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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2408706/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr D Morrison | Unity Service Group Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311673/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Miss Donia Demetriou | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200120/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Ms Tricia Blake | Peter Laing | England & Wales | — |
| 6000744/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Ms D Baker | Equans Services Limited Heard by Remote Video link (CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3315344/2022 | 19 December 2024 | Mr S Jonjo | Curam Domi Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000402/2024 | 19 December 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000402/2024 (V)5 Held on December 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr K Tainsh | Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6022504/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Miss B Wytrzes | Gatwick Turret Ltd | England & Wales | £450 |
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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| Mrs T Jones |
| Prosper Learning Trust |
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| 2602023/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mrs I Koscielny | Selective Marketplace Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300644/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Ms N Jardine | Lewis Business Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2309588/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr M Turner | Brighton and Hove City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1401280/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr G Richards | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014388/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Anderson | Johnsons and Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405849/2022 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J. Townsend | Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond | England & Wales | — |
| 2303207/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Ms D Sangster | Stopwatch UK | England & Wales | £1,750 |
| 6009603/2024 | 18 December 2024 | M Temple | Newcastle United Football Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014865/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Sean P Hooper | Gestamp Tallent Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6006958/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Turbin | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4104695/2024 | 18 December 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104695/2024 (V)5 Held on December 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr J Starrs | Represented by, Ms L MacDonald, Fiancée Mr D Hollands st | Scotland | — |
| 8000875/2025 | 18 December 2024 | P McColl and R Taggart Ms A L McVey | Represented by: T Pacey Counsel Sky UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2217547/2024 | 18 December 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106260/2024 | 18 December 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106260/2024, 4106262/2024 & 4106261/2024 Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (1) Aneta Broncel | (2) Dereick Rushton (3) Ashley Macmillan Enseigner Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £12,010 |
| 2302578/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr R Leeman | Kentish Plumbers | England & Wales | — |
| 2218155/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Ligia Maria Gomes Da Costa Doherty | Cleandex Ltd | England & Wales | £11,358 |
| 2600135/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mrs M Kaminska | Amazon UK Services Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1405972/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mr Tomasz Janicki | Northcot Brick Limited (the "First Respondent") EH Smith (Builders Merchants) Limited (the "Second Respondent") Heard: By a Cloud Virtual Platform ("CVP") at Exeter | England & Wales | — |
| 3302162/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr D J Speed | St Ignatious College | England & Wales | — |
| 8001190/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Ms Y Dunbar | Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) | Scotland | £12,194 |
| 6009625/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr S Ward | ONE Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301903/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Ms J White | The Governing Body of Dorothy Stringer School | England & Wales | £42,119 |
| 1307006/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr E Frapwell | Special Bar Service (SBS) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402016/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr J Blackburn | Guarding Solutions and Training Services Ltd (t/a GSTS) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303082/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mrs B Newman | Vale Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314984/2023 | 17 December 2024 | In person For the | Mr Joicey, non-legal in-house representative | England & Wales | — |
| 8000109/2024 | 17 December 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000109/20245 Held at Aberdeen on 25, 26, & November 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members K Culloch A Atkinson Mr M Kelly | Represented by, Ms L Beedie, Solicitor Sureclean Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6001862/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Mr D Armon | Sandown (Dorset & Wiltshire) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400172/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Miss L Shaw | Costa Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308826/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Miss A Ndow | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Heard: By Cloud Video Platform – Midlands West | England & Wales | — |
| 2304961/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Mr B Ferriman | Lightning Fibre Limited | England & Wales | £108,922 |
| 6000863/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr D Painton | Spencer Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4106784/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Ms K Zakharova | Metix Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1405766/2023 | 16 December 2024 | In person | — | England & Wales | £18,511 |
| 3304605/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mrs Andrea Niles (formerly Lorking) | Nathan Ramm NGR Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405747/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr K Foster | Sutura Therapeutics Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601176/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Ms Rachel Gladstone | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 3314136/2022 | 16 December 2024 | (1) Mr G Krason (2) Mr Robert Chyrc (3) Mr Deividas Samauskas (4) Mr Andrew Sadler (5) Mrs Natalie Mallard (6) Mr Adrian Andrews (7) Mr Wilford Jones (8) Mr Neil Packman (9) Mr Guntis Stepans (10)Mr Andrew Collins | RSM Castings Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £127,342 |
| 1406445/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr A Adams | Elliot Brothers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313302/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr G Mwesigye | AFE Recruitment Ltd R1 Booker Ltd t/a Best Food Logistics R2 | England & Wales | — |
| 1405231/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr Hewlett in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404340/2023 | 16 December 2024 | (1) Ms R Santucci (2) Ms C Thorne (3) Ms L Hamilton | S&K Fruit and Veg | England & Wales | £43,885 |