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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600184/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Mr D Langton | Cleggs Limited Mark K Williams Limited Ian Torr Limited Jane Burton Limited Mike Sullivan Limited Nelsons Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601720/2023 | 11 September 2024 | Miss J Ditchfield | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6001570/2023 | 11 September 2024 | Mr J Solanki | Magma Combustion Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304166/2024 | 11 September 2024 | In person For the | Mr I Lovejoy, Legal Executive | England & Wales | £2,575 |
| 3205427/2022 | 11 September 2024 | Mr. M. Ahmed | KDDI Europe Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1808072/2023 | 11 September 2024 | Did not attend For the | Ms Younis (Peninsula) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400136/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Mrs K Brooks | The Childcare Corporation Limited T/A Grandir UK Limited |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 3311055/2023 | 11 September 2024 | Mr R Rowe | Yusen Logistics (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £10,252 |
| 3300079/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Mr A Dworski | The Heavenly Bake Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301747/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Mr M Osemene | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000976/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Ms S Kwok | China Café Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6004602/2024 | 11 September 2024 | Mr L Mills | Romac Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600850/2024 | 10 September 2024 | Mr. T Laughton | Americold | England & Wales | — |
| 2412215/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Miss J Fish | Helping Hands Property Service Ltd | England & Wales | £26,985 |
| 8000623/2024 | 10 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000623/2024 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform at Edinburgh on September 2024 Hamed Darragi | — | Scotland | — |
| 2303878/2024 | 10 September 2024 | — | Worley Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2214983/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Mr A Watfa | United Colleges Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3200670/2024 | 10 September 2024 | Man Nga Wan | Jabez Wai You Lam | England & Wales | — |
| 3305956/2023 | 10 September 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3304139/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Mr E. S. McElevey | Wycombe Badminton Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306317/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Mrs D. Stone | St Christopher’s Fellowship Heard: Midlands West (by Cloud Video Platform) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312503/2023 | 10 September 2024 | In person For the | Ms Kelly Faulkner (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1304178/2024 | 10 September 2024 | Mrs H Copson | Busy Bees Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300213/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Ms Carol McCormack | Gold Care Management Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304196/2024 | 10 September 2024 | Mrs. R. Razaq | The Security Institute | England & Wales | — |
| 1600350/2024 | 10 September 2024 | Mrs A Gundogdu | Cramers (NW) Ltd. (Company number: 12059060) HELD AT: Mold | England & Wales | £5,229 |
| 1601329/2022 | 10 September 2024 | Mr F Davies | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1808929/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Mr M Sinnott | Bentley West End Sports and Social Club Ltd Heard at Leeds by CVP | England & Wales | £2,658 |
| 6006535/2024 | 10 September 2024 | S Reast | Redbourne lion Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100227/2025 | 10 September 2024 | Ms L Budge | Represented by: Mr T Emslie-Smith - Solicitor User Testing Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302264/2022 | 10 September 2024 | Mr R Ali | Beap Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602085/2023 | 10 September 2024 | Mr G Oakes | Renaissance Records Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £105,013 |
| 3303997/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Ms A Pereira | Wellington Antiques Ltd | England & Wales | £4,632 |
| 6006830/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Simon Wachlin | The Works Stores | England & Wales | — |
| 2600598/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Mr. J W Butler | Welton Aggregates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307922/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr Chumber | Automatic Laser Welder UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303839/2024 | 9 September 2024 | — | RBS Group and National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201702/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr. T Joof | 1) Millharbour Management Limited 2) Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward Limited 3) Richard Benson 4) Ankush Samant | England & Wales | — |
| 1603084/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr M Waters | Fat Jacks Burgers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601353/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr T Swainston | Frederick Blake T/A EPS Security Ltd | England & Wales | £4,340 |
| 2500875/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Mr J Brett | Warburtons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600612/2022 | 9 September 2024 | Mr K Hughes | Wilko Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304069/2022 | 9 September 2024 | Ms J Nyarega | Methodist Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 1800425/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Miss A M Campbell | New Business Relationships Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1809168/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr M Rodi | Clean City Air Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104697/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Ms K Kalkowska | Represented by M Solicitor Ciociara Limited | Scotland | £3,743 |
| 3205221/2022 | 9 September 2024 | Mr Phillip Yankey | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001473/2023 | 9 September 2024 | Mr S. O’Rourke, Lay Rep | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401404/2021 | 9 September 2024 | Mr L Touray | Courtyard Leisure Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | £9,119 |
| 1600661/2024 | 9 September 2024 | Mr J GRAY | Ply-tek (UK) Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £4,012 |