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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2208107/2022 | 25 August 2023 | Mr Mathios Berhane | Mr Adebowale Olujimi | England & Wales | — |
| 1404236/2021 | 25 August 2023 | Miss M Syta | Guthrie Hills and Marchant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200104/2021 | 25 August 2023 | (1)Mr Mark Twiddy (2) Mr Wayne Gray (3) Mr Stephen Morris (4) Mr Perry Hooker (5) Mr Richard Murray | Menzies Aviation (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305969/2023 | 25 August 2023 | (1) Mr W Beecroft (2) Miss M Walton (3) Miss H Callway (4) Mr J Scarfe (5) Mr W Kent | Allied Mechanical Services Limited in creditors voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2411299/2021 | 25 August 2023 | Mrs A Wilson (1), Miss A Bather (2), Mrs K Aldred (3) and Mrs R Flanagan (4) | St Philips Community Centre & Preschool | England & Wales | — |
| 1310912/2022 | 25 August 2023 | Mrs J Fenton | J D Wetherspoon plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4102744/2022 | 25 August 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4102744/2022 & 4102745/2022 Hearing at Edinburgh on 21, and June 2023 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (1) William Sorrie (2) Pamela Sorrie Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) |
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 | 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 |
| Represented by Mr J Lawson Solicitor |
| Scotland |
| £5,888 |
| 2409302/2022 | 25 August 2023 | Mrs H Emmett-Newman | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300717/2023 | 25 August 2023 | Mr D Odjoh | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600134/2022 | 25 August 2023 | Mrs J Davies | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2205779/2023 | 25 August 2023 | Mr. Fitzgerald Burnett and | ISS Mediclean Limited SITTING AT: London Central – in person | England & Wales | — |
| 1804310/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Miss J Laughton | The Edinburgh Woollen Mill (Group) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600452/2023 | 24 August 2023 | MR STEVENS (USDAW) FOR THE | Shaws (Cardiff) Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,143 |
| 1402888/2021 | 24 August 2023 | - INTERPRETER IN PERSON MS A CLIFT (LANGUAGE – GREEK) | Mr M Foster (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1402416/2022 | 24 August 2023 | Mrs G Palmer | Francesca Beer | England & Wales | £100 |
| 4100007/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mr A Fleming | Perth & Kinross Council | Scotland | — |
| 3314433/2022 | 24 August 2023 | Miss P.M. Badea | Kingdom Cleaning Ltd Lee Garrod | England & Wales | — |
| 2601487/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Miss S McPate | Alfie’s Tea Room | England & Wales | — |
| 2207924/2022 | 24 August 2023 | Ms Julie Stacey 1st | MSI Reproductive Choices 2nd Respondent: Nicola Moore 3rd Respondent: Richard Bentley DECISION FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3314743/2021 | 24 August 2023 | Mr John Maher | Touchstone Worktops Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303570/2021 | 24 August 2023 | Miss. A. Froud | South Street in the Park Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205369/2022 | 24 August 2023 | Mrs K Jagminaite | Breeze Telecommunications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601167/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mr P Ainsworth | Paymentsense Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301445/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mr F Oppong | Amazon Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302003/2022 | 24 August 2023 | Miss D Flanagan | OK Diners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303187/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mrs. R Brookes | The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3200242/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mr G J Denis | EGL Homecare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403034/2021 | 24 August 2023 | Mr A Collins-Frampton AND | Wiltshire Ballistic Services Ltd HELD BY VIDEO ON 20 and 21 April 2022 BEFORE JUDGE GUY DAVIES | England & Wales | — |
| 3207453/2021 | 24 August 2023 | Mr L Worley | EE Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 8000245/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mrs A Hussain | Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre | Scotland | — |
| 2401543/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Mr J Ford Brown | Bear Inns Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600870/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Miss Z Neale | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400392/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Mr K Sundholm | HC-One Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311793/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Ms Lan Sum Nancy Cheng | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Head at: Watford | England & Wales | — |
| 3308807/2022 | 23 August 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313530/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Mr C Martin | Ian Williams Limited | England & Wales | £507 |
| 3200494/2023 | 23 August 2023 | Mr Lee Steele | Rhinos Plant Hire | England & Wales | £2,945 |
| 3307191/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Ms M Zalejska | Principal Medical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600849/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Miss Clarke | Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2206731/2022 | 23 August 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000049/2023 | 23 August 2023 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8000049/2023 Issued Following Final Hearing Held at Edinburgh in terms of Rule 47, on the th and th August 2023 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Members: Ms J Chalmers Mr T Lithgow Mr Anthony Cullinane | — | Scotland | — |
| 2502300/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Mr C Driscoll | Kwik-Fit GB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307028/2022 | 23 August 2023 | Mr S Carter | Airflow Developments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400465/2023 | 23 August 2023 | Mrs L Bailey-Brown | South West Business Connections Limited | England & Wales | £12,832 |
| 2305250/2021 | 23 August 2023 | Suzanna Pendlebury | Matchesfashion Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303021/2023 | 23 August 2023 | Mr U Karim | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3316528/2021 | 23 August 2023 | Mr K Chapman | Axios Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102766/2023 | 23 August 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102766/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on August 20235 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr A R Dunnachie | W & H Leslie (Aberdeen) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105807/2022 | 22 August 2023 | Ms Kimberley Martin | Represented by: Mr S Smith - Solicitor Greens Retail Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2401731/2022 | 22 August 2023 | — | G and H | England & Wales | £8,092 |