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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1303398/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Ms A Riva | Woodhall Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307131/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Ms L Soryano | B G R Personnel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602425/2022 | 25 October 2023 | Mr P Glenholmes | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1401003/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Mr D Mead | AND Carter Technical Mouldings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500138/2021 | 25 October 2023 | Ms K Blakey | Newcastle University | England & Wales | — |
| 1600123/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Ms K Rees (C1) Mr J Collis (C2) | Mr A Martin | England & Wales | £17,228 |
| 2202729/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Not present or represented For the | Mr M Fakier, Employee Relations specialist | England & Wales | — |
| 2210731/2022 |
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 |
| 25 October 2023 |
| Miss M Okunola |
| Global Prime Partners Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 3300402/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Mr A. MacMillan (counsel) For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3304219/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Mr L Webster | Apex Corporate and Business Services UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305372/2021 | 24 October 2023 | Mr Lewis Clements | Roehampton University Sitting At: London South | England & Wales | — |
| 3201070/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr F Yeboah | Alliance Healthcare Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303124/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Ms T Williams-Willis | SSP Specialised Sports Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600723/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr A W Al Shehri | Princess Alexandra Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2302702/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr James West | 17 Grams Coffee Roasters Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3308890/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Miss D Kopanski | Ocean Consulting Limited | England & Wales | £8,883 |
| 1400317/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Miss N Garvin | Cancer Research UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2213565/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Ms. G. Magnani | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204365/2021 | 24 October 2023 | Mr C Wilkinson 1st | Areaworks Group Limited (in voluntary liquidation). 2nd Respondent: Mr L Ramsden 3rd Respondent: Mr P Lawrence London Central: in person on 9-13 October 2023 | England & Wales | £50,412 |
| 2203236/2022 | 24 October 2023 | in Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3305517/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr Kwabena Wiredu | Optim Management Ltd | England & Wales | £25,056 |
| 2403062/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Ms E Stretch | Love Energy Savings.com Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500168/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Susanna Barlow | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1305703/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Miss Clare Maguire | Ministry of Justice PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2414138/2021 | 24 October 2023 | Mr J Johnston | Plus Dane Housing Limited | England & Wales | £2,837 |
| 2410042/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Dr D Wilde | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304484/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mrs M Zabinska | Great Barr Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1305833/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr S Gurnett | Regency Hampers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403427/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr M Woods | Leisure Employment Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106290/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Ms Christine Brown | The Management Committee of | Scotland | £11,567 |
| 1401213/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr J. Nthini (Lay Rep) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201825/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mr A Uddin | NSL Limited Heard : CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2404404/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mrs R Clark | Vanity Beauty Salon Ltd | England & Wales | £1,176 |
| 1306989/2020 | 24 October 2023 | Mr Daniel Williams | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | £147,573 |
| 3305847/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Mrs M Johnson-Turner | Swan Children’s Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3302789/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr J van Rheede-Toas, representative For the | Ms C Sleep, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3306367/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Ms L Tudorica | Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | £276 |
| 1302900/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Miss. J. Jardine | Cleaveland Fletcher trading as Fletchers Business Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304011/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Miss P Leighton | Later life care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103445/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr J Douglas | Represented by Ms M Simpson Lay Representative Holders Technology UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3303277/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Miss N Lymperopoulou | IBC Vehicles Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303067/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Ms Kelly Burbery | Childcare and Learning Limited | England & Wales | £11,554 |
| 2208696/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Mr. M. W. Bari | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600140/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Miss J Cheese | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | £536 |
| 2409318/2023 | 23 October 2023 | W A Heap | Boots the Chemists Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406858/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Miss S Putterill | Abbey Grange Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | £6,108 |
| 1600414/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mrs P Mehat | Mehat Six Bells Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401497/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr S Smith | HMS Maintenance Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303855/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr Stephen Butler | EP1 Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302383/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr K Bommagani | Bhrijesh patel | England & Wales | — |