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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400285/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr C Sale | Bournemouth Transport Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,597 |
| 1404040/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr Griffin | Mark Farwell Plant Hire Ltd | England & Wales | £5,176 |
| 3302664/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Ms. S Stickel | ISIS Chiropractic LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 8000010/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr D Adams | British Gas Trading Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1402382/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Paul Heywood | Aggregate Industries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601164/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Miss S Flanigan | Monzo Bank Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300090/2023 | 18 September 2023 | — | Hypo Hounds | England & Wales | — |
| 1403620/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Miss E Jehu |
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.
| 51 |
| 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 |
| £5,011 |
| 2304798/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr T Raneti | The Restaurant Group plc (First Respondent/R1) Brunning & Price Offices (Second Respondent/R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301259/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Chloe Bowditch | Rochester Health Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2307723/2020 | 18 September 2023 | Mr P Bellinfantie | Helm Enterprise Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309113/2022 | 18 September 2023 | — | Heerden v Crendon Timber Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403295/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Mr J C Sanjurjo Lueiro | Silva Brothers logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406070/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Mr P Newman | Shane Finnegan t/a Harp Renewables Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404103/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Mr A Talmage | TD Synnex/ Tech Data | England & Wales | — |
| 1304197/2023 | 18 September 2023 | Ms Z Qamar Un Nisa | Claremont Living Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302328/2022 | 18 September 2023 | A Akhtar | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302472/2022 | 18 September 2023 | Mr M Brockway | Mitie Care and Custody Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800838/2023 | 17 September 2023 | Miss K Allatt | Smyths Toys UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602250/2022 | 17 September 2023 | Dr F Ali | Skin Medics UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2300130/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Mrs L Rooke | NHS Blood & Transplant | England & Wales | — |
| 2404780/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Miss N K Dar | JD Sports Fashion plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6000957/2023 | 15 September 2023 | In person For the | Mrs McKay (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403768/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Mr L Stanley | IMES International | England & Wales | — |
| 3315334/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Ms T Hassan, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 8000029/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Ms Michelle Dawson | Represented by:10 Ms C McMillan - Lay Representative Galactic Media Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1404784/2021 | 15 September 2023 | Ms I Petrauskiene | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 8000073/2022 | 15 September 2023 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000073/2022 Held at Inverness on 4, and September 2023 Employment Judge: N M Hosie Members: R Dearle J McCaig Mrs A McDonald | Parkdean Resorts UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2204116/2021 | 15 September 2023 | Mrs A L Lazkano Agerre Respondent (1): Freespee Limited Respondent (2): Darian Sims Respondent (3): Stephanie Duprat Nee Toubol-Lazarus | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305417/2021 | 15 September 2023 | Mr J Carolan | Fine Line Barbers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400583/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Brian Morgan | High-Tech Windows Limited | England & Wales | £6,493 |
| 1304969/2021 | 15 September 2023 | Mrs M Horwell (Lay Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301934/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Emma Birch | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1601646/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Ms S Evans | Just One Health and Social Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2212276/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Richard Jones | Zhero Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307778/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Mr K Abayomi | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304781/2021 | 15 September 2023 | Mrs T Scott | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403501/2022 | 15 September 2023 | Mr A Paraskeva | Muller UK and Ireland LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2407689/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Mr M Sobczyk | Stakehill Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601152/2020 | 15 September 2023 | Mr A Williams | Conwy County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2405875/2022 | 15 September 2023 | B Houghton-Mort | McColl's | England & Wales | — |
| 3302987/2023 | 15 September 2023 | Mr F Kunnath | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406741/2022 | 15 September 2023 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2404464/2023 | 14 September 2023 | Mr J Rutherford | Sep construction | England & Wales | — |
| 2405812/2023 | 14 September 2023 | S Shaw | W M Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300018/2022 | 14 September 2023 | Ms A Musa | Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310188/2022 | 14 September 2023 | Ms z ali | ISS UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801721/2023 | 14 September 2023 | Mr J Reynoldson | Deva Recruitment Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403054/2023 | 14 September 2023 | D P Heeley | Turning Point | England & Wales | — |
| 2500827/2023 | 14 September 2023 | Miss K Tipp | Anne Tate | England & Wales | — |