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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1406407/2023 | 14 December 2024 | Mr Z Kang | General Nuclear International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404249/2023 | 14 December 2024 | Miss Rachael Slaughter | Cornwallis Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | £9,738 |
| 1400549/2024 | 14 December 2024 | Mr A Grant | C & L Traffic Management Ltd | England & Wales | £7,178 |
| 6007877/2024 | 14 December 2024 | Ms C Vrancx | Kelvin Hughes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401504/2023 | 14 December 2024 | Mr A Hall | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314971/2023 | 13 December 2024 | In person For the | Mr Z Malik (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 6014423/2024 | 13 December 2024 | O Sharif | Bharti Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6000251/2024 | 13 December 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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| 2501540/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Rachael Hall | Tarran & Co Financial Planning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402731/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr M Challenor | Barclays Bank Execution Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200737/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Miss T Tyrell | Skylark Solutions Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 6002737/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Stephen Spragg | Pricecheck Toiletries Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1404183/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Case Number: 1404183/2023 SOUTH-WEST EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Mr J Adams | Heard at | England & Wales | £5,136 |
| 3312554/2023 | 13 December 2024 | In person For the First | Mr Brockley, Solicitor For the Second Respondent: Ms J Veimou, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2402389/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mrs J Naylor | BH Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411492/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Ms K Horton | Castle Park Arts Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 6007396/2024 | 13 December 2024 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Ms M Wahabi | England & Wales | — |
| 2305222/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Mr. K Xtian | Ocs Uk&i Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304031/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Ms S Jama | Glenn Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3200170/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr Gareth Lamb | Jet2.com Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401591/2024 | 13 December 2024 | M Hayton | Northern Belle Ltd HELD AT: Manchester by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 2402237/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Miss L Long | Dantra Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200682/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr A G Diaz Da Corte | Churchill Contract Services | England & Wales | — |
| 6010042/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr. Alex Payne | DMs Property Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2306754/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Ms Saveria Cordona | Cubic Pharmaceuticals Ltd | England & Wales | £47,703 |
| 3200549/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mrs Leila Boukhedimi | Acai Berry Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105389/2024 | 12 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105389/2024 Held in Dundee on and March 2025 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Miss H Robertson | Represented by:10 Mr J Lawson - Solicitor Unicare – Homecare Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6008678/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Kamran Hussain | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201336/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Mr Kamran Hussain | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301847/2022 | 12 December 2024 | Ms. Y Rose | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | England & Wales | — |
| 2402189/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mr C A Baker | SIM Switchgear Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405676/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Mr D Makdani | Newcode Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010704/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mr C John | EC1 Build Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305984/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Angela Boas | Filton Brewery Products Ltd | England & Wales | £5,733 |
| 6004356/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Ms N Stevens | Methodist Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 3301248/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Miss S Fox | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2400177/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Ms T Hallewell | The Edwards Tavern Company Limited t/a The Hinds Head | England & Wales | £230 |
| 6011601/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mr R Walden | APM Distribution Limited | England & Wales | £5,450 |
| 2411363/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Miss P Hamilton | SEMP Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306331/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mr S Igogo | Getta Life Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6005372/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Esbon Riley | St Pancras Hotel Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200226/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mrs M Ezugwu | GenesisDisplay GmbH | England & Wales | £48,771 |
| 2221285/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mrs Z Rasteh | Goat Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305846/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mrs Sarah Williams | Countryside Estate Agents Ltd (R1) Sue Ford (R2) Catherine Dente (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601322/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mr Tim Martin | Grantham Tennis Club Members Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800990/2024 | 11 December 2024 | Mr A Davidson | UK Plumbing Supplies Ltd (t/a Plumco) Heard: by CVP on 8 November 2024 and, in chambers, on 5 December 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 3312431/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mrs P Chigona | Mentaur Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001281/2024 | 11 December 2024 | Mr J Cowling | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6014989/2024 | 11 December 2024 | E A Gaitan | Hawkey Cleaning and Support Services | England & Wales | — |