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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2310197/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Miss C Anderson | Sullivan Bus and Coach Company Limited (In Voluntary Creditors’ Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004292/2024 | 26 November 2024 | M Ralph | G2V Recruitment Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010122/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Mr D Sarver | Handicare Accessibility Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201433/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Mr Y Tong | Iberica Food & Culture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500767/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr. W Wilson Mr. I Whittle | K-CHEM Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3205024/2022 | 25 November 2024 | Mrs Serona Rodrigues | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | £3,426 |
| 3300051/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr Carl Howton | Route One Group RECORD OF A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3302577/2024 |
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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| Daniel Burcham Pride Home Care Ltd |
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| 3308976/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Mr E Godden | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1404339/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Mr C J Tucker | Gaiger Brothers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404789/2022 | 25 November 2024 | Ms A Byczko | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1405740/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Mr D Bull | Elite Emergency Medical Services Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401884/2022 | 25 November 2024 | Mr E Battin | Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust HELD AT: Manchester (by video over CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301373/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Fiona Digby | West Cambs Federation CIC (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,975 |
| 3301771/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr J Piggott | Bull & Company Limited HELD AT: Watford (via CVP) | England & Wales | £469 |
| 1401139/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Miss N Hockey | Mah Burleigh Poole | England & Wales | — |
| 2411456/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Ms D Maynard | Park Homes (UK) Limited HELD AT: Manchester (via CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201437/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Ms K Watson | Ernst & Young Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313577/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Ms D Lewcock | Dimensions (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303682/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Mr Raphael Lima | Equiniti Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301717/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr N Turner | The Flue House Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305592/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr J Rose | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 3309967/2022 | 24 November 2024 | Mr P Dobson | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1306224/2024 | 24 November 2024 | Mr G McKenzie | Oxalis Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303637/2024 | 23 November 2024 | Mrs Miranda | Cobholm and Lichfield Child Care Centre (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303729/2024 | 23 November 2024 | Mr J Taylor | Pro Pubs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002140/2024 | 22 November 2024 | J Roadhouse | Heron House Residential Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 6006011/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr J Ribchester | Whole Ventilation Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2301071/2023 | 22 November 2024 | Mr. R Daudet Respondent - Computacenter (UK) Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806470/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr D Young | Rutherford Vending Ltd | England & Wales | £22,364 |
| 8000503/2024 | 22 November 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8000503/2024 issued following Open Preliminary Hearing Held on the Cloud Based Video Platform on th November 2024 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr D Challenger | Panton McLeod Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2303061/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mrs S McIvor | Lucky7Agency Limited | England & Wales | £19,250 |
| 1300591/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr Clive Miller | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 4104247/2024 | 22 November 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Determination of the | MKP Estate Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2216347/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr R Longosz | Crussh Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2217608/2024 | 22 November 2024 | Mr P Radulski | NG Bailey Facilities Services Limited London Central | England & Wales | — |
| 2215148/2023 | 22 November 2024 | Mr M Bailey | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6008149/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mr K Oliveira | Medicines Online Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011083/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mr S Fyffe | Thistle Lodge Specialist Care Services | England & Wales | — |
| 6011890/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mr Rhys Griffiths | Basketball League Limited | England & Wales | £13,056 |
| 3313192/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Mrs Samina Amin | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2308207/2020 | 21 November 2024 | Mr D. Deamer | Littlefair Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200192/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Ms S. Phipps | Amuse East London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408953/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Ms Zoe Kitching | University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1604117/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mr A Habbaba | 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311183/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Ms K Jupatovaite | Fast Despatch Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | £9,530 |
| 3311869/2023 | 21 November 2024 | M Sharp (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310494/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Mrs M Khan | Naked Planet Ltd | England & Wales | £35,805 |
| 6005022/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mrs M Everitt | Café 206 | England & Wales | — |
| 2305578/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Miss L Shilleto | AMCO (Medway) Ltd | England & Wales | — |