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Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,979 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 30,108 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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 | 3,589 | |
| 2026 | 2,399 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6005865/2025 | 24 August 2026 | Ms Oluranti Junaid | Yad Voezer Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6044609/2025 | 24 August 2026 | Mr Michael Pearn Respondents Co-operative Group Limited | Mr M Ramsbottom (consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100103/2026 | 24 August 2026 | Ms A McDonald | MKA Commercial Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6024134/2025 | 24 August 2026 | Mr J Russell | Surrey and Sussex healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | £242 |
| 2404864/2024 | 24 August 2026 | Mrs R Young | Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6039395/2025 | 21 August 2026 | Robert West | Premier traffic management | England & Wales | — |
| 8000504/2026 | 21 August 2026 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000504/2026 Hearing at Edinburgh on and August 2026 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Janusz Lapcik | Lothian Buses Limited | Scotland | — |
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 |
| 1604189/2025 | 21 August 2026 | Mr Y Hagos | Cardiff City Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806230/2026 | 21 August 2026 | Ms L Redman, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800620/2025 | 21 August 2026 | (1) Mrs Tasleem Akhtar (2) Ms Marya Akhtar | Leeds Islamic Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1600983/2026 | 21 August 2026 | Miss R Saunders | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 6008726/2025 | 20 August 2026 | Ms Z Nolan | Brighton People’s Theatre | England & Wales | — |
| 6029626/2025 | 20 August 2026 | Mrs L Lemaire | Associated Wellbeing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304621/2024 | 20 August 2026 | Mr Hutchinson | The Governing Body of Woodlands Meed School West Sussex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6012420/2024 | 19 August 2026 | Mr A Goubatchev | Mondelez Europe Services GMBH – UK Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 6000243/2026 | 19 August 2026 | Mr L Peters | Next Distribution Ltd Heard Sheffield by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1402501/2025 | 19 August 2026 | Katie Fletcher | Black Wax Coffee and Records Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401281/2026 | 19 August 2026 | Mr F Briercliffe | Dedicated Supergym Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000160/2025 | 19 August 2026 | Debbie Ann Smith | Ratpdev Transit London | England & Wales | — |
| 8002447/2025 | 19 August 2026 | Ms A Higgins | Patna Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100639/2026 | 19 August 2026 | Mr K Fair | Represented by: Mr S Johnston - Solicitor Colins Tyres | Scotland | — |
| 6001990/2025 | 19 August 2026 | Jonathan Ure | Home EcoEarner Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303690/2024 | 18 August 2026 | Mr Andrew Brander | 1) M.i. Media Services Ltd, 2) Mr David Sequeira, 3) Mr Clive Howse and 4) Mr David Kyffin | England & Wales | — |
| 6017851/2026 | 18 August 2026 | in person | Ms Miller, trainee solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 6001509/2026 | 18 August 2026 | John Everatt | The Perfect Pint Limited Heard: in public by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 8000576/2026 | 18 August 2026 | In the Employment Tribunals (Scotland) at Edinburgh, Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8000576/2026, held at Edinburgh via Cloud Video Platform on July 2026 at am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr K Manson | JLcom Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 8001191/2026 | 18 August 2026 | Ms S Martin | Not present or represented L Jones | Scotland | — |
| 4100013/2026 | 18 August 2026 | Mr R MacLeod | Wood Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 8001277/2025 | 18 August 2026 | Member J McCullagh Tribunal Member S Larkin Ms Y Zhu | St Andrews Bay Development Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3302530/2025 | 17 August 2026 | Mr M Vassallo | JM Specialist Services Limited, | England & Wales | — |
| 6024279/2025 | 17 August 2026 | Bernadette Doherty First | Alexander Mann Solutions Limited Second Respondent: The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Third Respondent: Giant Precision Contracts Limited Heard: by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3306077/2023 | 17 August 2026 | Abdool C Jugut | Isaac Creative Hair Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6021196/2024 | 17 August 2026 | Karl Dorman | Reed Talent Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001857/2025 | 17 August 2026 | Agata Stankiewicz | Scottish Prison Service | Scotland | — |
| 6028830/2025 | 17 August 2026 | Ms S Gurm | Williams Lea UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6041808/2025 | 17 August 2026 | AADIL GIRACH | Hastings Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6028598/2025 | 16 August 2026 | Zeba Nazreen | Aptuit | England & Wales | — |
| 1306036/2024 | 14 August 2026 | Mr M Akhtar | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6048619/2025 | 14 August 2026 | Mr M Ellis | 7 TM Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 8000708/2026 | 14 August 2026 | Mr K Young | — | Scotland | — |
| 6038943/2025 | 14 August 2026 | Jose Maria Nguema Mansuela | Lacehouse Kitchen Ltd (Sauce Shop) | England & Wales | — |
| 1808935/2025 | 14 August 2026 | Mr F McGowan | M.J. UPH Leeds Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402235/2025 | 13 August 2026 | Mrs Beata Tierney | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6024947/2025 | 13 August 2026 | Marc Kelly, barrister | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6003763/2026 | 13 August 2026 | Dean Handley | Wow Catering Northwest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6036704/2025 | 13 August 2026 | NAOMI HALLETT Respondent THE ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATIONAL TRUST | Mr S Wyeth | England & Wales | — |
| 8000479/2026 | 13 August 2026 | Mr R Davidson | Ness Drinks Limited | Scotland | £2,796 |
| 6013439/2025 | 13 August 2026 | Mrs Nicola Land | Ibstock Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000552/2025 | 13 August 2026 | Mr C Boydon | No appearance Parklands Highlands Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3304745/2024 | 13 August 2026 | Mr M Awan | Mr R Tilling | England & Wales | — |