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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2402953/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Ms G Munroe | Prosperity Children’s Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200814/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Mr I. Sam | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3301469/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs F F Mohedeen Abdul Kather | Gulf Conferences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310705/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Miss S Hadley | Tokamak Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301744/2023 | 17 November 2024 | Shelly-Ann Hylton | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001080/2023 | 16 November 2024 | Mr. B Tassell | Oakham Town Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3311466/2023 | 16 November 2024 | Mr. L I T Asaiah- Asher | Carers In Hertfordshire | England & Wales | — |
| 3315930/2021 | 16 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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| 3310887/2023 | 16 November 2024 | Mr W Agunbiade, Trade Union Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310361/2023 | 16 November 2024 | Mr P Timms | Reading Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3314336/2023 | 16 November 2024 | — | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3307111/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr A C John | Omnia Lifestyle Limited | England & Wales | £990 |
| 2600428/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mrs M Garner | Cooper Residential Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322812/2021 | 15 November 2024 | Miss Crowther, Daughter of the Claimant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305125/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Paul Gregory | P&O Ferries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410928/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr A Clarke | Outstone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303010/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mr Guy Parsons | Parker Hannifin Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311848/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr Lukasz | Carousel Buses Limited The City of Oxford Motor Service The Go-ahead Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602450/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mr N Griffiths | JCB Transmissions | England & Wales | — |
| 6008516/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mrs. J Dakin | Aitune Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2500948/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Ms M Clayton | Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4104896/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Miss R Lee | Represented by:10 Mrs C Lee - Mother Principal Trading Group | Scotland | £857 |
| 3308969/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Gordon Bruce Fennell | AW Design & Development Limited | England & Wales | £77,584 |
| 3311852/2023 | 15 November 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301870/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr John Rai | Aramark Defence Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306210/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr I Rashid | Supercraft Limited Heard by video | England & Wales | £25,731 |
| 6000113/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Mr Sam Skubala | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602197/2022 | 14 November 2024 | Mr R Winspear, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | £13,422 |
| 3310434/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Rabinder Kayale | Pladis (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500575/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr D Tomlinson | Andrew Craig Limited | England & Wales | £692 |
| 8000517/2023 | 14 November 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000517/2023 (V)5 Held on November 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry Y Naique | Scottish Ministers (Education Scotland) st | Scotland | — |
| 6005920/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Andrew Rose (Trade Union Official) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413090/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr F Ata | Salix Homes Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 3314309/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mrs Mandley | The Eccentric Englishman | England & Wales | — |
| 2501247/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr. S. Bingham | Just Wheels Trade Limited | England & Wales | £3,779 |
| 2402231/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr A Thirsk | Secretary of State for Justice HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1300412/2024 | 14 November 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1405649/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Sarah Munro | Hinton Road Investment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2218581/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Ms de Rada | Sweetings (City) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002574/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr H Buttery | Instaloft Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1808806/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Ms K Steele Second Claimant : Ms C Hastie | Comfort Homecare Ltd Trading as Nestora Home Care 14 November 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 1302675/2024 | 14 November 2024 | In Person For the | Ms. E Greening - Counsel Case No. 1302675/2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 2306338/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Harith Taha | Novatek Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1809011/2023 | 14 November 2024 | In person For the | Mr P Warnes, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2209024/2022 | 14 November 2024 | Mr J Reeves | Goldman Sachs International | England & Wales | — |
| 3307233/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Ms Arya, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000199/2024 | 14 November 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000199/2024 Hearing Held at Edinburgh on and July and September 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: L Brown Tribunal Member: A Matheson Katarzyna Lech | GT Diagnostics (UK) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105691/2023 | 14 November 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Combined Case Numbers 4105691/2023 & 4107258/2023 Heard at Edinburgh before a full Tribunal on nd, rd, th, th, and th September 2024 with Deliberation on st October 2024 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Tribunal Member Ms L Grime Tribunal Member Mr T Lithgow Ms T Ball | Hexarad Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3310810/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr J Frost | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305476/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr J Burton | Navolio Ltd (trading as “Off to Work”) | England & Wales | — |