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Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3306137/2023 | 13 February 2024 | In person For the | Mr E Dlamini, Attorney | England & Wales | — |
| 3301525/2023 | 13 February 2024 | Mr Steve Thomas | Sasse Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001890/2024 | 13 February 2024 | Mr G Lennon | First West Yorkshire Limited | England & Wales | £29,347 |
| 2410874/2023 | 13 February 2024 | Mr A Vernon | Chaseman Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403714/2022 | 12 February 2024 | Ms H Martin | Allstone Sand Gravel Aggregates Trading Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106851/2023 | 12 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4106851/2023 C Hunter | MCP Contracting Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1403704/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Miss S Crawshay-Williams of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600110/2024 | 12 February 2024 |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
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| 2408516/2022 | 12 February 2024 | Mr G Hughes | Asda Stores Ltd CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under | England & Wales | — |
| 6001238/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mrs K Talbot-Sykes | Dr Alison Eden t/a Lepton Dental Practice and Shepley Dental Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2603211/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Miss O Cockburn | Heritage Hospitality Limited trading as Nossa Restaurant | England & Wales | — |
| 4105680/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mr William Hastie | Kirkland Refrigeration Limited | Scotland | £9,834 |
| 1303281/2022 | 12 February 2024 | Mrs A Benyahia | The University of Birmingham PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2601994/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mr S Olusoga | Jordan Xavier Connect Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300586/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mr K Soltanimohammadi | AM Construction and Engineering Limited UPON APPLICATION made by the Claimant by email dated 5 January 2024 to reconsider the | England & Wales | — |
| 2408948/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Miss A McGrath | Hellermann Tyton Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2203235/2023 | 12 February 2024 | Mr M West | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1800947/2023 | 12 February 2024 | In person | Mr S Davis, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1603086/2023 | 11 February 2024 | Ms K Rockell | Maximus UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2600330/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Mr M Gough | Great Central Railway plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3303908/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Cameron Wallis (Free | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803169/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Mrs C Kaur | Chera Food Company Limited t/a Anand Sweets | England & Wales | £17,157 |
| 1402552/2022 | 9 February 2024 | Mr J Freeman | Lillybrook Estate Ltd | England & Wales | £561 |
| 2404322/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Ms L Kent | First Trans Pennine Express Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200117/2022 | 9 February 2024 | Mrs A Rouse | Hallmark Care Homes (Leigh-on -Sea) Limited Heard: East London Tribunal Hearing Centre (in person and hybrid) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404015/2022 | 9 February 2024 | - IN PERSON (C 1/2/3) NO ATTENDANCE (C4/5) FOR THE | TTR PT Ltd (In Administration) and The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | £75,690 |
| 2601859/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Mr Paul Stokes | Herongrange Manpower Direct Limited | England & Wales | £8,223 |
| 3313598/2022 | 9 February 2024 | Alice Jolly (1) and Rebecca Abrams (2) | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University Of Oxford | England & Wales | — |
| 3305154/2022 | 9 February 2024 | Oliver Fuller (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201739/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Ms Aboagye (Lay representative and partner) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306378/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Mr Keith Harborne | Toby Carvery Sheldon | England & Wales | — |
| 2409153/2023 | 9 February 2024 | Mr J Pidgeon | Tech Mahindra Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804173/2023 | 8 February 2024 | Mr T J Welham | Swift Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304176/2022 | 8 February 2024 | Mr D Dascalu | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805537/2023 | 8 February 2024 | Represented himself For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312043/2022 | 8 February 2024 | Ms L Redman (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2412111/2023 | 8 February 2024 | Mr B Hodgkinson | AAO UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205764/2022 | 8 February 2024 | Mr R Woods | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411983/2023 | 8 February 2024 | Miss Y Khalimon | AAO UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107001/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mr D Hume Bluebird Buses Limited | CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 In accordance with the power set out in | Scotland | — |
| 4105475/2023 | 7 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105475/2023 Held at Aberdeen on 24, & January 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry Ms Sarah Granitza | The General Anderson Trust | Scotland | — |
| 2301693/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mr S Harris | East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3312918/2022 | 7 February 2024 | Mr I Wheaton (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106798/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mrs C Dooley | , solicitor Strathkelvin Instruments Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2302065/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mr M Khan | Foresters Financials t/a Forester Life Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103485/2023 | 7 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103485/2023 Held at Aberdeen on 11, & December 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members K Culloch S Larkin | Represented by, Mr R Dorrian - Solicitor Mr Gregor Rory McEwan Royal Mail Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2305814/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mr. B. Krishnan | Nellsar Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000310/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Ms E Proctor | HSBC UK Bank plc Heard: in public via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 3309296/2022 | 7 February 2024 | Ms Kirsty Cush | The Warden and Council of Saint Andrew’s College, Bradfield of Bradfield College | England & Wales | £20,118 |
| 6002213/2023 | 7 February 2024 | Mr S Denton | Babcock International | England & Wales | — |