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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3206041/2022 | 11 November 2024 | Ms P Mbock | Travelodge Hotels Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2408271/2022 | 11 November 2024 | Miss L Sulllivan | E-Act | England & Wales | — |
| 2600909/2023 | 11 November 2024 | In person. For the First | The White Lion Public House and Others | England & Wales | £17,351 |
| 2601046/2024 | 11 November 2024 | Mr David John Rudland | Scartho Bowling Club | England & Wales | — |
| 6011806/2024 | 9 November 2024 | Mr M Ouslimane | Octaga | England & Wales | — |
| 3303978/2024 | 9 November 2024 | Mr H Kotb | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303238/2022 | 9 November 2024 | Mr F Farrow | The Steiner Academy Hereford | England & Wales | — |
| 3202076/2023 | 8 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 |
| Miss E Wilkinson |
| Arcus FM Limited |
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| 3310727/2023 | 8 November 2024 | Ms E Darlow Stearn, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310763/2024 | 8 November 2024 | Mr M Anas | BP Exploration Operating Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311198/2023 | 8 November 2024 | Mr M Muhammad | Stericycle SRCL Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2306772/2023 | 8 November 2024 | Mr Farrukh Husain | Croner Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402521/2024 | 8 November 2024 | Mr P Bull | Oxford Residential Limited | England & Wales | £29,808 |
| 8000490/2025 | 8 November 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000490/2025 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform at Edinburgh on and September 2025 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Mr L Bellinati | Amazon UK Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3302937/2024 | 8 November 2024 | self-representing but did not attend For the | Mr. Brill Senior Employment Lawyer, Challenge Group PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1300362/2024 | 8 November 2024 | Lisa Chamberlain | Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2304062/2023 | 8 November 2024 | Ms J Osei | St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4100541/2024 | 8 November 2024 | Mrs Hayley Harvey Smith | Glam Candy UK Limited | Scotland | £51,294 |
| 2411176/2021 | 8 November 2024 | Mr N P Kumar | University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3323899/2021 | 8 November 2024 | Mr M O Duodu | Comfort Care Services UK Ltd (CCS) | England & Wales | — |
| 3309904/2022 | 8 November 2024 | Mr Adam Ohringer, of counsel For the | Mr Roy Magara, solicitor UNANIMOUS | England & Wales | £479 |
| 1602409/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mrs A Mckay | Bankhouse Care Limited | England & Wales | £1,225 |
| 1601288/2022 | 7 November 2024 | Mrs N Jaafri | Marks & Spencer plc HELD AT: Mold | England & Wales | — |
| 2600483/2023 | 7 November 2024 | Mr Turner in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6010932/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mrs C Wallace | Coleman Training Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000995/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr J Peacock | NMW Estates Ltd | England & Wales | £10,616 |
| 6003583/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mrs Haja Sourbah | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3304182/2022 | 7 November 2024 | Mr Henry John Grace | British Bakels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000537/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mrs A Dawodu | Hadouken Tricking Academy Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6004080/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr L Adach | Just 3 Architectural Aluminium Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £15,399 |
| 2302729/2022 | 7 November 2024 | Mr S Sadhra | StreetTeam Software Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 8000785/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr Roy Sandeman-Charles | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4103973/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr P Mazurek | Scottish Action for Mental Health | Scotland | — |
| 3313354/2023 | 7 November 2024 | Miss Janet Bell | Woodford Stauffer Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 3303902/2023 | 7 November 2024 | Dr C I Osuchukwu (the claimant’s sister) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300416/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr S Collins | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602067/2023 | 7 November 2024 | Mr Craig Janney | CWM Automation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600288/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr Glenn Leigh | Matrix Workplace Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6010014/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6014904/2024 | 7 November 2024 | — | Dorkar v The UK Law Firm Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6006179/2024 | 7 November 2024 | Mr S Perry | Currys Group Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2219173/2023 | 7 November 2024 | Ms F Jameel | British Medical Association | England & Wales | — |
| 1304258/2024 | 6 November 2024 | — | DAVP Ltd T/a Boulevard | England & Wales | — |
| 3307843/2023 | 6 November 2024 | Mr K Hall-Hussain | Wickes Building Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100026/2025 | 6 November 2024 | Members: J Gallacher and L Millar Mr P Cook | Represented by: Mrs A Cook - Lay Representative OH Assist Limited t/a Optima Health | Scotland | £167 |
| 6005460/2024 | 6 November 2024 | S Morris | OD Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004525/2024 | 6 November 2024 | Ms L Beckett | Quad Studios Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403525/2024 | 6 November 2024 | Miss N Heywood | Petrie Tucker and Partners Limited t/a mydentist | England & Wales | — |
| 1305454/2023 | 6 November 2024 | in person | — | England & Wales | — |