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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101251/2023 | 12 December 2023 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4101251/2023 Held at Dundee on 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, and November 2023 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr Andrew N Douglas | Northern Tool and Gear Co Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2304653/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr Adrian Kisakye | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601701/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms C Whelpley | Cardiff Mind Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2211435/2022 | 12 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404102/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr J Humes | Honest Tech Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806058/2022 | 12 December 2023 | Miss S Fisher | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500050/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Miss E Wilson | KC Property Management UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305994/2023 |
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 |
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| 1600251/2022 | 12 December 2023 | Mr S Alexander | Estate of D B Roberts t/a Gwyn Jones Funeral Directors | England & Wales | — |
| 4101893/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms L Downie | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £8,740 |
| 1405271/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr R Clarke | National Tyre Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3207939/2021 | 12 December 2023 | Mr D Anker | Morrison Energy Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406596/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms J Harrington | Keoghs LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2304123/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms Marylou Nicholls | Prepare4care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400409/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr T Rowe | Ciaran McClennon Construction | England & Wales | — |
| 2411028/2021 | 12 December 2023 | Mr A Hassan | University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600033/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Miss N Holmshaw | Derbyshire Community Health Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £11,198 |
| 2301411/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J Crozier First | Pragmatic Web Ltd (dissolved) Second Respondent: Angry Creative (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304101/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Miss G M Edwards | Jam’n’vegan | England & Wales | £18,460 |
| 1303185/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr B Hurford | We Are Pinpoint Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309073/2022 | 11 December 2023 | Mr A Harrison | Charles Trent Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3206667/2021 | 11 December 2023 | Ms J Davidson | National Express Limited | England & Wales | £3,682 |
| 2209973/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr MILTON MUSAU MUNYIRI | LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED Heard : By video [CVP] | England & Wales | — |
| 2409870/2022 | 11 December 2023 | Mr B Johnstone | S J Bargh Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2420660/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Miss J Jasinska | Bravo FB Limited (trading as Fox’s Biscuits) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303518/2022 | 11 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £694 |
| 2302041/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Ericson Eugenio | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306561/2022 | 11 December 2023 | T Skrzypczak | Brookdale Group Employee Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301898/2021 | 11 December 2023 | Mrs Francisca Holmes | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601898/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr. T Ashley | Kleos Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301564/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mrs C Thomas (Lay representative) For the | Miss D McGuire (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301709/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mr J PERKINS | Bca Automotive Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303720/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Renando McLeod | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305320/2022 | 10 December 2023 | Mr A Knight | RS Response Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804143/2023 | 9 December 2023 | N A Fitzsimmons | Marriot Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403450/2022 | 8 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2601962/2022 | 8 December 2023 | Mrs T Knight | Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1403075/2022 | 8 December 2023 | — | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6001588/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Michelle Pike | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105990/2022 | 8 December 2023 | Miss Charlene Wilson | ’s partner)15 The Nail & Beauty Zone Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3320852/2021 | 8 December 2023 | Ms Bianca Shevlin | Cambridge Kitchens Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3200638/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Miss R Theobald | Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2211536/2023 | 8 December 2023 | In person For the | Ms Y Chong, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2408092/2020 | 8 December 2023 | Mr A Gibson | Inglis Jane Limited | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 3305133/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Mrs C Walton | Ingram Micro (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502574/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Mrs J Pickard | Eleganze Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602182/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Mr J Lubran | Powys County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2207965/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Ms I Eneli | Midshires Care Ltd T/a Helping Hands Home Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1308519/2022 | 8 December 2023 | Mr Wooton | Specialist Building Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3200789/2021 | 8 December 2023 | Mr T S Ahmed | Panache Leasing Ltd | England & Wales | £53,213 |