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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1402106/2022 | 14 August 2023 | Miss S.A. Parminter Respondent Evolve Child Care Ltd | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600959/2022 | 14 August 2023 | Dr J Kerr (counsel) For the | Mr P Sands (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500352/2023 | 14 August 2023 | Miss T Regan | Newcastle City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2404351/2023 | 14 August 2023 | Mr J Tonge | Oddfellows Rooms Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000841/2023 | 14 August 2023 | Mr A Johnson | Augscape Automotive Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103116/2023 | 14 August 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103116/20235 Held at Aberdeen on August 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr D McDonald | Represented by Mr R Jones,15 SICAB Tulloch Developments Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301781/2021 | 14 August 2023 | Catherine Price | Royal Borough of Greenwich | England & Wales | — |
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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| 4101860/2023 | 14 August 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101860/20235 Held at Inverness on August 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr R Munro | SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3302768/2020 | 14 August 2023 | Mr N Brockley, counsel For the | Mr A Tinnion | England & Wales | — |
| 4103035/2023 | 14 August 2023 | Mrs L McCulloch | Cygnet Healthcare | Scotland | — |
| 1801684/2023 | 14 August 2023 | Miss J Barker | Provide Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314192/2021 | 12 August 2023 | Mr Joseph Hodgkinson | Hilson Moran Partnership Limited | England & Wales | £4,646 |
| 3313186/2022 | 12 August 2023 | R Morton (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3304249/2022 | 11 August 2023 | Mrs S Kapur | Marvel International Logistics Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301208/2021 | 11 August 2023 | Mr M Mehmet [3301208/2021 “Claim 1”] Mrs Y Mehmet [3302603/2021 “Claim 2”] Mr A Cakmaktas [3302371/2021 “Claim 3”] Mrs Y Alican [3306458/2021 “Claim 4”] | Medsun Food Ltd | England & Wales | £6,000 |
| 1802529/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Miss D Zelle | The Flower Connection | England & Wales | — |
| 1302757/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Mr R Smith | Modern Packaging Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300503/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Miss Laura Sladden | FLS Corporate Reference Servicing Limited | England & Wales | £1,926 |
| 1303411/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Ms S Chadwick | Neos Superform Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303770/2022 | 11 August 2023 | In Person For the | Mr S. Gittins | England & Wales | — |
| 2210937/2022 | 11 August 2023 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4101761/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Mr Dean Combs | Colin Morrow | Scotland | — |
| 2204637/2018 | 11 August 2023 | Mr P Gorasia, of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401270/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Mr J Henely | Nucleus Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300375/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Mr P Smith, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306247/2020 | 11 August 2023 | Mr M Best | GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323008/2021 | 11 August 2023 | Mr G Lovejoy | Rowgate Group Ltd | England & Wales | £52,190 |
| 2500401/2023 | 11 August 2023 | Mr. M.Lupyna (1) Mr V. Lupyna (2) | Safe Strip UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301864/2022 | 11 August 2023 | C Roberts | J D Wetherspoons | England & Wales | — |
| 2600058/2023 | 10 August 2023 | TERESA WESTWOOD | ROBERT WOODHEAD LIMITED (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404626/2020 | 10 August 2023 | Mr N Moore Ms S Taylor Ms R Paxton Mr J F Hall | Oasis Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602283/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Ms G Radford | Hospital and Home Education | England & Wales | — |
| 1801266/2023 | 10 August 2023 | Mr J Redman | Bradley Park Waste Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301626/2023 | 10 August 2023 | — | T.H.E. Equine Edge Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302127/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Ms A Bjornsdottir | 1 Mr B Chervenkov 2 Teana London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300821/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Mr T Trikic | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312536/2020 | 10 August 2023 | Mr K Couzens | NWC Realisations Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1304490/2021 | 10 August 2023 | Miss. Skinner, Counsel | Mr. P. Collins, Consultant | England & Wales | £114,504 |
| 1307858/2022 | 10 August 2023 | (1) Mr J Hunt-King and others (2) Mr R Fitzgerald and others (see schedules attached) v | Richmann Walsh Engineering Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4106055/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Mr Alan Rankin | Kingston Residential Investments Limited | Scotland | £4,833 |
| 2408076/2021 | 10 August 2023 | Mr S Higham | Halton Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403142/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Mrs S. Hornblower (Counsel) | Mr A. Yendole (Solicitor) CONSENT | England & Wales | £10,000 |
| 3205468/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Miss Catarina Capapinha | Gil Monsalves Martins | England & Wales | — |
| 3314495/2022 | 10 August 2023 | Mr. A James | Apple Retail UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101906/2023 | 9 August 2023 | Miss Z Ghulam | Hair and Beauty International Limited | Scotland | £2,545 |
| 3302444/2022 | 9 August 2023 | In person For the | Mr Tom Clarke, Company Secretary | England & Wales | — |
| 2603208/2022 | 9 August 2023 | Mr J Higgins | Jackson Electronics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300127/2023 | 9 August 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406953/2023 | 9 August 2023 | Mr J Heys | Atic Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |