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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 6008149/2024 | 21 November 2024 | Mr K Oliveira | Medicines Online Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310494/2023 | 21 November 2024 | Mrs M Khan | Naked Planet Ltd | England & Wales | £35,805 |
| 6001620/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mrs J Viliunas | Nottingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6007445/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr Robert Nowak | East Midlands International Airport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002127/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mr K Maris | JELD-WEN UK Limited HELD In Sheffield | England & Wales | £9,917 |
| 2305150/2023 | 20 November 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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| 6002800/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mrs B Puchala | Creative Foods Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2216676/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mrs Trayers (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308547/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Katie Vachon | Vibha Samani Health and Beauty | England & Wales | £1,004 |
| 3311340/2023 | 20 November 2024 | B Ngassa | Hoffmann-La Roche AG | England & Wales | — |
| 2502777/2023 | 20 November 2024 | — | County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6004849/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr Paul Godefroy | Samworth Brothers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005436/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr N Concannon | The Gateway Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2301802/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr Nuno Marques | Wettons Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308909/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mr T Mahmood | Amora Linen Services Limited | England & Wales | £11,607 |
| 4104257/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr D A T Desear | Mrs A E Desear KH Falcon Farm Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2217877/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Ms L Anderson | Just Technologies AS | England & Wales | — |
| 4106473/2022 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106473/2022 Ms A Kirkwood | SANDSTONE UK PROPERTY INVESTMENT Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £20,894 |
| 2302747/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Gary Cook | Kingston University Higher Education Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 6001921/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Mr A Clifford | Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6004342/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mrs P Smith | Devon Wildlife Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3303112/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Miss A Noreen | Insite Energy | England & Wales | — |
| 3304532/2022 | 19 November 2024 | Mr G Braithwaite | Richmond Villages Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408661/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Ms Jessica Jones | Paul Lockton Limited | England & Wales | £4,172 |
| 2401763/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr E Passley | Greene King Retail Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600687/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr N Davies | Rentaprises Group International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300017/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr C Fullwood | Hamstead Social Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402824/2023 | 19 November 2024 | R Harvey | Fieldhouse Home Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | £27,398 |
| 6005232/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr C Davies | Lancashire County Cricket Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2219737/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Shanice Buckley | Soho House (UK) Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314319/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Ms N Voicu | The Grill Steakhouse Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,670 |
| 3304213/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Mr J Morris | Tudor Williams (Holdings) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307833/2023 | 19 November 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3308223/2023 | 19 November 2024 | In Person For the | A Crabb (Respondent’s Head of HR) | England & Wales | — |
| 2306018/2021 | 19 November 2024 | Ms A Shahu | Iknowa Ltd | England & Wales | £2,783 |
| 2306010/2021 | 19 November 2024 | Rebbeca Delaney | Lindfield Christian Care Home | England & Wales | £4,147 |
| 2500955/2024 | 18 November 2024 | — | Kelly Park Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3310882/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Mr A Mostovoy Tarasova | Airbus Defence and Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311830/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Mr Alan Owen | Agency 2000 Limited T/A MEM Recruitment | England & Wales | — |
| 6002225/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mr F Gower | Jon Seabrook (Erif UK LTD) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301598/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Amanda Crowe | Norse Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307578/2020 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs Victoria Filmore-McGorian | Victor Vasilievich Gutsul and Natalia Gutsul | England & Wales | — |
| 2402831/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Miss J Fitzpatrick | Nugent Care 2019 Limited operating as ‘Nugent’ | England & Wales | — |
| 2500854/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Ms A Saunders | Red Hot Property Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311283/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs Belo (in person) (with Portuguese interpreter) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3301469/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs F F Mohedeen Abdul Kather | Gulf Conferences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305559/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mr D Ross | Clearview Access Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200814/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Mr I. Sam | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |