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Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3322421/2021 | 6 September 2023 | Mrs D Mcintyre | Lynbrook Ltd t/a Moto-Tec | England & Wales | — |
| 1301169/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Mr Zahir Zaman | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300508/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr M Tison | Forest Road Brewing Co Ltd | England & Wales | £6,297 |
| 2302374/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Ms Oluwatosin Durojaiye First | St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Second Respondent: Lesley Clarridge | England & Wales | — |
| 2303432/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Ms M Devireddi | Greenwich Engineering and Medical School | England & Wales | — |
| 2402542/2022 | 6 September 2023 | In person For the | Mr Ian Randall - Attorney | England & Wales | £5,000 |
| 2302733/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Chukwunonye Anaghara | Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited | 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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| 1803267/2023 |
| 6 September 2023 |
| In person For the |
| Qualter Hall & Co Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2301548/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Mr C Asamoah First | NP3 Group Limited (dissolved) Second Respondent: NP3 Construction Limited (in voluntary liquidation) PARTIAL DISMISSAL | England & Wales | — |
| 2207373/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr T Boulting | Fact Administration LLP | England & Wales | £2,826 |
| 2202573/2023 | 6 September 2023 | G | Federated Hermes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400963/2021 | 6 September 2023 | Mr Constantin Mosnegutu | Bighams Ltd | England & Wales | £649 |
| 4101078/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Member E Farrell Tribunal Member K McKenna Ms M Donnelly | Represented by: Mr R Dorrian - Solicitor South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2411301/2021 | 5 September 2023 | P Carter | Hunt Thermal Technologies Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 6001193/2023 | 5 September 2023 | A Watson | National Tube Straightening Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302197/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Ms J Allcock | Contract Supplies (White Goods) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400954/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr J Wilson | TG Tunnelling Ltd | England & Wales | £24,680 |
| 4107199/2023 | 5 September 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107199/2023 Held via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on March 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr Scott Aitken | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2415097/2021 | 5 September 2023 | Miss Rebecca Brown | Just for Children (Education and Care) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415590/2020 | 5 September 2023 | Mr R Wooder Jaguar Land Rover Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200222/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr Massanga Kunga | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302252/2024 | 5 September 2023 | Miss C Graves | Hilton Nursing Partners Ltd Heard at London South by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3200721/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr Onosakponone Emuemukoro | Herongrange Recruitment & Training Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £15,146 |
| 1601180/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr J Mogford | Cardiff Motorcycles Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000287/2023 | 5 September 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000287/2023 Natalie Watson | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2404179/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Miss L Tarney | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3302806/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr Y Elklai | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 8000190/2022 | 4 September 2023 | Member J Lindsay Tribunal Member J McCaig Mr A Santorum | Asda Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2500739/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mr J Adamson | Paragon Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801192/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mr D Halliday | DFDS Seaways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3200400/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mr R Cobey | Kelvedon Auto Spares 87 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200174/2022 | 4 September 2023 | Mr C F Butler | Experis Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200739/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Ms A Singh | Wetheintrepid Ltd | England & Wales | £3,966 |
| 1600155/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mr Steve Reeves | Parkdean Resorts UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405641/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mr D Hutchfield | Ronnies Wine Bar and Eatery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600098/2023 | 4 September 2023 | Mrs C Chapman | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2415190/2021 | 4 September 2023 | Miss P Chapple | C and J Hoole, trading as Bruccianis | England & Wales | — |
| 3300487/2023 | 4 September 2023 | In person For the | Pol Brand Ltd | England & Wales | £5,817 |
| 3301608/2023 | 3 September 2023 | Mr S P Bunten | Darby Nursery Stock Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302676/2023 | 3 September 2023 | Mr K Redman-Henry | Central Bedfordshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3326340/2019 | 3 September 2023 | Mr O Goble | Jonathan Turner-Smith | England & Wales | — |
| 3309995/2022 | 3 September 2023 | Mr Chris Northwood | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300381/2023 | 3 September 2023 | Miss Lisa Wilkinson | Miss Gurshital Gill | England & Wales | £1,536 |
| 1305829/2023 | 2 September 2023 | Mr M Bentham | Cheshire Sports Coaching Ltd | England & Wales | £11,510 |
| 1302108/2023 | 2 September 2023 | Christine Jones | Tarsaim and Mandeep Sandhu t/a Station Stores | England & Wales | — |
| 2500268/2024 | 2 September 2023 | Mrs B Gbefa | The Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne | England & Wales | — |
| 3311072/2024 | 2 September 2023 | Onyinye Ndukwe | Fortress Operations Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3307815/2023 | 2 September 2023 | Mr Gurpal Singh Sidhu | International Distribution Services Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING (in public) | England & Wales | — |
| 3304222/2023 | 2 September 2023 | Mr P Trela | DHL International (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500747/2024 | 2 September 2023 | Mr P Palmer First | Gap Organics Limited Second Respondent: Gap Group North East Limited | England & Wales | — |