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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3314683/2021 | 26 January 2023 | Mr. S. McShane (lay representative) For | Owen Owen (Western) Ltd (in liquidation) and SoS for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | £4,362 |
| 2204682/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Did not attend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204197/2022 | 26 January 2023 | MR KHALID AHMED | Rifles Security Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306565/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409131/2021 | 26 January 2023 | Miss L Hayworth | Philip Ellis Properties Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3309559/2022 | 26 January 2023 | in person For the | Mr Singh | England & Wales | — |
| 2207910/2022 | 26 January 2023 | MR ISSA FOGANAH | New Group Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2602190/2022 |
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 |
| 26 January 2023 |
| Mr M Gough |
| Nestle UK Ltd |
| England & Wales |
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| 1600355/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Ms N Roberts | Cardiff County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3314448/2020 | 26 January 2023 | in person For the Second claimant: did not appear For the Third claimant: in person For the | Mr McFarlane (professional representative) | England & Wales | £156 |
| 2202890/2022 | 26 January 2023 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202708/2020 | 26 January 2023 | Mr A I Malik | AI-Mubarakia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400493/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Mr C Shenton | Ledvance UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301160/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Mr Robert McCartney | Mr Terry Lewis t/a Rosedene Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3204749/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Mr Marc Lyne | Telmar Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304672/2021 | 26 January 2023 | Miss Lynn Hulson | University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3202537/2021 | 26 January 2023 | Mr L Yu | Federal-Mogul Controlled Power Limited | England & Wales | £2,250 |
| 1600608/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Mr A Peel | Office for National Statistics | England & Wales | — |
| 3312054/2020 | 26 January 2023 | Mrs K Lacey | The Charity of Thomas Dawson | England & Wales | — |
| 6000046/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Mrs T Kamali | Pennine GP Alliance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310865/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Miss R Higgins | Mecca Bingo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403703/2022 | 26 January 2023 | Ms A Ettienne | Devon county Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3320540/2021 | 26 January 2023 | Mr A Williams | Kelly sherwood | England & Wales | — |
| 2302179/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr S Longman | SAS Global Communications Limited OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2207637/2020 | 25 January 2023 | Ms A Dhir | Devonshire Development Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305703/2021 | 25 January 2023 | For the | In person Mr Charity : HR Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1802588/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Ms L Phillips | First Response Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402547/2021 | 25 January 2023 | Mr M Willoughby | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303563/2021 | 25 January 2023 | Mr G Thirkell | Architectural Building Fabrication Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403720/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr J Dias | Dough & Co Swindon Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207598/2022 | 25 January 2023 | — | A Khan | England & Wales | £25,201 |
| 1405804/2020 | 25 January 2023 | Mr A. Loch-Henry | Unite Telecoms Limited | England & Wales | £29,478 |
| 3302393/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr O Fullar, Counsel For the | Mr P Nainthy, Solicitor Interpreter: Polish Interpreter | England & Wales | — |
| 2303650/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Miss L Saxton | Hair Theatre | England & Wales | — |
| 3306438/2021 | 25 January 2023 | Mr Jones (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3205488/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr S Bozzi | GO Media Enterprise Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802186/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr J Fox | Watermark Plumbing Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806643/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Miss A Tolley | Tanglewood Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300655/2023 | 25 January 2023 | Mr C Cole | All Energy Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £38,788 |
| 3204039/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Ms A Fulani | Peabody Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3303332/2021 | 25 January 2023 | Miss J Mallinowski | STB Limited (trading as Surrey Translation Bureau) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600509/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Ms J Williams | Sinclairslaw Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304357/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Ms N Mallick, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300244/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr Harrington, CAB For the | No ET3 filed – No | England & Wales | £786 |
| 2404611/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr Isaac Adewusi | Sandstone Care (Much Hoole) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204655/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr C Christou | Crown Services Management LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2201572/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Ms. Ewa Chaplin | Stablegold Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 4103760/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Miss L Rabbitte | Represented by:25 Mr C Maclean, Solicitor The Clyde FC Community Foundation | Scotland | — |
| 3200224/2022 | 25 January 2023 | Mr A Singh | Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300791/2022 | 24 January 2023 | (1) E Feltin (2) C Nelson | Voombox Ltd | England & Wales | £35,577 |