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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3304873/2023 | 4 December 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301291/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mrs L Cloono | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3305533/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mr Daniel Callum | Pump Gyms Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307558/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Dr Felicity Blain | Birchwood Medical Practice | England & Wales | £1,397 |
| 6000330/2024 | 4 December 2024 | C Ellis | Vent-Care Ventilation Services Ltd, formerly Vent-Care Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011416/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mr B Jones | GovData Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304251/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mr F Badsha | -v- International Automotive Components Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403296/2022 | 4 December 2024 | Mr J. Reilly |
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 |
| Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited |
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| 1806680/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mrs J Wade | Doing More Print Limited | England & Wales | £19,664 |
| 6004210/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr B Chaves | AND Wind River UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005878/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr R Russell | Trident Maintenance Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,201 |
| 2402935/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mrs L Carolan | Bright Futures Educational Trust HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 2600570/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr Paul Anthony Oldham | Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service Record of an attended Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 3303451/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Nigel Langford | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303483/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Iyadunni Akinola | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500298/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr P Neill | Bulkhaul Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2214171/2023 | 3 December 2024 | Princess Williams | British Broadcasting Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 6005910/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr Alan Moore | Furniture Transport Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £4,400 |
| 1305464/2024 | 3 December 2024 | in person | Miss N Malik, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3306111/2023 | 3 December 2024 | Mr D Walia | Kwik-Fit (GB) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400213/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mrs Sharon Miller | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303042/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Maria Natalia De Marco | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312360/2023 | 3 December 2024 | Mr David Brown | Evergreen Irrigation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304943/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Miss A L Poppitt | The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3312968/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Miss G Faulkner | The Governing Body of Giles Junior School; and | England & Wales | — |
| 6015586/2024 | 2 December 2024 | M Shaibu | Future Living Care | England & Wales | — |
| 3313103/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Mrs S Clisby | Surrey County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3312718/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Mr S Smith | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | £42,096 |
| 2307979/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Mr O Ward | Mitchell & Butlers Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300874/2022 | 2 December 2024 | Ms M Mahroof | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2402642/2024 | 2 December 2024 | Mr I C Ofoha | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 6000254/2024 | 2 December 2024 | Ms V Moss | Age UK Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 4105485/2024 | 2 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105485/2024 C Whelehan, Legal Officer Mr A Weir | MCR (Scotland) Ltd (in liquidation) st | Scotland | — |
| 1307060/2024 | 2 December 2024 | Ms S J Hodgson | Warwickshire College Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2407252/2023 | 2 December 2024 | Mrs E Cotman-Tarkenter | Droylsden Glass Limited | England & Wales | £8,000 |
| 2404667/2024 | 2 December 2024 | Miss C Lee | MHR clinic | England & Wales | — |
| 6027220/2025 | 1 December 2024 | Ian Peters | Commercial Services Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1302980/2024 | 1 December 2024 | Miss K Corbett | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3310809/2023 | 1 December 2024 | Mr N Pike | Fish Composites Limited | England & Wales | £3,141 |
| 3310428/2023 | 30 November 2024 | In person For the | Ms J Collazo, HR Director | England & Wales | £981 |
| 3304289/2022 | 30 November 2024 | Mr S Curling | FAO Mark Richer - StarLeaf Limited ( In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200655/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Mr S Wall | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1811282/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Ms F Shaheen | Midas Manors Limited | England & Wales | £16,228 |
| 4104232/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Ms M Henry | Represented by:10 Mr I Service - Lay Representative Kibble Education and Care Centre | Scotland | £0 |
| 2402689/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Mr Ekundayo | Iguard Security Ltd | England & Wales | £7,136 |
| 6007621/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Mr S Richards | Evri | England & Wales | — |
| 2303669/2023 | 29 November 2024 | Ms De-Wilde Clark | National Crime Agency | England & Wales | £63,185 |
| 6010031/2024 | 29 November 2024 | A Campbell | Pride Pharmacy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000356/2024 | 29 November 2024 | Mr P Doslik Smith | Alfa Tail Lifts Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2600163/2023 | 29 November 2024 | Mr L Thornton | Hercberg International Limited | England & Wales | £1,038 |