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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3314220/2023 | 4 January 2025 | Mr. N. Bradly | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3305179/2024 | 4 January 2025 | Miss H D Issa | Menzies Aviation (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315269/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mr G Wijayahewage | Myl Udayan | England & Wales | — |
| 2220682/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr P Hemmings | Mishcon de Reya LLP | England & Wales | £1,998 |
| 6011040/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr K Tomlinson | Shine Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6008434/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr M Raffell, legal representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406828/2023 | 3 January 2025 | K Jubb | Annette Mercer, trading as Little Acorns Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 6004135/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mrs E Moses | Visto Help Hands Care |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 3300338/2024 | 3 January 2025 | No appearance For the | Mr D Moher (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 6008236/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Miss N McGill | Tieto Evry Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1603696/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Ms Ingrid Hunter | Just One Health and Social Care Limited | England & Wales | £4,382 |
| 2206298/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mr. G. Oluokun | FPC Global Ltd. Hearing: Public Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 3311343/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mr D Ampong | ABM Facility Services UK Ltd (sued as “ABM”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401073/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Ms S Brown | Shifrank Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £22,778 |
| 3303752/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Mr N Waziri | R R Alden Oxford Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201431/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Mr S Wanjau | XPO Bulk UK Limited | England & Wales | £1,119 |
| 2402780/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Mr P Lamb | Talk Talk Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401311/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Ms N Rahbari Nejad | Head Liners Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304293/2024 | 2 January 2025 | — | Nwama v Accomplish Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401072/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Mrs J Starkie | Shifrank Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £17,623 |
| 1304629/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Miss L Rowley | Amey Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 8000041/2025 | 2 January 2025 | Mr T Stewart | ICTS (UK) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2303480/2022 | 2 January 2025 | Mr A Rockingham | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2200809/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Mr Muhammad Yaqub | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 4104538/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Miss S Simpson | No appearance or representation Fife Scottish Omnibuses Ltd | Scotland | £6,936 |
| 2411945/2023 | 31 December 2024 | Mr C Twist | Chantal Broadhurst | England & Wales | £2,708 |
| 3311292/2023 | 31 December 2024 | Mrs Katia Segor | Secretary of State for Justice HELD AT: Watford ET (via video) VR | England & Wales | — |
| 1809858/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Miss J Hultum | Rutherford Vending Ltd | England & Wales | £12,530 |
| 3311389/2023 | 31 December 2024 | Ms Mary-Ann Pearson | Greenwood Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401168/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Miss C Darmanin | Butlins Skyline Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2214963/2023 | 31 December 2024 | No appearance or | Ms A Cole, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 8001555/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Mr M Reay | , solicitor Lothian Health Board | Scotland | £18,000 |
| 1805789/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Mr D Wrench | Rutherford Vending Ltd | England & Wales | £18,185 |
| 2401422/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Miss A Clayton | Ecotrade Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306471/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Mr S Yogananthan | Dental Care Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2218856/2024 | 31 December 2024 | Miss L | A Lopez Marin Pegasus Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | £10,705 |
| 2402912/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mr S Johnston | Sellafield Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302498/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Ms Adedeji | Macintyre Academies Heard: In person, public preliminary hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2502563/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mr M Rose Ms C Robinson | Wilf Ward Family Trust HELD at Teesside CFCTC | England & Wales | — |
| 1400752/2024 | 30 December 2024 | Mr D Thornton v DR Groundworks Ltd | DR Groundworks Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2216692/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mr Ace Ahmed | London Transit Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602973/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mrs T Watts | The Sofa Delivery Company Limited | England & Wales | £25,303 |
| 6014830/2024 | 30 December 2024 | Miss G Odedra | Tullo Marshall Warren Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106373/2023 | 30 December 2024 | — | Serco Ferries (Guernsey) Crewing Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2217148/2023 | 30 December 2024 | Mr C Amoah | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401283/2024 | 30 December 2024 | Mr N Gevelis | Rexel UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6014090/2024 | 30 December 2024 | Mr A Marsh | MHC Construction Lincoln Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105692/2023 | 30 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4105692/2023 Hearing held in person in Edinburgh on – December 2024 Employment Judge - A Strain Members - Mrs N Quinn and Mr R Duguid Mrs J Gardner | Represented by: Mr A Watt - Solicitor ` WFS Ground Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 8000535/2024 | 30 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000535/2024 Mr C Johnston | First Endeavour LLP (In Compulsory Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2401902/2024 | 30 December 2024 | Amanda Hough on behalf of the estate of her deceased husband Paul Christian Hough | Gibbs Croft Limited trading as Soreen | England & Wales | — |