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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000560/2023 | 21 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000560/2023 Mr G Ocytko | Represented by: The Law Society of Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 3306120/2023 | 21 February 2024 | In person For the | Ken Read & Son Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | £2,790 |
| 3302634/2023 | 21 February 2024 | Mr M Alyas | Trinity College | England & Wales | — |
| 3202443/2023 | 21 February 2024 | Mr J Freeman | FIRMA Foreign Exchange Corporation (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001313/2023 | 21 February 2024 | Miss S Ali | Sheffield children’s hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2413116/2023 | 21 February 2024 | Mr H Belinskis | Greencore | England & Wales | — |
| 1600025/2024 | 21 February 2024 | Dr S Matthews | Greencoat Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600591/2023 |
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 |
| 21 February 2024 |
| Mr J Fletcher |
| Blachford UK Ltd |
| England & Wales |
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| 1403000/2022 | 21 February 2024 | Ms J Flynn | Garmin (Europe) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602683/2023 | 21 February 2024 | Miss F Martin | W M Morrisons | England & Wales | — |
| 3301611/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr Matthew Hicken | Mr Nigel Ackerman (R1) Mrs Penelope Ackerman (R2) | England & Wales | £10,000 |
| 2411187/2021 | 20 February 2024 | Mrs B Lee | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Held at: Manchester Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 3308909/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr C J Mortimer | Active Care Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3307180/2022 | 20 February 2024 | Mr L Gray | Home Control solutions Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409836/2022 | 20 February 2024 | Miss Chloe McCarthy Mr Sam Bridges | The Puckersley Inn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400868/2023 | 20 February 2024 | - NO ATTENDANCE FOR THE | - Mr T Hussain (litigation Consultant) | England & Wales | £2,494 |
| 1807610/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr M Burnside | Whitelock Developments Ltd | England & Wales | £15,492 |
| 2215378/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr S Eaton | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407087/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr L Long | Scratch Repair Company Limited | England & Wales | £6,339 |
| 1807609/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mr P Steele | Whitelock Developments Ltd | England & Wales | £20,760 |
| 3302552/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Hollie Harper | Greensleeves Homes Trust t/a Henley House Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1600454/2023 | 20 February 2024 | IN PERSON FOR THE | No Attendnance | England & Wales | £7,133 |
| 3307128/2023 | 20 February 2024 | In person For the | Mr Clive Coote, Managing Director | England & Wales | £2,311 |
| 6001029/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Alexander Rollin | Redline Aviation Security Ltd (T/A Redline Assured Security) | England & Wales | — |
| 1406227/2023 | 20 February 2024 | Mrs J Steadman | Just Tankers | England & Wales | — |
| 1305963/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mrs J Skeates | Regan Peggs Solicitors Ltd | England & Wales | £10,581 |
| 1804264/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr T Faller | Parallax Agency Ltd Heard by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405722/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr A Drummond | Quickstep Contracting Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307892/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr A P Boateng | Instaspark Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302137/2022 | 19 February 2024 | Mr N J Beefnah | Easyjet Airline Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304137/2019 | 19 February 2024 | Ms B Parameswaran Pillai | Ayurmedics Ayurveda & Yoga Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310636/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr A Abdellatif | Premier Inn Reading Central | England & Wales | — |
| 8000464/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Ms S Jones and Mr G Doherty Ms Amy McLaren | Hiflow Property Services | Scotland | £22,150 |
| 6011501/2025 | 19 February 2024 | Alexander Rostron | SENAD Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206947/2021 | 19 February 2024 | Ms L Commissioners | For HM Customs & Excise | England & Wales | £20,000 |
| 3301646/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr Nobbs Mr Bobbin | First Home Improvements (England) Ltd Mr Gibson | England & Wales | — |
| 3321283/2021 | 19 February 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802160/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mrs P Davison | Clear My Credit Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201754/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Kelly Pizzey | Hornchurch Royal British Legion Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600085/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Miss C Thomas | Carmarthenshire Coffee Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6012226/2024 | 18 February 2024 | Mr B Gill | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106850/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr Jon McGrattan | MCP Contracting Ltd | Scotland | £864 |
| 1400852/2022 | 16 February 2024 | Mrs R Lowe | Sense | England & Wales | — |
| 2210425/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr S Lasdas First Respondent (“R1”): NTT DATA UK LIMITED Second Respondent (“R2”): EXPERT RESOURCE RECRUITMENT LIMITED | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403507/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Ms A Boland | University of Winchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1406121/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Miss Z Bishop | KWC Southwest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406441/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr J Muirhead | Southern Water | England & Wales | — |
| 1401388/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Ms D Brownlie | Nandos Chickenland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403673/2022 | 16 February 2024 | Mrs L McAleavey | The Travel Chapter Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402357/2022 | 16 February 2024 | In Person | Mrs S. Hornblower | England & Wales | — |