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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303556/2022 | 29 December 2023 | Ms A Fadipe (Counsel) (3rd and 4th August 2023) Mr McCarthy in person (30th November and 1st December 2023) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2407170/2023 | 29 December 2023 | Mr M Hunter | C H Latham, The Baker Limited | England & Wales | £4,468 |
| 8000471/2023 | 29 December 2023 | Mr J Robertson | Optosafe Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6002247/2023 | 28 December 2023 | C Carlisle | Aldi RDC | England & Wales | — |
| 4101934/2023 | 28 December 2023 | Ms L McGrehan | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £26,327 |
| 2406612/2022 | 28 December 2023 | Mr DA Fereday | Mammoet UK Limited 19 December 2023 | England & Wales | — |
| 4101923/2023 | 28 December 2023 | Ms H McGrehan | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £8,426 |
| 4101899/2023 | 28 December 2023 | Mr J McLeod | Indemnis Limited |
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 |
| Scotland |
| £7,487 |
| 3315187/2022 | 28 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £4,778 |
| 3300349/2021 | 28 December 2023 | Mr Omari Adjei-Dawkins | Halfords Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406196/2023 | 28 December 2023 | Ms C Raison | DF Capital Bank Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603346/2023 | 23 December 2023 | Miss S Paraschiv | CDS Labour (Agriculture) Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | £20,811 |
| 3311867/2023 | 23 December 2023 | Ms Hazel Noel | Milton Keynes Family Mediation Limited | England & Wales | £4,920 |
| 2302758/2023 | 23 December 2023 | Mihail Oprescu | Berryworld Limited t/a Prepworld (Level 5) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402858/2022 | 22 December 2023 | Mr L Robson | First Subsea Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304608/2020 | 22 December 2023 | Ms Audrey Young | Milton Keynes College | England & Wales | — |
| 2407115/2022 | 22 December 2023 | Mrs W Masasi | Freedom Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400826/2022 | 22 December 2023 | - MR G PROBERT (COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104199/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Ian Cartmill | Represented by: B McKinlay, Trainee solicitor Always Transport Jean Murray Frank Shaw | Scotland | £8,522 |
| 3314182/2021 | 22 December 2023 | In person For the | Mr J Munro, senior litigation consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1301911/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Ms Rebecca Knight | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2304609/2021 | 22 December 2023 | Ms H Simmonds | Croydon London Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2501321/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Miss N Patterson | Miramar 246 Limited (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £832 |
| 1303745/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Miss P Miluska | Rahman Amir Riaz Hussain | England & Wales | — |
| 2402118/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Mr S Patel | Optegra UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323850/2021 | 22 December 2023 | Ms Viola Szekelyhidi | Golders Green College & School of English Ltd | England & Wales | £39,208 |
| 4103852/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Mr B Cullen | Represented by:10 Mr I Burke - Solicitor Brian Cullen Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1401499/2023 | 22 December 2023 | Mrs R Kynaston | Aerotech Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2215264/2023 | 22 December 2023 | — | Radiance Property Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2404434/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr A Smith | Plau Bistro Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,396 |
| 3300459/2022 | 21 December 2023 | Mr Dave Long | Arrow Precision Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303716/2019 | 21 December 2023 | In Person For the | Chose Not to Attend | England & Wales | £963 |
| 2600675/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Second Claimant: Mr S Sallu Mr B Mandalia First | Second Respondent: Western & Noel Limited (in compulsory liquidation) Strong Maker Limited | England & Wales | £25,766 |
| 2404367/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr D Byrne | Advanced Plant Hire Ltd | England & Wales | £46,277 |
| 2404670/2022 | 21 December 2023 | Mr D Chappell | Martin & Martin Meats Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2205945/2022 | 21 December 2023 | Mr F Ansari | Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1803036/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr Epstein (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 2402751/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr W C J Evans | Mexichem UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2212690/2023 | 21 December 2023 | in person, assisted by J Smith (a friend) For the | Not present or represented | England & Wales | £9,419 |
| 6000007/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr M Hughes | Avanti HYLAS 2 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308956/2020 | 21 December 2023 | Mr W Talarek (Deceased) | Wealmoor Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303248/2022 | 21 December 2023 | Mr G.S. Banger | Wildings Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2204981/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mr P Panesar | London North Eastern Railway Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405207/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Miss I Mwelenji | Benhall Care | England & Wales | — |
| 6000457/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Mrs T Foley | Sherborne Area Schools' Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1307372/2019 | 21 December 2023 | Mr G E Fayed | Dr Rajbuddin Mandal & Dr Wasima Mandal | England & Wales | — |
| 3301720/2023 | 21 December 2023 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Stevenage Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1304503/2018 | 21 December 2023 | Miss K Gittings | Mehar Retail | England & Wales | — |
| 2301155/2022 | 21 December 2023 | Mr. B. Bajrami | London Central Bus Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400650/2021 | 21 December 2023 | Mr R Simpson | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |