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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2403628/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Miss Y E Willington | Jevids Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000808/2024 | 17 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 8000808/2024 Held at Edinburgh on 7, and October 2024 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn | Dr Xiaoyang Wu | Scotland | — |
| 1304250/2021 | 17 October 2024 | Mr M Olkowski | Family Care Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600001/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr Vijay Iqbal | AJKM Limited | England & Wales | £37,786 |
| 3201759/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs N Kaminska | Healthier Tastier Food Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | £10,901 |
| 2502194/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mr S Jones | Cleveland Fire Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 2602128/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs S Gascoyne | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2219112/2024 |
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 |
| 17 October 2024 |
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| Charles Lyndon Ltd. Hearing: Public Preliminary Hearing |
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| 2403395/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr A M Rizvi | Julie Batterton | England & Wales | — |
| 8000807/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr Hisam Elboghdady | RAA Couriers Ltd | Scotland | £559 |
| 6002973/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr G Allsopp | Allus Engineering Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307676/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ben Dawes (Trade Union Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306174/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr M Ibrahim | DBOI Global Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300337/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Miss R Olayinka | Brent Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6003634/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr M A Baksh | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6020949/2025 | 16 October 2024 | Mr L Lassey-Hocking Respondent Goss Media Ltd | Ms M Mercier, CEO | England & Wales | — |
| 1303373/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mr C Bell | Guest Motors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601490/2022 | 16 October 2024 | Mr C. Ilounoh | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1801192/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr J Calvert | Sequence UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2217131/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Samantha Sewraj (as the personal representative of Mrs Soobawtee Sewraj) | Mark and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3305312/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mrs C Joshi | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000696/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mrs P Allen | Hamberley Care (Wixams) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1307666/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mr P O’Callaghan, counsel | Ms P Zdanowicz, legal representative | England & Wales | — |
| 1305606/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr Sahabzada | HFL Building Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2401867/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr I. Stewart | Evans Halshaw Limited HELD AT: Manchester (by video over CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3203109/2022 | 15 October 2024 | Mr A Owuraku | Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6003822/2024 | 15 October 2024 | nr C Sangan | Merlin Cinemas Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301910/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr S Carpenter | Darauis Master | England & Wales | — |
| 2218580/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms A Barwinska | Christian Liaigre Limited (in corporate voluntary arrangement) | England & Wales | — |
| 1602982/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mr T Watkins | Cardiff Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2601464/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr. D Watts | Valuation Office Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1602383/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr Carl Miller-Ruck | Sportswift Limited (Trading as “Card Factory”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303242/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr A Mahmood | Macmillan Cancer Support | England & Wales | — |
| 1306960/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Miss A Mann | Post Office Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2219232/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mr R Daworaz | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403514/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Miss L Kamran | Hot Leadz Ltd | England & Wales | £1,647 |
| 2306871/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr E S Hernandez Leon | Mitie Ltd Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2409256/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mrs A Jenkins | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | England & Wales | — |
| 1301205/2022 | 14 October 2024 | Mr R Jones | West Midlands Fire Service | England & Wales | — |
| 6000648/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Miss J Palfrey | Co op Funeral care Central England | England & Wales | — |
| 2500236/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mr A Walker | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311675/2022 | 14 October 2024 | Mr Nigel Brabbins | SSLP Group Limited | England & Wales | £99,274 |
| 1400572/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Miss Tina Sedgman | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2412216/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Gerard Donnelly | Wirral Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6001564/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr Garrick Nisbet | Notus Heavy Lift Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2403498/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr R Allan | TSR Manchester Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £24,305 |
| 4104531/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Tribunal Member: Mr R Taggart Tribunal Member: Mr R McPherson Mr A Seymour | L Mackie | Scotland | — |
| 1403615/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr J Booker | Holman Fraser Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304394/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Miss M Zhou | Boots UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602571/2022 | 14 October 2024 | Mrs V Devlin | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |