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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3205008/2022 | 12 September 2023 | Miss C Mead | Tyre Tech Mobile Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £13,200 |
| 2407961/2022 | 12 September 2023 | Ms K Hargreaves | Ian Ambrose & others | England & Wales | — |
| 3300285/2022 | 12 September 2023 | Ms J Howie | Mountain Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402544/2023 | 12 September 2023 | Mr Matthew Gregory | Calder Industrial Materials Limited | England & Wales | £1,750 |
| 2303644/2022 | 12 September 2023 | in person For the | Mr P Brown director (from 11.35am) | England & Wales | £9,437 |
| 2402737/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mr E Fernandes | Lancashire County Cricket Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2209023/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Ms Romero Escrocia | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600344/2023 |
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 |
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| 1803299/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr L Brookes | Coco Sunbeds Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100005/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Member P O’Hagan Tribunal Member D Frew A | Represented by: Mr B McLaughlin –10 Solicitor Barchester Healthcare Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300507/2020 | 11 September 2023 | Mr A Boateng | Moss Bross Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600572/2023 | 11 September 2023 | David Davies-Day | G and M Engineering Services Limited | England & Wales | £8,043 |
| 1301319/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mr M Mistry | Eon UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3205993/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mr R Lingel | Chelmsford Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600397/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr G James | Cosmic Lifestyle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600632/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Miss L George | Orbis Education and Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305693/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mr Mubashir Riffat | One Stop Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602144/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mrs C O’Sullivan | NYE Family Assessment Resource Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200601/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr M Matijosaitis | Vector Lifts Limited (in CVL) | England & Wales | £5,139 |
| 3309732/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mrs Simak (counsel) For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600181/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr D Kemmer-Amoda | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1303013/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Miss R Buxton | Gastronomy foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000277/2023 | 9 September 2023 | Mr T Swinfen | Britannia Hotels Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2403406/2022 | 9 September 2023 | Mrs J Endler | Mrs Victoria Henderson t/a The Spirit Group | England & Wales | £24,626 |
| 1801299/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Dr O Taiwo, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200486/2022 | 8 September 2023 | Miss T Banner | HC-One Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802640/2023 | 8 September 2023 | In Person For the | H B Pizza Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800944/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mr L Zaglago | The University of Sheffield | England & Wales | — |
| 8000034/2023 | 8 September 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000034/20235 Held at Aberdeen on August & September 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mrs E Idzikowska | Aberdeenshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3306943/2023 | 8 September 2023 | — | Ware v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601463/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mrs N Green | ICE Cleaning | England & Wales | — |
| 3206769/2021 | 8 September 2023 | Ms K Hahn | South West Essex Community Education Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301308/2021 | 8 September 2023 | Mrs J Draus | First Call Contract Services Ltd | England & Wales | £73,198 |
| 3205173/2022 | 8 September 2023 | Mr S Lovett | XPO Logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 1307819/2022 | 8 September 2023 | Mr A McDonald | CMS Site Services Ltd | England & Wales | £11,169 |
| 1404052/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mrs J Dixon | React & Refurb Group Limited | England & Wales | £13,132 |
| 1302825/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr Glyn Price | Fleet Express and Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | £2,743 |
| 2204759/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Ms E Sole (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312893/2022 | 7 September 2023 | In person For the | Mr G Lomas, Tribunal Advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 2502453/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mr C Robinson | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1300031/2021 | 7 September 2023 | Mr T Richardson | Bell Decorating Group Limited | England & Wales | £494 |
| 3310137/2021 | 7 September 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2207618/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Miss Bably Ony | Makeup Specialists Limited London Central | England & Wales | — |
| 1303771/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mr D Gerrard | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306242/2020 | 7 September 2023 | Mr B Smith | Elmbridge Cleaning Contracts Ltd Sitting At: London South | England & Wales | — |
| 8000153/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mr G Wood | — | Scotland | — |
| 1401407/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Miss C Jones | Miss Hayley Warren | England & Wales | — |
| 2401601/2021 | 7 September 2023 | Mr W Marsden | The Mines Advisory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2305316/2021 | 7 September 2023 | AB | British Transport Police Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 3201119/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr G Davies | BPH Rail & Civil Engineering | England & Wales | — |