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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1308511/2022 | 26 September 2024 | Mr R Nowak | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310506/2023 | 26 September 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310049/2023 | 26 September 2024 | Mr Richard Powell | Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801171/2024 | 26 September 2024 | Ms C A Willis | DAH (Yorkshire) Limited formerly Worsted Yarns Limited HELD by CVP in Leeds | England & Wales | £43,076 |
| 2218668/2024 | 26 September 2024 | Mr Jitesh Varsani | Pyramid Plus South LLP PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1304297/2024 | 25 September 2024 | Ms H Parekh | F.A. Gill Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £28,072 |
| 1305895/2023 | 25 September 2024 | Mr Farrell - Lay Representative For the | Mr Serr - Counsel, Mrs Brumpton - Solicitor & Mr Waugh- Bacchus - HR | England & Wales | — |
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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| 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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| 2420683/2020 | 25 September 2024 | Mrs Chalmae El Myloudy Zougari | Kidzrus Nursery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000403/2024 | 25 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000403/2024 Mr D Ukaenwe | Sodexo Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2208807/2022 | 25 September 2024 | Mr Nickque White | SE Trains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306866/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Shahid Saleem | St George’s Foundation Trust NHS | England & Wales | — |
| 1306005/2024 | 24 September 2024 | Mr S Rowley | Metpro UK | England & Wales | — |
| 4104615/2024 | 24 September 2024 | Mr Kevin Simpson | Baker Hughes | Scotland | — |
| 8000543/2024 | 24 September 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 8000543/2024 Held at Aberdeen on and September 202410 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss Alison Bowden | Represented by: Mrs N Main - Sister Highland Country Buses Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1303382/2022 | 24 September 2024 | Mr Peter Bailey | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500999/2024 | 24 September 2024 | In person | Envirogreen Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | £1,422 |
| 2306147/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Mrs. J. Chadwick | Aspire Home Carers (Ramsgate) Limited, | England & Wales | £32,635 |
| 1602529/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Ms J Winter First | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board Second Respondent: Acacia Management Services Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1602149/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Mr I Jones | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400183/2024 | 24 September 2024 | Mr Mark Harris | Automatic Transmissions Ltd HELD AT: Manchester (in person) | England & Wales | £6,352 |
| 2408586/2022 | 24 September 2024 | Miss L Stocks | Biad Civils Ltd (In Voluntary Creditors Liquidation) | England & Wales | £13,283 |
| 2502774/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Mr C Mennim | Gateshead Community Organisation CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1301212/2022 | 23 September 2024 | Mrs K Jukes | Hollycroft Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404212/2021 | 23 September 2024 | Miss K Kreciszewska | Granville Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | £277 |
| 3205177/2022 | 23 September 2024 | Ms M Barkat | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3204273/2022 | 23 September 2024 | Mr I Bahchevanov | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303649/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Mr D M H Mbah | BUPA Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304208/2024 | 23 September 2024 | In person For the | Arun Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304867/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Mr R Kosinski | CDW Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401341/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Miss C Cook | Disclosure and Barring Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2403606/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Mr G Pollitt | Spectrum Facilities Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200051/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Ms J McGhie | Medso Group and MDCare Group | England & Wales | — |
| 6002829/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Mrs S Walker | Homag UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404313/2023 | 23 September 2024 | Mr D Lindley | Aztec AVA Limited | England & Wales | £2,355 |
| 2600195/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Mrs K Dudley | SS Retail NH Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407426/2023 | 20 September 2024 | Ms A Harper | Ribeye Steakhouse (Manchester) Ltd HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1308668/2023 | 20 September 2024 | Miss C Underhill | Vodafone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301887/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr H Doshi | Hemmersback UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500100/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr C Waters | Unified Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200407/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr J E Puerta Franco | Harrow Hospitality Limited t/a Stay Restaurant | England & Wales | £2,737 |
| 2413114/2023 | 20 September 2024 | Ms J Musk | LWC Drinks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102589/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr N Finlayson | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2401927/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr D Lambert | McBurney Transport Group Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1802892/2022 | 20 September 2024 | Mr R Vedi | Shooters Grove Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 3201326/2023 | 20 September 2024 | — | Abbeys Care Support & Training Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2602923/2022 | 20 September 2024 | Mr E Haynes | Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police Heard: In chambers on written representations | England & Wales | — |
| 1303588/2022 | 20 September 2024 | Miss N Lilley | La Galerie Design | England & Wales | — |
| 6002392/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr J Tewes | Greengage Global Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400177/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr T Everitt | Kirkee Ltd | England & Wales | — |