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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502377/2022 | 28 April 2023 | Mr A Crooks | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406412/2022 | 27 April 2023 | Mr I Goodman | Italian Catering Concept Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303306/2023 | 27 April 2023 | Mr A T Lewis | TSG Building Services plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303608/2021 | 27 April 2023 | Mr G Bennett | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred | England & Wales | — |
| 2202136/2022 | 27 April 2023 | Ms EH Benson Rhodes | Whitcomb & Shaftesbury (UK) Ltd London Central: in person on 24-25 and by CVP on 26-27 April 2023 | England & Wales | — |
| 1304607/2021 | 27 April 2023 | Mrs C Voice | ALM Electrical Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304900/2021 | 27 April 2023 | Mr D Tutt | Morrison Data Services 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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| 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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| 2305551/2021 | 27 April 2023 | K Jeyarasa | Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312732/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mr K Ulusan | Sapphire Accounting 2 . Randstad Construction Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1601291/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Ms Sarah Waite | Caldicot Group Limited Caldicot Fleet Maintenance Recovery Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4103004/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mr Walter Gardner | - Student Advisor [Strathclyde University Law Clinic] Bavarian Bakehouse Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2204497/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mr T Burrows | Aspinalls Club Limited t/a Crown London Aspinalls | England & Wales | — |
| 2206097/2022 | 26 April 2023 | — | Pogudin v RQ Café Ltd | England & Wales | £480 |
| 2403170/2023 | 26 April 2023 | C Hilton | Circular1 Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400843/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mr A Piaszczynski | Leakers Limited | England & Wales | £15,703 |
| 4103774/2022 | 26 April 2023 | (sitting alone)5 Mr Scott McCallie | Represented by: Mr G Singh – Solicitor Colin Boyd | Scotland | — |
| 2201166/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Joszef Katona | Westfield Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305353/2022 | 26 April 2023 | In person For the | Mr M Nadin, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1300179/2021 | 26 April 2023 | Mrs M Brennan | Fresh Transformations Limited trading as Fresh Doors | England & Wales | — |
| 4105666/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mr. Saul R. Tait | Highland Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1806784/2022 | 26 April 2023 | Mrs E Thompson | J&Y Webber Services Limited (Creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,594 |
| 6000101/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr A Folarin | The Camden Society (London) Heard: Remotely at Nottingham (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200846/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Ms Y Barbe | Bow School | England & Wales | — |
| 3200012/2021 | 25 April 2023 | Mrs V Pearson | The Belsteads Group Limited | England & Wales | £413 |
| 4105281/2022 | 25 April 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105281/2022 | Himself Mr R McManus | Scotland | — |
| 2300286/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr K Pelling | Gtep Administration | England & Wales | — |
| 3303282/2021 | 25 April 2023 | Ms Giovanna Marino | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2401883/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr S Scott | Lou Macari | England & Wales | — |
| 4108432/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr E Okodugha | Represented by: Ms L Campbell,15 Solicitor Next Level Security Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2302539/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr A Dowling-Hussey barrister For the | Mr P Manski solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3312485/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr Abdul Hannan | Bull Doo-Doo AH Limited (company number 08996314) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400647/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr M Mayes | Enterprise Holdings | England & Wales | — |
| 1307894/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr S Waugh | Renewable Mirco Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800448/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr L Ene | GXO Logistics UK II Limited (Formerly Clipper Logistics Plc) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301004/2021 | 25 April 2023 | Ms. M Tokarczyk | Portico Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300241/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Ms Charlotte Gotts, Mr Evren Uygun, Karar Ali, Mr Saavan Padhiar, Mr Hussain Abass, Imtanaan Abass, Mr James Hart, Oba Waiyaki, Mr Hok Yin Stephen Chiu | University of Warwick | England & Wales | — |
| 1806669/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr R Ahmad | Ruby Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402920/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr M Rea | Classic Football Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602783/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Miss G Treadwell | Barton Turns Development Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806630/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mrs A Lee | Mr E Gravil t/a Barnies Rubble DIY HELD by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) at Leeds | England & Wales | £1,980 |
| 1401142/2023 | 25 April 2023 | Mr D Hannington | Leigh Barrett | England & Wales | — |
| 1302484/2022 | 25 April 2023 | Mr P Clarke | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302728/2022 | 25 April 2023 | — | Avidety Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301362/2022 | 24 April 2023 | Miss Alex Caulkett | Richard Fulke Johnson and Eve Johnson Houghton T/A Eve Johnson Houghton Racing | England & Wales | — |
| 6000130/2023 | 24 April 2023 | Miss S Yeomans | Lincolnshire Co-operative Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402919/2023 | 24 April 2023 | Miss C Stevens | Timperley village dental practice | England & Wales | — |
| 1403083/2022 | 24 April 2023 | (1) Ms T Taylor (2) Ms L Symons | Highertown Pre-School t/a Munchkins | England & Wales | £8,998 |
| 2401574/2021 | 24 April 2023 | Mr A Crook | Ryecourt Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207936/2022 | 24 April 2023 | — | Prime Fire Ltd | England & Wales | £12,462 |