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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2305735/2021 | 25 May 2023 | Mrs J Dobrowolska | Kingdom Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602991/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Philip Holmes | R & L Bowring T/A Bowring Butchers | England & Wales | — |
| 2302546/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Peter Mawdsley | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302544/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Stephen MacKay | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602452/2021 | 24 May 2023 | Ms Paulette Shaw | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302559/2020 | 24 May 2023 | D Roby | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801445/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Miss S Mohammed | Mr Vasileios Orliaklis t/a Darnall Dental Clinic | 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 |
| 2302518/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Jeff Andrews | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303540/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Ms L Redman, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302561/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Leslie Ryder | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302527/2020 | 24 May 2023 | John Fitzgerald | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600079/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Miss S Edwards | Rob Edward Morgan | England & Wales | — |
| 2302547/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Clive McIntyre | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302558/2020 | 24 May 2023 | A Roberts | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302535/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Graham Horan | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600302/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mrs T Dilibe | Woodhaze Limited t/a Window to the Womb (Swansea) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3200522/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Mr C Searl | The Cricketers (2006) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600122/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Miss J Haste | Gin Ne Sais Quoi (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302572/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Mr M Hill | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302557/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Alan Roberts | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2202088/2022 | 24 May 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302533/2020 | 24 May 2023 | David Hayes | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302564/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Sukhpal Singh | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302531/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Paul Glover | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302554/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Paul Rice | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302540/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Andrzej Kifer | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302548/2020 | 24 May 2023 | D McManaman | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311074/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr R Archie | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 4101655/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Ms Jen Nelson | 15 Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2410101/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr Tomaszczuk | Norpol Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302537/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Vanya Ivanova | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302560/2020 | 24 May 2023 | P Ruscoe | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805492/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr A Clarke | North Lincolnshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2302525/2020 | 24 May 2023 | James Downey | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302552/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Clifford Parker | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302543/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Darren Lundy | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300911/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Ms. K Sunderland | The Hut.com Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305701/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr Justin Mitchell | Avicenna Surgical Limited Heard: by CVP in Birmingham | England & Wales | £5,355 |
| 1302624/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Ms A L Satchell | Women Acting in Today's Society (W.A.I.T.S) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302570/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Mr P Webster | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302568/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Ian Thwaite | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314839/2021 | 24 May 2023 | — | Saint Gobain Building Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302521/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Craig Byrne | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302555/2020 | 24 May 2023 | C Rigby | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414934/2021 | 24 May 2023 | Mr J Hopes | Nest 247 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404037/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Ms A Walker | MS and AC Banbury | England & Wales | — |
| 2302530/2020 | 24 May 2023 | Eritom Gil Ferro | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302536/2020 | 24 May 2023 | John Hughes | Halton Borough Transport Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600293/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Laura Guerin | Vibrant Energy Matters Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201793/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Ms Assana Mounkpoupouonkoui | Brampton Manor Trust | England & Wales | — |