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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2208269/2022 | 19 April 2023 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1402944/2022 | 19 April 2023 | In person (assisted by her mother Sue Earle) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304822/2022 | 19 April 2023 | Miss J Fowler | Kanso Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200952/2022 | 19 April 2023 | Ms Paula Lewis | The Disablement Association of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 1301882/2023 | 19 April 2023 | Mr G Blay | AHCI Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200438/2021 | 19 April 2023 | Mr S Miah | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2402194/2023 | 18 April 2023 | — | First Transpennine Express Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000379/2023 | 18 April 2023 | Mr R Mysakowski | Broxburn Bottlers Limited |
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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| 3307029/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr Hasan Mavitunali | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 1306084/2019 | 18 April 2023 | Mr G Dixon | Destiny Nursing & Social Care (Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300655/2023 | 18 April 2023 | Mr R Zugravu | Arpa Food Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304788/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Miss L Doswell | Eastbourne U10 Fishermens CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2300405/2023 | 18 April 2023 | Mrs M Georgiou | Copperfields | England & Wales | — |
| 2203105/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr C Barklem, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303317/2020 | 18 April 2023 | Mr J Umoren | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 2308176/2020 | 18 April 2023 | Mr F Tavoskhan | Mr Jimmy Kamya T/a Mayday Drycleaners | England & Wales | — |
| 1300641/2021 | 18 April 2023 | Mrs Peaches Scott | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1301896/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr B Walker | Wootton Park Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105484/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr Amran Amir | Taziker Industrial Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 1805610/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr K Gelder | Whitbread plc HELD by CVP at Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 1802094/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Miss E Sadler | Mr C. Johnson (Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402127/2023 | 18 April 2023 | Mr Whiteside | Stripestar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205379/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mr P Cooper | Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300869/2021 | 18 April 2023 | Mr Roberto Garcia | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2308167/2020 | 18 April 2023 | Mrs P Filip | Mr Jimmy Kamya T/a Mayday Drycleaners | England & Wales | — |
| 1301057/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Ms Sadia Shakil | Samsons Limited | England & Wales | £9,011 |
| 2400532/2022 | 18 April 2023 | Mrs A Barron | Farrell Heyworth Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303159/2020 | 18 April 2023 | Mr A Bhatti | JD Sports Fashion plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3310971/2020 | 17 April 2023 | Mr A Lo, Counsel For the | Mr M Cameron, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1600894/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Mr R Ansen | South Wales Campers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205555/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Mr K Mattox | Arc Construction Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309634/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Ms A Dlugosz | Bayfield’s Opticians | England & Wales | — |
| 6000059/2023 | 17 April 2023 | Chloe Geldard | Stabby Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £6,537 |
| 1601289/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Ms M Vaughan | Cymorth Llaw Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2302913/2022 | 17 April 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301270/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Emma Barnes | DDA Kent Ltd t/a the Sandgate Vaults | England & Wales | — |
| 2414461/2021 | 17 April 2023 | Mr P Dixon | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408931/2022 | 17 April 2023 | Mr G Penlington | Vision Sustainment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303838/2019 | 17 April 2023 | Mr G Collins | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110623/2021 | 17 April 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110623/2021 & Others and 4110622/2021 & Others Hearing at Edinburgh on 1, and August 2022; November 2022; and and January 2023; Members’ Meetings on January and March 2023 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: A Grant Tribunal Member: L Grime Ms L Smith Lead | Represented by Mr M Haywood Barrister Instructed by Mr P Kissen Solicitor Ms Leah Newman Rollandene Limited Mansfield Care Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 1305124/2021 | 17 April 2023 | Miss. R. Senior, Counsel | — | England & Wales | £13,763 |
| 3304998/2022 | 15 April 2023 | Ms M Browne | Blossom Day Tree Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £1,844 |
| 3311765/2021 | 15 April 2023 | Mrs B Alliu | Cordant Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306382/2021 | 15 April 2023 | Mr J Gill | Micrologic Property Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 4104159/2023 | 15 April 2023 | Ms Jayne Russell | Represented by: Mr P Whyte - Partner Mr George Urquhart t/a G Catering Services UK | Scotland | £1,152 |
| 3300019/2022 | 15 April 2023 | Ms M Steel | Orchard Prep Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406529/2022 | 14 April 2023 | Mr H Rathod | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3206267/2021 | 14 April 2023 | Mr Gurdial Singh | Singh Sabha London East | England & Wales | — |
| 2409656/2022 | 14 April 2023 | Mr A Ellis | Dannii Matthews Limited | England & Wales | £5,237 |
| 2303559/2022 | 14 April 2023 | Mr. Antonio Machedo | Corps Security (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |