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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300823/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Respondent: Ms F Namukwaya v (1) Premier Inn Limited (2) Whitbread Group Plc | Ms F Namukwaya v | England & Wales | £6,575 |
| 2411724/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Miss B Doran | Peninsula Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103651/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Ms. L Porter | Mr. B. McLaughlin (Rep.) (1) The Vault Management Group Ltd. | Scotland | — |
| 2411345/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Mr A Afzal | Prestige BB Limited | England & Wales | £10,020 |
| 2408110/2022 | 24 October 2024 | Mr J Daws | WSBL Limited HELD AT: Manchester (In Person) | England & Wales | £2,208 |
| 1305944/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr. Z Zahid | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400480/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr Sypda Harris | Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited | 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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| 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 |
| 24 October 2024 |
| in person |
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| England & Wales |
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| 1305140/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr. Z Zahid | Jaguar Land Rover Limited HELD AT: BIRMINGHAM REMOTELY BY CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 6004232/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr K Connor solicitor. For the | — | England & Wales | £6,939 |
| 6003058/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr D Rowe | Kyndryl UK Limited | England & Wales | £750 |
| 8000632/2024 | 24 October 2024 | — | Coffee at the Fells Ltd (SC715885) | Scotland | £1,017 |
| 3301531/2023 | 24 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402195/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr A Handy | Cheshire Local Business Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204843/2022 | 24 October 2024 | Mr A Ruchaczewski | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402275/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Mr R Burney | Bucadi RE Limited (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 2203869/2022 | 24 October 2024 | In person, assisted by Mr S Lwetutte (Mackenzie Friend) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6001809/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Ms Charlotte Stemp | Caleňo Drinks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407120/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Mr J Thomas | Sky Subscribers Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400527/2024 | 24 October 2024 | — | Blue Ribbon Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410301/2023 | 24 October 2024 | R Knight | Combined Technical Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405201/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr R Wakeford | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3313182/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr T | S McKee | England & Wales | — |
| 2305753/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Ms S Brinton | Signature Senior Lifestyle Operations Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1601175/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Miss L Narbeth | Centre Great Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003245/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mrs K Armstrong | Community Integrated Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2301884/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr C Borresen | Prospect Education (Technology) Trust Limited Held at: London South Employment Tribunals | England & Wales | — |
| 2501356/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr Brian Scott | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Limited HELD at Newcastle Hearing Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 3203214/2021 | 23 October 2024 | Miss Kelly Arnold | Select Enterprises (South East) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104260/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr D Gormley | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £6,698 |
| 6000341/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr Alan Boxall | Lovall Stone Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601089/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Miss C Menezes | Boston Commercial Cleaners Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601455/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr A Hynes | Tower Hire and Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201290/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr T Czajkowski | Pioneer Trading Co Essex Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6008129/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Miss A Harriott | Tax Driven Accountants | England & Wales | — |
| 3302175/2022 | 23 October 2024 | Ms L E Betteridge | Steptronic Footwear Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2403197/2024 | 23 October 2024 | S Carrington | Arriva Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2216104/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Djamshid Rustambekov | Fieldfisher LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3311915/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Herself, as a Litigant in Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6000753/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr C Dyer | Scania (Great Britain) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000433/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mrs. A White | Nottingham Community Housing Association Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000485/2024 | 22 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000485/2024 A Onea | Represented by: Certify Lets Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2409341/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Mr G Borbely | Mills Blinds Ltd (dissolved company) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201597/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr K Parchment, claimant’s nephew For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2306879/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mrs. L. Mercer | Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2500300/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Miss Jessica Thorpe | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102744/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Member F Paton Tribunal Member A Atkinson Mr John Coleman | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £55,911 |
| 1302926/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Mr M Walker, Counsel For the | Mrs J Cox, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4103957/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Member J McCaig Tribunal Member P O’Hagan Ms J Lota | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1800842/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Ms T Maddison | Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre | England & Wales | — |