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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3312806/2021 | 5 December 2023 | Ms Joanna May (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304743/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Mr W Ellis | Mr S Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 2410315/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Mr Kenneth Chima | Wine and Beer Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205186/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Miss R Gordon | Betfred Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403324/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Mr J. Larkin | RNC Fabrications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404138/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Mrs S Jenkins | Mr Mark Sutton | England & Wales | £1,775 |
| 2401534/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Ms Emma Sumner Third Claimant: Mrs Karen Tomlinson | Prime Care (UK) Limited t/a Sylvan Home Care Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2302202/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Ms W L Tiller | University Hospital Sussex |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1801474/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Mr David Sharp | Futurama Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £356 |
| 2404554/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Miss N Cisowska | Optimal Claim Limited T/A Optimal Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 6001732/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Ms P Henry-Olaniyan | Prime Nurture Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200906/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Ms G Addo | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207960/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Mr B Bhagani | Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804575/2023 | 4 December 2023 | — | SAYO Recruitment Ltd and Panel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501895/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Peter Seaton | Willow View Care Limited | England & Wales | £177 |
| 2502335/2022 | 4 December 2023 | Mrs Z Spence | UK Direct Business Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302023/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Mr P Laxton | Southern Car Sales Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2303760/2023 | 4 December 2023 | Mr M Bluh | Integral Cradles Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200256/2023 | 3 December 2023 | Ms B Bassis | NHS Blood & Transplant | England & Wales | £96,448 |
| 3300044/2022 | 3 December 2023 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | £18,642 |
| 2300372/2021 | 3 December 2023 | Miss J Blackwood | Greenwich Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311803/2022 | 3 December 2023 | Mr K Byrne | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2209988/2023 | 2 December 2023 | Mr F Cianci | London XXI Limited t/a ME London | England & Wales | — |
| 4106846/2023 | 2 December 2023 | Mr Shaun Goodfellow | Martin’s Building Services | Scotland | — |
| 2405854/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr I Donchev | NS Architects Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305294/2021 | 1 December 2023 | Mr L A Sheikh | CIS Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100336/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Member EJ Hossack Tribunal Member P Fallow Mr G Vasile | Not present or represented Springfield Properties plc | Scotland | — |
| 4103850/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Todd | Royal British Legion Crieff Branch Club | Scotland | — |
| 1304944/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr L Bladen | CMS Kidderminster Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £18,171 |
| 2407455/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr B Leigh | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101898/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mrs K Paterson | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £6,444 |
| 2302566/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr William Gyepi-Garbrah | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501529/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr A Mann | Wizard Builders Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304194/2023 | 1 December 2023 | — | TG Stamping and Machining Ltd (In Administration) and Department for Business & Trade | England & Wales | £16,066 |
| 1304476/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Mr S Pathan | Midlands Community Home Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1402024/2022 | 1 December 2023 | Miss J Burdge | JCL UK Limited (R1) Mr B Laly (R2) Mrs P Laly (R3) Ms T Hannaford (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305827/2023 | 1 December 2023 | Miss J Wright | Green Clean Maintenance | England & Wales | — |
| 1300033/2022 | 1 December 2023 | Dr Sarah Drury | Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2407832/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Miss E L Delpinto | Farmhouse Kitchen Huntleys Limited | England & Wales | £667 |
| 1400742/2022 | 30 November 2023 | Miss H Chapman | The Dower House Nursing Home LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2302580/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Ms Blake | Verlingue Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3220590/2020 | 30 November 2023 | Mr J Garrett | Howden Joinery Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3305422/2022 | 30 November 2023 | Mr L Richardson | Calcot Services for Children Limited HELD AT: By CVP at Bury St Edmunds ET | England & Wales | — |
| 3313194/2022 | 30 November 2023 | Mr E Anthonio | Tesco Stores plc Heard: Watford by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2405038/2022 | 30 November 2023 | Mrs Joanne Page | Howarth Timber and Building Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409017/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Ms R Patel | Cavalier Carpets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000202/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Mr W MacDonald | Network Rail | Scotland | — |
| 2302072/2022 | 30 November 2023 | Mr S Hards | Masters of Beckenham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802667/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Mr T Radio | Bapp Industrial Supplies (Huddersfield) Limited Heard: via CVP in the North East Region | England & Wales | — |
| 6001259/2023 | 30 November 2023 | Mr T Foster | Flogas Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |