | 9 January 2025 | In person represented by her son, Mr Staszewski and assisted by an Interpreter, Miss Matusik For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202733/2023 | 9 January 2025 | Mr J Dias | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002144/2024 | 9 January 2025 | Miss C Tobin | Aesthetic Health | England & Wales | — |
| 2500921/2024 | 9 January 2025 | Miss B Bainbridge | Nissan Motor Manufacturing (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304790/2022 | 9 January 2025 | Mr W Edwards | BBA Remanufacturing Limited – In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 1402433/2024 | 9 January 2025 | Mrs A Ratheeswaran | In Home Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400627/2024 | 9 January 2025 | Miss M Borris | — | England & Wales | — |