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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300357/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Miss Saida Shah | A&A Enterprises London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201328/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Ms E Ayiwe | Allcures plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3302956/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Ms J BUCHTOVA | GPO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106160/2022 | 4 January 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106160/2022 (V) Held at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr Mark McMillan | Represented by, Ms A Harvie, Solicitor Scottish Ambulance Services Board | Scotland | — |
| 2305136/2021 | 4 January 2024 | MR J TOBA | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400877/2022 | 4 January 2024 | — | Elsmore v Opal Accounting Ltd | England & Wales | £1,101 |
| 2303080/2023 | 4 January 2024 | — | Kent Coach Travel Limited t/a Travelmasters | 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 |
| 1601721/2023 | 4 January 2024 | IN PERSON FOR THE | Ms Tomlin (director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302797/2022 | 4 January 2024 | Ms N Gray | Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1405577/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Mr M Sarkodie | Hepburn Bio Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1404194/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Sarah Stroud | L&M Coventry Limited | England & Wales | £10,800 |
| 6000368/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Ms L Moffatt | The Council of the City of Wakefield | England & Wales | — |
| 8000162/2023 | 4 January 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000162/2023 (V) Heid at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss Vasilica Lavinia Marin | Represented by, Mr D Purdie, Solicitor Apardion Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2602294/2022 | 4 January 2024 | Mr Lester | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302137/2019 | 4 January 2024 | In Person | George Birchall Services Ltd (in Administration) and George Birchall Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403676/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Mr R Gwenzi | Goldstaff Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £38 |
| 2408356/2021 | 4 January 2024 | Ms Rosario Lino | Euro Group Limited HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 1404338/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Mr R Rix | Mathew Liddiard | England & Wales | — |
| 3300589/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr Rafal Choroba | Fluid Options UK Ltd | England & Wales | £8,904 |
| 1304461/2018 | 3 January 2024 | Mrs Y Davis | Metro Lodgings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500473/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr L Warren | Arriva UK Bus Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403397/2022 | 3 January 2024 | Miss A Lillywhite | Mr M Govindasamy t/a Dhana Stores | England & Wales | £5,536 |
| 1306875/2019 | 3 January 2024 | Mrs E Andrews | Focused Security Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302892/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr D Croitor | Rico Sabor Dover Limited | England & Wales | £390 |
| 2406835/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr R Champion | Fibaform Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804832/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Miss M Bacheva | Mercure Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1306498/2020 | 3 January 2024 | Mr S C Hargreaves | Crest Nicholson Holdings plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1300782/2021 | 3 January 2024 | Mrs M Delo | Signature Dining Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303611/2023 | 3 January 2024 | in person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403706/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr D Ward (in person) For the | - Ms P Hall (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302778/2023 | 3 January 2024 | In person For the | The Laundry Company | England & Wales | — |
| 3306714/2021 | 3 January 2024 | Mr T Bullock & others (see schedule) | Do & Co Event Airline Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304917/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr Z Williams | Vp plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2402017/2022 | 3 January 2024 | Mr P Whittam | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602664/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr D Anderson | Sbfm | England & Wales | — |
| 1305555/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mrs E Brice | WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1403533/2022 | 3 January 2024 | In Person | Mr S. Davis, Inhouse Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1305965/2020 | 3 January 2024 | Mr S Bzdyl | Casual Dining Services Ltd (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400635/2023 | 3 January 2024 | Mr B Mason | FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303872/2023 | 2 January 2024 | In Person For the | Mr J Hill | England & Wales | — |
| 2214959/2023 | 2 January 2024 | Mr. T Nicolls | Kier Construction Kier Places | England & Wales | — |
| 1807890/2023 | 2 January 2024 | Mr S Jackson | Hutchinson Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201525/2023 | 2 January 2024 | Mr M Brown | Elite Door and Window Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300268/2023 | 2 January 2024 | Mrs Clara Alfred | MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited t/a MTR Elizabeth Line | England & Wales | — |
| 2411197/2021 | 2 January 2024 | Ms K Davis | The Governing Body of St Michael’s Church of England School Middleton | England & Wales | — |
| 2307596/2020 | 1 January 2024 | Mr W Hall | BT Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302337/2021 | 31 December 2023 | Mr J Thomas | Team Care Support Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305121/2023 | 31 December 2023 | Mr M Clark | GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404321/2022 | 29 December 2023 | Ms R Ryall | Sovereign Housing Association Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407170/2023 | 29 December 2023 | Mr M Hunter | C H Latham, The Baker Limited | England & Wales | £4,468 |