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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2307473/2023 | 21 May 2024 | Elisabeth Taurel | Lewisham College | England & Wales | — |
| 2401254/2024 | 21 May 2024 | Mr T Winter | BCN Group Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 2409413/2022 | 21 May 2024 | Ms D Jones | Kate Hetherington T/A SP Catering | England & Wales | £27,970 |
| 2306774/2023 | 21 May 2024 | Mr H Ozley | Class Technology Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100003/2024 | 21 May 2024 | Mr B Hewitson | DHL Services Limited | Scotland | £677 |
| 2407432/2023 | 21 May 2024 | Miss T Wardell | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1302420/2023 | 21 May 2024 | Mr K Taak | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400203/2024 | 20 May 2024 | Mr J Butterworth | Initiative Property Management Ltd C/o Steven Greaney |
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 |
| £13,520 |
| 1603145/2023 | 20 May 2024 | Miss Rebecca Taylor | Conwy Brewery Limited | England & Wales | £19,567 |
| 1602273/2023 | 20 May 2024 | — | Ronald McDonald House Charities (UK) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601237/2023 | 20 May 2024 | Mrs C Hughes | Dr Smith trading as Berllan Surgery | England & Wales | — |
| 2502397/2023 | 20 May 2024 | Mr G Tate | Hathaway Roofing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405879/2023 | 20 May 2024 | Mr C J Hernando Villalba | Benjamin Jean Willis | England & Wales | — |
| 1808779/2023 | 20 May 2024 | Mr R Tattersdale | Brookes Mechanical Ltd | England & Wales | £34,453 |
| 1400186/2022 | 18 May 2024 | (1) Mr M Morrison (2) Mr W Headley | Bath Spa University Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502374/2023 | 17 May 2024 | Mark Harrison | Charltons window cleaning services Ltd Heard: Remotely | England & Wales | £9,424 |
| 2306226/2020 | 17 May 2024 | Nigel Tyrell | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 6002058/2023 | 17 May 2024 | Mr J Mills | A Clarke & Co (Smethwick) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303786/2024 | 17 May 2024 | Ms C Thompson | Maintel Holdings plc Held at: London South Employment Tribunal by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2601804/2023 | 17 May 2024 | Mr D Crowther Mr J Ellard Mr K Hulse Mr M Higgins Mr R Leavey Ms K McCluskie Mr N Yoxall Mr L Warren Mr J Lowe | Alliance Transport Technologies Limited (in Administration) (R1) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804177/2021 | 17 May 2024 | Mr K Smith | WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2301196/2022 | 17 May 2024 | Ms T Lucas | Medway NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4107437/2023 | 17 May 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107437/2023 Miss R Elgar | Plant Blonde Ltd | Scotland | £2,184 |
| 6001550/2024 | 17 May 2024 | Mr. R Grigore | Ace Same Day Couriers | England & Wales | — |
| 1600755/2023 | 17 May 2024 | Mr D Cooper | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | £11,852 |
| 8000461/2023 | 16 May 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8000461/2023 Issued Following Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh, on the Cloud Based Video Platform, on th of February 2024, with Deliberation on st April 2024 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr S Anderson | P.J. Carey (Contractors) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2210176/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr O Kalala Mayombo | The Flannels Group Limited | England & Wales | £6,216 |
| 2301328/2024 | 16 May 2024 | Mr M Wasim | Direct Medicare | England & Wales | — |
| 2303999/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mrs Esra Celik | Synnovis | England & Wales | — |
| 4105574/2023 | 16 May 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105574/2023 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Mr C Mcdonald | Ross’s of Edinburgh Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4103912/2023 | 16 May 2024 | : F Paton J McCaig Mr M Andrew | Scottish Ministers, acting through their | Scotland | — |
| 4105583/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr P Gahagan | Openreach Ltd | Scotland | £297 |
| 2304971/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr L F Costin | Gentleman and a Van Ltd Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2406693/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr L J Dodsworth | Platform 81 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302910/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Ivan Dixon | Eric Patrick Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406205/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Ms D Willcock | Manchester City Council HELD AT: Manchester (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3206662/2021 | 16 May 2024 | Mrs S Sarkar | Lyca Media II Limited | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 1301099/2021 | 16 May 2024 | Mrs Stacey Wilkinson | Cranlea Human Performance Limited | England & Wales | £851 |
| 2400388/2022 | 16 May 2024 | Mr M Kelly | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1303069/2018 | 16 May 2024 | Mrs M Collins | Carillion Construction Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200503/2024 | 16 May 2024 | Mr A Kevric | Ken Robb | England & Wales | — |
| 1307953/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Ms E Austin | Juniper Training Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406226/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr G Pollitt | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500328/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Miss A E Rudnik | Midshires Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311075/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr Y Koduah | Brooknight Security Staff Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302605/2022 | 16 May 2024 | Mr J Smith | South Thames Colleges Group | England & Wales | £5,500 |
| 2204699/2022 | 16 May 2024 | Ms R Kaur | Gillen De Alwis Solicitors Ltd (in Creditor’s Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £36,424 |
| 2404166/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr S Orchard | Cyanic Resources Limited | England & Wales | £41,008 |
| 1300084/2024 | 16 May 2024 | Mr A Ryder | Community Care Worker Ltd | England & Wales | £2,072 |
| 3314550/2023 | 16 May 2024 | Mr D. Dunne | Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police | England & Wales | — |