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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600318/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mrs S L Gray | Creative Crafting World Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000181/2024 | 27 June 2024 | Mr B McGuigan | Lookers Motor Group Limited | Scotland | £892 |
| 2404435/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Ms Lindley | Kidzruz Nursery Limited HELD AT: Manchester (In Person) | England & Wales | £850 |
| 3308077/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Ms L Williams | Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2411252/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mrs S Power | Sunshine Care (Rochdale) CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 3311639/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Ealaidh MacKinnon | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002513/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mrs E Kirk | Lishmans LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3309400/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Miss M Elia |
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 |
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| England & Wales |
| £1,452 |
| 2219147/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Ms K Brown | Portas Global Limited (R1) Teckro Limited (R2) Mr G Hughes (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 2403644/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mr J Slater | Graham Darnell (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4106826/2024 | 27 June 2024 | Mr A McDermid | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2400036/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Mr C Barlow | M J Teales | England & Wales | — |
| 3201922/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Miss K Harris | Sai Prasana Ltd T/A Papa Johns | England & Wales | £5,684 |
| 2603366/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr. R Mbah | Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002346/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Ms. K A Bryniak | LCUK Leicester Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500528/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Miss J Hunter (1) Mr P Challenger (2) | SGS United Kingdom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313762/2022 | 26 June 2024 | In person For the | Mr S Irving, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3307756/2020 | 26 June 2024 | Not present and not represented For the first | Mr Pav Clair, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2600137/2024 | 26 June 2024 | J Galpin | Yu Energy | England & Wales | — |
| 3201269/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr C Yoong | Randstad Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202220/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr Shaan Hussain | Uber London Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2409274/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr P Corfield | Hammonds Fitted Furniture | England & Wales | £16,034 |
| 2400210/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Mr J Byrne | Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa | England & Wales | — |
| 3200058/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Mr John Sutton | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204826/2022 | 26 June 2024 | Miss L Dench | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600115/2024 | 26 June 2024 | — | Europcar Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600985/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr Jamie Dunbar | Creative Marketing Support Limited Record of an Attended Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £24,343 |
| 3303484/2024 | 26 June 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602311/2022 | 25 June 2024 | Mr O Sanyaolu | Citytrust Investments Group Limited | England & Wales | £417 |
| 2602677/2023 | 25 June 2024 | Mr Glyn Roberts | AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001104/2024 | 25 June 2024 | Mr. E Nunnen | Fire Barrier International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304640/2023 | 25 June 2024 | David Weekes | Knauf (UK) Gmbh | England & Wales | — |
| 2219119/2023 | 25 June 2024 | Ms J Uszakiewicz-Szczygielski | St James Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107495/2023 | 25 June 2024 | : V. Lockhart N. Richardson. | Mr James Marshall McPherson Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302800/2022 | 25 June 2024 | Mrs T Munim | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200488/2024 | 25 June 2024 | Miss I Sorany | Kitchen Labs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,181 |
| 2301547/2020 | 25 June 2024 | Mr D Ofori | Brentford Football Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303443/2022 | 25 June 2024 | In person For the | No appearance or | England & Wales | £79,231 |
| 2600617/2024 | 25 June 2024 | Mr. C Isle | Mitchells and Butlers | England & Wales | — |
| 3202065/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Miss J Butler | Motability | England & Wales | — |
| 1305165/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Mr. I Griffiths | Calor Gas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105478/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Member Watt Tribunal Member Lithgow Mrs R Kral | Represented by Mr W McParland Solicitor Nuffield Health | Scotland | £20,989 |
| 2307061/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Miss A Fitzsimmons | Fraser Residential Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002554/2024 | 24 June 2024 | Miss I S Purica | Remote Technology Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000215/2023 | 24 June 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000215/2023 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform at Edinburgh on March 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Mr J Harkins | McQueen’s Dairies Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2306411/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Mr L Patrice | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500530/2024 | 24 June 2024 | Ms Stephanie Brown Mrs Vivian Brown Mrs Julie Richardson | SGS United Kingdom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000029/2024 | 24 June 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000029/2024 Miss C Douglas | Represented by: BrewDog | Scotland | — |
| 1403242/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Mr M Masih | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2407449/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Ms L Babington | Lagan’s Foundation RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |