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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1604088/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr J Owen | B and M | England & Wales | — |
| 2306138/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Mr G Charters-Rowe | Cementaid (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201349/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Ms Dawn Thompson | Safeguard SVP Limited (In Administration) RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3308953/2022 | 30 October 2024 | In person (with an interpreter: Polish) For the | Ms E Afriyie (consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201523/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr E Biba 1st | Lion Capital LLP 2nd Respondent: Mr F Zappaterra OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING AT LONDON CENTRAL Heard by CVP on 22 and 23 October 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 2200360/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Ms Funmi Idowu | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | England & Wales | — |
| 6002607/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr I. Nunez Lesende | St Mungo Community Housing Association |
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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| 6001262/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Miss A M Walsh-Balshaw | Alexander Court Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1601435/2022 | 30 October 2024 | Ms R Hollis | MVRRS Group Limited (Dissolved) (R1) Wales England Care Ltd (R2) MVRRS Training Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 1603761/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Dr L Midgley | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2208296/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Miss L Halsall, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400949/2022 | 30 October 2024 | Mr F Wandji Mboungueng | Utilities Design & Planning Ltd HELD AT: Manchester in person | England & Wales | — |
| 2401346/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr M Young | CIS Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1603676/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Miss D Catterall Miss Z Hatch | Andrew Thorne | England & Wales | — |
| 1801239/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Miss N Mellor | Louise Armitage (Ginis Boutique) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402642/2020 | 29 October 2024 | Mr S Kassama | Cherish Children’s Care Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | £17,161 |
| 2401145/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr Pawel Gromski | Marshalls Truck Bodies Limited | England & Wales | £540 |
| 2405673/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr A Devine | Liverpool City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000663/2023 | 29 October 2024 | C Thomson | Cambuslang Grill Ltd (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 2200759/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mrs G Kulaitiene | Fresh & Wild Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304920/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr L Marcelo | Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2214037/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Ms Yiching Wu | Bank of Taiwan, London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 2603205/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr D McCaskill [First Claimant] Miss L McCaskill [Second Claimant] | Wold Farms Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403666/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr P Hughes Mrs B Hughes | The Committee | England & Wales | — |
| 3301583/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mrs T Parmiter | Business Launch Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307716/2023 | 29 October 2024 | B Trainor (director of the respondent) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500952/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Ms S Whalen | North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3335142/2018 | 28 October 2024 | Mr Robin Collingridge | Toma Business Enterprises Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312724/2022 | 28 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303812/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Miss Oyebambo Sobowale | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003463/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Ms Lesley Winship | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2216164/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Mr. A. Fahmi | 22 Hotel Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103189/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Mr H McCahon | Roadbridge UK Limited (in administration) | Scotland | — |
| 2402035/2024 | 28 October 2024 | J Ward | Greater Manchester Sports Clubs Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6004431/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Mr W Baker | Marcon Fit-Out Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403516/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Ian Campbell | Police Sport UK | England & Wales | — |
| 3311839/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Ms P Mayenin (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801616/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Mr J Baldwin | Chafer Construction Services Limited Heard by Remote Video Link CVP | England & Wales | £1,090 |
| 2410864/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Mr Samuel Ian Barkley | Oldham Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1602900/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Mr R Toghill | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305594/2021 | 28 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600429/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Miss Rhiannon Morris | Pobl Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309873/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Mr G Poole | Scot Group Ltd T/A Thrifty Car and Van Rental | England & Wales | — |
| 1302117/2023 | 27 October 2024 | Mr Calvert (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403253/2020 | 26 October 2024 | Mr Robert McMinn | A & F Haulage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2220783/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Ms K Beasley | UKTV Media Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304626/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Mrs S Berns (wife) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3301361/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr T Baker | NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit | England & Wales | — |
| 2409634/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Angela Meanley | Stateside Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409596/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Mr Gareth Marsden | Felt Products (Northern) Limited | England & Wales | — |