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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201597/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr K Parchment, claimant’s nephew For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302926/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Mr M Walker, Counsel For the | Mrs J Cox, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2219588/2024 | 22 October 2024 | ZORICA NIKOLIC-PARRY | The College of Optometrists | England & Wales | — |
| 8001860/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr R Frost | John Miller | Scotland | — |
| 3303607/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Miss P Pathmaraja | Sir Toby’s Beers Limited | England & Wales | £10,529 |
| 3201005/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mrs A. Fowler | Primos Care Limited | England & Wales | £5,191 |
| 4103957/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Member J McCaig Tribunal Member P O’Hagan Ms J Lota | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102744/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Member F Paton Tribunal Member A Atkinson Mr John Coleman |
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.
| 51 |
| 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 |
| Scotland |
| £55,911 |
| 8001301/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr C De Oliveira | The Royal Blind Asylum and School | Scotland | — |
| 2500300/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Miss Jessica Thorpe | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2306879/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mrs. L. Mercer | Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 3304025/2024 | 22 October 2024 | K Ezebuiro | Motive8 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000433/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mrs. A White | Nottingham Community Housing Association Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413171/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mr O Ibrahim | Calisen Metering Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409341/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Mr G Borbely | Mills Blinds Ltd (dissolved company) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305602/2023 | 22 October 2024 | In Person (assisted by Mr Evans, translator) | MKZS Investments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800842/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Ms T Maddison | Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 3201094/2024 | 21 October 2024 | Miss R Patman | K O Bloodline Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305930/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Mr M Bebbington | Civil Rail Solution Ltd | England & Wales | £66 |
| 2215353/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Miss E Ioannou | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3306099/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Ms J Collier | NBC Construction Limited ('in creditors voluntary liquidation') | England & Wales | £10,519 |
| 6000216/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Mr P Fitzgerald | Bristol Waste Company Limited | England & Wales | £12,808 |
| 8002097/2024 | 21 October 2024 | Ms S Marsh | Represented by: C Chapman, Lay representative North Ayrshire and Arran | Scotland | £9,500 |
| 1403682/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Mr Michael Rayner (by his litigation friend, Mr Geoffrey Rayner) | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 3307137/2023 | 21 October 2024 | Ms K Townsend | Paper London Limited (In administration) (R1) | England & Wales | — |
| 1304394/2023 | 21 October 2024 | In person For the | Wilf Sullivan, Board member | England & Wales | — |
| 6006077/2024 | 21 October 2024 | G Jex | Curo Blackpool Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408157/2022 | 21 October 2024 | Mr M Ogundu | Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3309741/2022 | 20 October 2024 | Mr A Aymer, Union representative For the | Mr E Walker, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 6011105/2024 | 19 October 2024 | Mr S Hollis | The Greengate Partnership LLP Bellvue Students UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408716/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Mr D Risby | Openreach Heard at Leeds by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 6004233/2024 | 18 October 2024 | C Welham | Paul Smith Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2600723/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mr F M Garrard | Flogas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400482/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mr R Ogden | Booker Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001001/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Represented himself For the | Ms A Wright, lay representative (Tribunal Advocate) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305589/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Miss K Hopperton | Ave Maria Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404297/2021 | 18 October 2024 | Ms S. David (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | £74,461 |
| 1600873/2022 | 18 October 2024 | Ms C Harvey | HM Prison and Probation Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1306548/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mrs Marzena Tuszowska (In person) For the | Mr Daniel Szkwarek (Company Director) Polish Interpreter: Ms Anna Cipiaszuk (interpreting for both parties) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200663/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Ms Margit Chichi Ewurum | Advance Housing Support Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8001709/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Ms A Moughal | Dr M S Moughal | Scotland | — |
| 2601067/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mr Alistair Payne | TMS Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312413/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Mr M A Riaz | CMR Surgical Limited RECORD of an Open PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2403476/2024 | 18 October 2024 | A Stapleton | T J Morris Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305698/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mr Wilfred Peter Ralten and | Sirane Ltd | England & Wales | £16,806 |
| 2301222/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Ms M Jervis | Peabody Trust and its subsidiaries | England & Wales | — |
| 2219112/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ms. J. Fawcett | Charles Lyndon Ltd. Hearing: Public Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2411790/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs M Hardy | Andrew Nicholson and Paul Nicholson (a partnership trading as ACE Personnel) | England & Wales | £7,771 |
| 2602128/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs S Gascoyne | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000807/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr Hisam Elboghdady | RAA Couriers Ltd | Scotland | £559 |