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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303981/2022 | 26 January 2024 | Mr C Duncan | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | England & Wales | — |
| 2308446/2020 | 26 January 2024 | Mr. B. Babarinde | Laing O’Rourke Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305892/2023 | 26 January 2024 | Miss R Lord | Mode transport planning (London) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000786/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Mr J Crowley | Escape Hunt Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305795/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Mr W L Bailey | Rydal Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805572/2022 | 25 January 2024 | Father Stavros Bozos | Greek Orthodox Community of Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 2600583/2023 | 25 January 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2214006/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Mr P Klepacki |
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.
| 51 |
| 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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 3302251/2022 | 25 January 2024 | Alexandra Ivey | Norfolk County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600901/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Ms L Tucker and others (see Appendix 1) | Silurian Hotel Management Ltd | England & Wales | £28,795 |
| 2304517/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Ms Urbanska (in person) For the | Ms Veimou ( consultant) | England & Wales | £11,825 |
| 3303042/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Mr L Pickard | Marshall Motor Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601417/2023 | 25 January 2024 | — | E V Downton Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304250/2023 | 25 January 2024 | Mr C Neves (1) Mr J Furtado (2) | CleanEvent Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001998/2023 | 25 January 2024 | J Cameron | Haven (Waterlooville) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305733/2022 | 25 January 2024 | (1) Mr Kearney (2) Mr Hulme (3) Mr Lanigan (4) Mr Wade | Drainforce Rail Ltd | England & Wales | £4,108 |
| 2501649/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Mrs K McAndrew | Cedarwood Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302672/2022 | 24 January 2024 | Mrs Iveta Opalkova | Signature Senior Lifestyle Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305717/2021 | 24 January 2024 | Mr Robert Stewart | ADS Unique Services LLP By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2411630/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Mr P Flaherty | Swift Lawyers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600389/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Mrs K Roberts | Mrs Christine Charlton | England & Wales | — |
| 1808540/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Miss C O'Neill | Holme Veterinary Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2407297/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Miss S Bamber | Care Solutions Liverpool Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400883/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Mrs S Brooks | St Luke's Hospice Plymouth | England & Wales | — |
| 3322517/2021 | 24 January 2024 | Mr Dodou Alieu Bandara Ndow | Augusta Care Ltd | England & Wales | £328 |
| 2411628/2023 | 24 January 2024 | Mr K Kehoe | Scratch Repair Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403693/2022 | 23 January 2024 | Mr Arthur Evans | Green Machine South West Limited | England & Wales | £19,098 |
| 2412201/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr M Alexandru | PRO-DESPATCH LOGISTICS Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) C/O Kris Anthony Wigfield | England & Wales | — |
| 1400553/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr M Rahman | Your Mortgage People Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601702/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Miss T Milford | Cardiff County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4106932/2023 | 23 January 2024 | 16 B(Scot) Rule judgment on liability, remedy to be determined at a hearing EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106932/2023 Nicola Audrey Walsh | John Boyle & Co Solicitors | Scotland | — |
| 3304169/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr Pacey (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3305339/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr Ion Marin | Keys Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300228/2021 | 23 January 2024 | Miss H Salih | Mytime Active Heard at Ashford | England & Wales | — |
| 2303105/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr S Rana | Dexters London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302070/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr M D’Rozario | Kingston University Service Company (KUSCO) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414360/2021 | 23 January 2024 | Mr C Mackay | Pyramid Display Materials Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304070/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mrs Jayne Keeling | The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3305827/2023 | 23 January 2024 | Mr K Wozniak | Lemin & Co. Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303602/2022 | 23 January 2024 | Mr Anthony Stone | Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2412135/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Mr R A Melia | Leroy Allen trading as Sylvester’s Bar and Soul Suite | England & Wales | — |
| 2403658/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Mr S Bux | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601705/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Mr A Mishra | Ivorysands Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802564/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Mr. J Mapranathukaran | Historic Hotels and Properties Limited | England & Wales | £14,737 |
| 3322702/2021 | 22 January 2024 | Mrs D Smith (Claimant’s daughter) For the | Miss S MacIntosh (Consultant) | England & Wales | £42,714 |
| 2406206/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Ms H Lowe | River Island Clothing Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301157/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Miss S Daley | Goldsmiths, University of London | England & Wales | — |
| 2301787/2020 | 22 January 2024 | Mr G Jeffery | Givaudan UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401082/2023 | 22 January 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302572/2023 | 22 January 2024 | Ms J Neil | Dermalogica UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |