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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3308246/2023 | 17 April 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201848/2023 | 17 April 2024 | Ms Jenny Goldthorp | Goldthorp Fabrications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401222/2023 | 17 April 2024 | Mr T Darling | House & Home Services Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310521/2023 | 17 April 2024 | no attendance For the | Ms A Salt, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3305679/2022 | 17 April 2024 | Mr Surdu (Claimant’s son) For the | — | England & Wales | £3,728 |
| 3311385/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Mr S Hardingham | The Principal, Fellows and Scholars of Homerton College, The University of Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 2305136/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Mr Lewsey | Mid Sussex District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403363/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Miss S Thorn |
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 |
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| 1306635/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Mrs N Whyte | Refugee Action | England & Wales | — |
| 2302776/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Miss E Freeman | Zac Hemming | England & Wales | — |
| 1603091/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Ms J Edmunds | Everycare (Cardiff) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302516/2023 | 16 April 2024 | Mr C McKenzie | Billfields of London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304362/2022 | 15 April 2024 | In person For the | R Phillips T/a UK Cleaning, now known as: UK Cleaning Contracts Ltd | England & Wales | £4,706 |
| 3305181/2022 | 15 April 2024 | Mr Amar Khan | Novai Limited and | England & Wales | — |
| 1806679/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr J Flood | Chemfix Products Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2215285/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr Ian Taylor, union representative For the | Ms Zakia Tahir, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3302400/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr Stuart Ravald | Biffa Waste Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302176/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mrs Matilda Coker | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 4104306/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr Brian Shonna | No appearance Abbey Architectural Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 8000964/2024 | 15 April 2024 | Mr K Meek | CDE Windows and Doors Ltd | Scotland | £4,744 |
| 1307923/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr S Fox | C H Barnett Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1311052/2020 | 15 April 2024 | — | Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313086/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Ms J Maxwell | Crowcon Detection Instruments | England & Wales | — |
| 1406383/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr E Ekeledo | Winchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3308115/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr R Achour | Beale Halai Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307762/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Miss S Rahman | Hawkeye Security Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1808024/2023 | 13 April 2024 | Mrs Margaret Hanson | Turning Point (Registered Charity & Company Limited by Guarantee) RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3300353/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr M Young | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314485/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Ms E Lowe | Dxc | England & Wales | — |
| 3313080/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mrs H Parekh | G H London Ground Handling Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001373/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr Fuller, husband | — | England & Wales | £5,906 |
| 1300386/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Miss Poppy Duggan | Kelly Traffic Management Ltd | England & Wales | £16,298 |
| 2302214/2022 | 12 April 2024 | Mr J Lehan (1) and Mr D Maynard (2) | Mitie Care and Custody Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601609/2022 | 12 April 2024 | Mrs Lee-Shields | Exquisite Displays Limited | England & Wales | £24,725 |
| 2601549/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Ms J Chruscik | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304260/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr N Khan | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3315389/2022 | 12 April 2024 | Mr D Barrett | Wembley Tyres Ltd | England & Wales | £684 |
| 2214618/2023 | 11 April 2024 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804961/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr S Squires | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2300515/2022 | 11 April 2024 | Ms B Jozwiak [2300515/2022] Ms I Janicki [2300516/2022] Ms D Lysycz [2300517/2022] | AIM Commercial Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2215916/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Ms Kader | Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime | England & Wales | — |
| 2219453/2024 | 11 April 2024 | Mr Wolde Mills | London Transit Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404240/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr O Hallett | Trevelyan Oates-White T/A Trevelyan White Plumbing and Heating | England & Wales | — |
| 1401486/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr S B Christiansen | C & J Clark International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104393/2023 | 11 April 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104393/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on April 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr Adam Gajdosy | Big Issue Sharebike Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 6000331/2024 | 11 April 2024 | Mrs H Khalid | Ascend Support | England & Wales | — |
| 2301845/2022 | 11 April 2024 | MR G YANEV | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2306757/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Demetris Sofoklis | St Mickalos Company Ltd | England & Wales | £19,821 |
| 3313558/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr D Rea | Contour Desgin UK | England & Wales | — |
| 3306960/2022 | 11 April 2024 | Miss T Owens | Prestek Computing Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |