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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3302260/2022 | 29 November 2023 | Mr G R Saletti | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309468/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Mr W Kata | Shaun Lanza | England & Wales | — |
| 3305731/2021 | 29 November 2023 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601260/2022 | 29 November 2023 | Mr C Godfrey | Ensinger Limited | England & Wales | £10,403 |
| 1310941/2022 | 29 November 2023 | Ms Steadman | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301061/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Mrs Caroline Griffith | London Borough of Hounslow | England & Wales | — |
| 2303457/2022 | 29 November 2023 | Mr D P Maguire | TUI UK & Ireland | England & Wales | — |
| 2302035/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Miss T Scott | CYC Coastal Club Ltd |
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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| 1804829/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Ms M Kelly First | Business IT Support Ltd Second respondent: Tactus Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301162/2022 | 29 November 2023 | Mr Pearce, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | £13,919 |
| 2200693/2023 | 29 November 2023 | — | The Walt Disney Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600718/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Mr G Wilson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500120/2023 | 29 November 2023 | Mr B Schofield | Mold Systems EU Limited “In Administration” | England & Wales | — |
| 6000877/2023 | 28 November 2023 | C Allison | Kingston Upon Hull City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3311671/2022 | 28 November 2023 | Mr J Stone | 4th Dimension Innovation Ltd (Group) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302195/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Mr J Springford | JETMS Completions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803282/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Mr R Anne-Marie | McQueens Dairies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401434/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Mr Keiran Tatterton | First Greater Western Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301952/2022 | 28 November 2023 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302368/2022 | 28 November 2023 | Mr Zbigniew Menich | The Stephen Perse Foundation, | England & Wales | — |
| 2408870/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Mr N Mason | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 1601257/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Ms C Harris | Pieminister Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407617/2021 | 28 November 2023 | Ms Ruth Kissock | Bread Basket Sandwich Station | England & Wales | £2,602 |
| 3300656/2023 | 28 November 2023 | Mr N Clarke | All Energy Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £35,394 |
| 3313307/2020 | 28 November 2023 | XX | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000296/2023 | 28 November 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000296/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on November 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry J Williams | No Appearance The Works Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1404123/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Daryl Milford | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802470/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr S Ali | Kone plc | England & Wales | £2,488 |
| 1601296/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Ms K Sullivan | Atamis Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501624/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr. K Gatens | Riverside Beach Hotel Ltd. | England & Wales | £3,640 |
| 3314470/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mr J Southgate | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600044/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mrs C Saunders | Tate Rowlands Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £34,864 |
| 2406948/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Miss LL Young | Clad It Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401807/2021 | 27 November 2023 | (1) Mr A Sposito (2) Mr P Almey (3) Mr S Langley (4) Mr D Palmer (5) Unite the Union | Walon Limited t/a BCA Automotive | England & Wales | — |
| 1801688/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr L Hodson | Print .Inc Group Limited AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2213039/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Ms I Guennoun | Churchfield Food Store Limited | England & Wales | £294 |
| 1301521/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mr D Alderson | Synpower Merchant Services Limited | England & Wales | £10,125 |
| 1305549/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mrs S Wyatt | Clifton upon Teme Nursery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500220/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr D White | Forest Master Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300829/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mrs Nishat Kamal Kaniz | Navaratna South Indian Restaurant Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1804128/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr A Gormley | City of York Council Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 3200799/2023 | 25 November 2023 | Mr R Oluponle | ABM Facility Services UK Ltd (sued as “ABM”) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400326/2023 | 24 November 2023 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302586/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Miss PR Nyarko | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | £377 |
| 1801428/2023 | 24 November 2023 | In person For the | Ms McIntosh (professional rep) | England & Wales | £27,287 |
| 2302908/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Ms Sarah Grundy | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313647/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Mr J Heaney | Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust R1 Mo Abedi R2 Parmjit Rai R3 Modupe Sorinola R4 Yves Hylaire-Tchoudi R5 | England & Wales | — |
| 1403388/2023 | 24 November 2023 | — | Brumers Bikes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2212195/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Phil Driver | Thames Spark Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201330/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Miss S Scerbinskaite | Grikis Ltd | England & Wales | £43,154 |