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Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1308593/2023 | 28 November 2024 | Mr M Ford | BSS Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6012785/2024 | 28 November 2024 | A Owens | Crestal Cars Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2226613/2024 | 28 November 2024 | Mr M Vella | Royal Automobile Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400088/2024 | 28 November 2024 | Mr S Patel | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601801/2023 | 28 November 2024 | Mrs A R M Aubert & Mr D Aubert | NanoFCM Co. Limited | England & Wales | £11,000 |
| 3302407/2022 | 28 November 2024 | Ms S Clayton | The Chief Constable Of Hertfordshire Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 3308888/2023 | 28 November 2024 | Miss M Gil | Herrington Carmichael LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 6006674/2024 | 28 November 2024 | Mr N Ardom |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
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| 2600460/2023 | 28 November 2024 | Mr S McGee Mr O Leacy | Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201123/2024 | 28 November 2024 | Ms T Worth | Twenty-Four Seven Recruitment Services Limited | England & Wales | £12,322 |
| 1401326/2024 | 28 November 2024 | Miss Hong Zheng | Local First Community Interest Company | England & Wales | £34,379 |
| 3304138/2023 | 27 November 2024 | Ms B Hassan | Orchard House Foods Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2216641/2023 | 27 November 2024 | Ms J. Mashangia | Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6007455/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Mr N Smith | Floor Giants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301767/2022 | 27 November 2024 | Mr L Lozano | The Chief Constable Of Kent Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2602036/2023 | 27 November 2024 | Miss Victoria Walster | Little Adventurers Forest School (Walesby) Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3300207/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Mr Downey (counsel) For the | Ms Cho (litigation consultant) | England & Wales | £13,056 |
| 2302293/2022 | 27 November 2024 | Simon Box | East Kent Road Car Company Ltd (t/a Stagecoach South East) | England & Wales | — |
| 6005563/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Mr U Khurshid | Cubic Transportation Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200598/2024 | 27 November 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313145/2020 | 27 November 2024 | Mr A Gloag, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6001313/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Mr A Newcombe | Next Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306292/2020 | 27 November 2024 | (1) Unite the Union (2) GMB union and others | AES Realisations (Coventry) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200826/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Mr I Adam | Adless Transport Limited | England & Wales | £2,720 |
| 2302721/2024 | 27 November 2024 | Miss J Fofana | Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310913/2023 | 27 November 2024 | Mrs Jennifer Haynes | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6010892/2024 | 27 November 2024 | D Thomas | Llandow Tuning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501667/2024 | 26 November 2024 | — | Cygnet (OE) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313767/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Mr C Weatherston | The Horse & Jockey (Ravensden) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2223336/2024 | 26 November 2024 | MRS PALAK ROHANKUMAR DHOBI | Buckingham Dry Cleaners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313154/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Mr L Butautas | Clipper Contracting Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2310197/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Miss C Anderson | Sullivan Bus and Coach Company Limited (In Voluntary Creditors’ Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004292/2024 | 26 November 2024 | M Ralph | G2V Recruitment Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100059/2024 | 26 November 2024 | L Ritchie | And others set out in the attached schedule Foodmek Limited (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3201433/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Mr Y Tong | Iberica Food & Culture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310503/2023 | 26 November 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6001126/2023 | 26 November 2024 | In person, supported by her friend Mr R Moodey For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3320929/2021 | 26 November 2024 | Ms Ugoagu | Mays Homecare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802988/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Mrs K Kaur | The Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy Trust HELD AT: Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 3304216/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Mr P Tuia | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304896/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Miss S Wright, claimant’s partner and Lay Representative For the | Mrs A Acheampong, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2301053/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Susan Smith | May Harris Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013360/2024 | 26 November 2024 | H Litt | MindWeaver Ltd/ IKIGAI TECH 2 LIMITED | England & Wales | — |
| 2301915/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Ms Jennifer Caswell | Maximus UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010122/2024 | 26 November 2024 | Mr D Sarver | Handicare Accessibility Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305363/2022 | 26 November 2024 | Ms B Susut Bulut | PJ Bridgman & Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401139/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Miss N Hockey | Mah Burleigh Poole | England & Wales | — |
| 2303682/2023 | 25 November 2024 | Mr Raphael Lima | Equiniti Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301771/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr J Piggott | Bull & Company Limited HELD AT: Watford (via CVP) | England & Wales | £469 |
| 2500767/2024 | 25 November 2024 | Mr. W Wilson Mr. I Whittle | K-CHEM Ltd | England & Wales | — |