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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804937/2023 | 30 August 2024 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311738/2022 | 30 August 2024 | Mr D Boansi | The Governing Body of Lyon Park Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 1406037/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Mr J McFaull | Dennis and Robinson Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310865/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Mr A Callaghan | The Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2600014/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Mr Peter John Earnshaw | Arnold Top Clean Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £30,345 |
| 4105318/2023 | 30 August 2024 | — | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | Scotland | — |
| 6005999/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Mr Ousman Fofana | Gxo Servicetech UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310738/2022 | 29 August 2024 | in person For the |
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 |
| Mr K Charles (Consulting Barrister) |
| England & Wales |
| £1,500 |
| 1804134/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Layla Branton | Marvel Heating and Renewable Energy Limited (First Respondent) Dwain Byrne (Second Respondent) Shareena Byrne (Third Respondent) Heard: in public by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2218682/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Mr A Mann | Amber Labs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201382/2023 | 29 August 2024 | Robert Meaker | NHS North East London Integrated Care Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2409868/2022 | 29 August 2024 | Miss J Hodkinson | B & R Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1809013/2023 | 29 August 2024 | Mr C Jones | Simpson Millar LLP HELD at Leeds by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3305400/2021 | 29 August 2024 | Mr A Gill & Others | Do & Co Event & Airline Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301282/2021 | 29 August 2024 | Mr K Jedlovsky | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107407/2023 | 29 August 2024 | Ms F Dewar | , lay representative Alliance Property Holdings Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2600869/2023 | 29 August 2024 | Miss K Elliott | Spectrum Franchising Ltd T/A Rainbow International | England & Wales | — |
| 4100373/2024 | 29 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100373/2024 Held at Aberdeen on June 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr A Huzarski | Represented by, Mr C Howie, Solicitor Assisted by Ms A M Kaczmarczyk, Interpreter Dandara UK Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6002943/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Miss C Esposito | Sindhu Immigration Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1403097/2022 | 28 August 2024 | Mr S Flemming | 21 Six Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303555/2020 | 28 August 2024 | represented himself Punjabi interpreter: Mrs H K Lamba for the | Mr R Chaudhry (solicitor) (1-10 July 2024) Ms K Hall (legal director) (15 July 2024) | England & Wales | — |
| 3308194/2023 | 28 August 2024 | Ms Binns (Lay representative). For the | Michael Mackle (Managing Director) | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3200999/2022 | 28 August 2024 | Mr D. Whitehand | PC Groundworks (South East) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602387/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Miss H O'Brien | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1304194/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Ms Fiona Reedy | 1) HSBC UK Bank plc 2) HSBC HR Operations | England & Wales | — |
| 2302613/2024 | 28 August 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300605/2023 | 28 August 2024 | Mr A Ali | Paradox Media Group Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301576/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Mr N Nacu | Toolstation Distribution Centre (Daventry) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800702/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Mrs V Berdei | Ideal Recruit Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408725/2022 | 28 August 2024 | Ms C Watson | Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) | England & Wales | — |
| 4103832/2023 | 28 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103832/2023 Held at Inverness on 15, & July and August 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry | Ms Jacqueline Noble Scottish Ambulance Service Board | Scotland | — |
| 1305702/2023 | 28 August 2024 | Mr G Lewis | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311362/2023 | 28 August 2024 | Mrs Calais Roberts | Manorcourt Care (Norfolk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602397/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Mr J Rowe | Cardiff Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1602527/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Mr M James | Denny’s Dinner | England & Wales | — |
| 6007185/2024 | 28 August 2024 | J Jones | City Traffic Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314938/2023 | 28 August 2024 | Ms E Lowe | Dxc/awe | England & Wales | — |
| 3304151/2024 | 28 August 2024 | Mr P Molloy | Infrateq Group UK Ltd (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310624/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Mr P Dancer | Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407132/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Miss S Lawson | Medimmune UK Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1801458/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Ms N Jobe | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust HELD by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) in Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 1403238/2022 | 27 August 2024 | Mr C Campbell | Atlas FM, Atlas cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500848/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Mr J Moran | Koamatsu UK | England & Wales | — |
| 3302704/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Mr S. Durack | Principle Racing Ltd | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 1600965/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Mr Antony Ramshaw | Abingdon Flooring Limited | England & Wales | £17,400 |
| 1602464/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Miss H De Oliveira | Dhaliwal Resturants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402857/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Mrs N Hugill | Veterans into Logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 3313234/2023 | 27 August 2024 | — | Butani v Somcare Agency Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001878/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Mr. A Broadhurst | Gingerbread Bakes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311577/2023 | 27 August 2024 | Ms C Wright | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | £20,027 |