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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2401090/2024 | 21 March 2024 | Mr T Balassa | Paint Ltd t/a Spotted Bee | England & Wales | — |
| 2601931/2023 | 21 March 2024 | Miss S Laurd | Rosehill School | England & Wales | — |
| 2603310/2023 | 21 March 2024 | Mr E Hazell | Imperium Electrical Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408951/2023 | 21 March 2024 | X | Y HELD AT: Manchester by CVP | England & Wales | £1,897 |
| 2600386/2024 | 21 March 2024 | Miss K Saiyed | Turning Point | England & Wales | — |
| 4106951/2023 | 21 March 2024 | Ms K Pyjko | Not present Mr Lee Deans | Scotland | — |
| 3206911/2021 | 21 March 2024 | Mr I Weir | Citigroup Global Markets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807447/2023 | 21 March 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales |
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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| 2302869/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr. J McBride | Thames Water Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500663/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr I Flowdy | PT Ranson Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102591/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Ms M McCormack | Bridging the Gap (Glasgow) (SCO28657) | Scotland | — |
| 8000558/2023 | 20 March 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000558/2023 Held via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on March 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss Audrey Hanvidge | Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3202325/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Zena Bright | Seacon (SG) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100455/2024 | 20 March 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100455/2024 Mr J Greenhorn | Javelin Contracts | Scotland | £3,345 |
| 2212993/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Ms S Bibi | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2410302/2023 | 20 March 2024 | N Neale | Griffin Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500447/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr D Halliwell | Advance365 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201794/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr W Silva | Resident Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807034/2023 | 20 March 2024 | No attendance or | Mr Brill, in-house lawyer | England & Wales | — |
| 2213469/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr G. Smith | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602965/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Miss J Owen | PSI Accountancy | England & Wales | — |
| 2501609/2023 | 20 March 2024 | Mr A Jackson | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300693/2022 | 19 March 2024 | represented herself For the | Mr R Jones (director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500086/2024 | 19 March 2024 | Mr P Sansum | DHL Express | England & Wales | — |
| 2411506/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Miss Z Yaqub | Hospitality Staffing MCR Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103452/2023 | 19 March 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4103452/2023 Issued Following Closed Preliminary Hearing (Case Management Discussion) Held on the Cloud Based Video Platform on th March 2023 at 9.30 am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr S Wightman | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301062/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr. A. Szabo | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403129/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Miss B Smith | Claremont Lodge Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303299/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr C Russell | Roadchef Limited and others Heard: By Cloud Video Platform – Midlands West | England & Wales | — |
| 2216404/2023 | 19 March 2024 | No attendance For the First | Muse London FAO P Hely | England & Wales | — |
| 2215638/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr W. Griffith | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2413641/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Miss L King | YMCA St Helens | England & Wales | — |
| 2409656/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr Jonathan Gately | Alpine Vending Company Limited | England & Wales | £1,860 |
| 8000453/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Ms M McAllister and Mr AH Perriam Mr Allan Stewart | Aberdein Considine & Co (a partnership) | Scotland | — |
| 1306456/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Mr S Kimberley | HTC Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £61,496 |
| 4104206/2023 | 19 March 2024 | Member L Brown Tribunal Member J McCaig Ms D Mihaylova | Represented by Mr C Adjei Barrister Western Isles Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1602790/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Miss C West | Steve Hassall | England & Wales | — |
| 2413637/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Ms S Welch | Cera Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300493/2024 | 18 March 2024 | Miss Taybah Hafeez | No1 Lounges Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300854/2021 | 18 March 2024 | Mrs W Y Leung | Waterfront Medical Cleaning Services South East Limited | England & Wales | £43 |
| 3300186/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Mr G Jikeme | Seva Childcare Ltd | England & Wales | £25,990 |
| 1310732/2022 | 18 March 2024 | Ms J Edginton | CMK Electrical Limited (in voluntary creditor’s liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,037 |
| 3307751/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Mr A Crabtree | Amey plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3314434/2022 | 18 March 2024 | Mr I Oji | Furl Living Furniture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409400/2022 | 18 March 2024 | Miss A Rose | Dunelm (soft furnishings) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302628/2022 | 18 March 2024 | Mr D Hirani | Costco Wholesale (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410807/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Ms J Boyle Prescott | Cumberland Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1304100/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Miss A Ferris | Birch Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202462/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Ms R Begum | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502756/2023 | 18 March 2024 | Mr A Cox | Ehluk Building Maintenance & Facility Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |