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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2402543/2022 | 22 September 2023 | Mr Alan Morrow | Totalserve (Wholesale) Ltd | England & Wales | £8,780 |
| 1400136/2022 | 22 September 2023 | Miss Evelyn Otoo | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401526/2022 | 22 September 2023 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Mr a Pincott | England & Wales | — |
| 1403454/2022 | 22 September 2023 | Mr J. Dunkley, Solicitor | Churston Court Inn Ltd and others | England & Wales | £29,796 |
| 2403457/2023 | 22 September 2023 | Mr A Astin | JDH Motor Repairs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415329/2021 | 22 September 2023 | Dr R Kubaisi | University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1310489/2022 | 22 September 2023 | Mr. Malikur Rahman and | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300945/2023 |
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 |
| 21 September 2023 |
| Mr. A Parodi |
| Gloster MEP Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 3302057/2023 | 21 September 2023 | In person For the | Ms L Moretti (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3203221/2022 | 21 September 2023 | Miss P Tursucu | Sophie Petherick | England & Wales | — |
| 2404628/2023 | 21 September 2023 | R Ramadan | Consumer Legal Costs Services t/a Lawplus Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2402749/2022 | 21 September 2023 | — | Prosperous Life Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406662/2023 | 21 September 2023 | Miss C Stevens | Timperley village dental practice | England & Wales | — |
| 3200774/2023 | 21 September 2023 | Mr R Brown | Jenkins Property Limited | England & Wales | £19,564 |
| 2208518/2023 | 21 September 2023 | Mr P Delapanosta | Marriott Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6018872/2024 | 21 September 2023 | Mr F Dragomir | City Abseiling Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3303077/2023 | 21 September 2023 | Mrs H Kinch | Compassion in World Farming International STRIKE OUT The claimant’s complaint of unfair dismissal is struck out pursuant to | England & Wales | — |
| 2213961/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Ms Marina Marley | Elmore Insurance Brokers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405896/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr A Chohan | Go North West Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402350/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr A Algedawy | ABM Aviation UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400461/2022 | 20 September 2023 | Storm Botha | White Lake Cheeses Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000947/2025 | 20 September 2023 | Ms Dawn Piper | Rentokil Initial Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102135/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr I Cowen | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300838/2020 | 20 September 2023 | Mr Giuseppe Tomaselli (lay representative) For the | Mr John Brotherton (consultant) Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 3200702/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr Saphinia Owusu Bempah | ABM Aviation UK Limited | England & Wales | £7,500 |
| 2500895/2022 | 20 September 2023 | Mr L Conway | Equans Fabricom UK Limited | England & Wales | £10,057 |
| 2301050/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Ms Rachel May | Sevenoaks District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2205900/2022 | 20 September 2023 | Haj Hassany | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401168/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr J McDonald | Babcock International | England & Wales | — |
| 1600649/2023 | 20 September 2023 | Mr B Roberts | Lidi Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404867/2022 | 20 September 2023 | Mr Feruzy Juma | Shred-It Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600167/2023 | 20 September 2023 | IN PERSON (SUPPORTED BY MR SPINKS) FOR THE | Ms Mullen (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 6000109/2023 | 20 September 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400554/2022 | 20 September 2023 | Mrs A Allison | Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2202043/2021 | 19 September 2023 | Ms N Mallick (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401828/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Mr J Taylor | Chris Timms | England & Wales | — |
| 3301010/2021 | 19 September 2023 | Ms D Janusz, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2407125/2023 | 19 September 2023 | Mr J Boulger | Auxilium Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200986/2023 | 19 September 2023 | Mr S Sutton | Tom Lawrence | England & Wales | — |
| 2303154/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Mr K Kastrinakis | Ocean Lounge | England & Wales | £605 |
| 2300582/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Alec Skinner (deceased) | Gll | England & Wales | — |
| 1600874/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Ms A Hayward | MVRSS Group Ltd (dissolved) (“R1”) MVRSS Training Ltd (in creditor’s voluntary liquidation) (R2”) Wales England Care Ltd (“R3”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402407/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Mrs N Hill and others | B&W Machinery Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,760 |
| 2408301/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Ms S Murray | AEGC Ltd | England & Wales | £210 |
| 2401717/2022 | 19 September 2023 | Miss E Gaukrodger | TC Pubs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200775/2023 | 19 September 2023 | Mr Szabolcs Fekete | Citibank N.A | England & Wales | — |
| 2403954/2023 | 19 September 2023 | Mr A Madal | GCP Applied Technologies (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601164/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Miss S Flanigan | Monzo Bank Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400285/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr C Sale | Bournemouth Transport Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,597 |
| 2304798/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr T Raneti | The Restaurant Group plc (First Respondent/R1) Brunning & Price Offices (Second Respondent/R2) | England & Wales | — |