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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302345/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Miss N Sandhu | Fodabox Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102609/2022 | 24 January 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102609/20225 Held at Aberdeen on 15, and August 2022; 16, 17, 18, 23, and November 2022 and January 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss S Annand | Represented by Mr K Gibson Counsel Instructed by Mr N Fraser,20 Solicitor Samphire Subsea Ltd | Scotland | £750 |
| 3305125/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Mr H Addy | West Suffolk Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1304368/2021 | 24 January 2023 | in person (accompanied throughout by her mother) For the | Mr M Kelly (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408300/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Mr W Westhead | Happy Days Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302992/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Mr A Tifrit | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402477/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Robert Wallis | Certas Energy |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1402565/2021 | 24 January 2023 | Mrs R Sweet | Fairford Opticians Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600460/2021 | 24 January 2023 | Miss N Fofanah | Hearts First Ambulance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302902/2022 | 24 January 2023 | In Person For the | Ms Hufton, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 3201664/2020 | 24 January 2023 | Ms N Griffiths | Essex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000015/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Ms L Grime Mr R Henderson Held in Edinburgh on and December 2022 | Mrs Hogg Crummock Surfacing Limited . | Scotland | — |
| 1403671/2021 | 24 January 2023 | Mr D I Lungu | IVC Evidensia UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305148/2020 | 24 January 2023 | — | Brown v Wainwright and Cummins LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2300791/2022 | 24 January 2023 | (1) E Feltin (2) C Nelson | Voombox Ltd | England & Wales | £35,577 |
| 2414297/2021 | 24 January 2023 | Mr J Fletcher | E-Sell Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304344/2021 | 24 January 2023 | Mr L Moulder | Mr M O’Loughlin trading as Triple M Builders | England & Wales | £3,526 |
| 2304844/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Miss F Brooke | Wayne Stepney | England & Wales | — |
| 2402559/2022 | 24 January 2023 | Mr C Adeola | Vision on Services GB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600691/2021 | 24 January 2023 | S Churchill | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202875/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Mr S Zhang | CareerVantageUK Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3205504/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Mrs R Nakum | Manor Preschool Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310994/2022 | 23 January 2023 | No attendance For the | Mrs T Dawson, Senior HR Advisor | England & Wales | — |
| 4104849/2022 | 23 January 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4104849/2022 Mr C Stewart Angus Inns Ltd | Represented by: In Person | Scotland | — |
| 3314561/2020 | 23 January 2023 | Mr Darren Reid | 3663 Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602413/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Mrs Norma Frost (1) Mrs Marilyn Schofield (2) | DMJ Drainage Limited AT A FINAL HEARING Heard: At Lincoln | England & Wales | £2,023 |
| 2207970/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Ms W Omi | Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408586/2020 | 23 January 2023 | Mr E Figol | Craven Concrete Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302659/2020 | 23 January 2023 | Ms L Goodger | Winch Design Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304244/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Mr P Northern | CR Potter & Sons | England & Wales | — |
| 3311999/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Mr C Toaba | UK Translogistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301995/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Miss S Bookham | CBRE Managed Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805487/2022 | 23 January 2023 | Ms J Hanson | Kalchal Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £1,102 |
| 3205191/2021 | 23 January 2023 | Miss H Warner-Denny | Headwear (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602061/2023 | 22 January 2023 | Mr U C Ezeogu | IBC Health Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2600453/2022 | 21 January 2023 | Ms A Fisher | Cruise Clothing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305953/2022 | 21 January 2023 | Mr S Clegg | Meadway Private Hire Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805486/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Miss F Belsham | AAW Holdings Limited: company number 10254921 (sued as Leeds Rebound Gymnastics Club Limited) | England & Wales | £17,755 |
| 2301992/2021 | 20 January 2023 | Miss A Colli | True Beauty Salon Limited | England & Wales | £640 |
| 2409345/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Miss L Cwiklinski | Stephanie Marsh T/A Flossie's Weddings | England & Wales | — |
| 1403028/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Mrs Lorna Burman | Mr Chris Dawson | England & Wales | — |
| 2201380/2021 | 20 January 2023 | Ms S Davy | Arcadia Group Ltd | England & Wales | £54,829 |
| 2407141/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Mr A G Tubby | Ormskirk Metal Fabrications Ltd | England & Wales | £10,405 |
| 1305428/2018 | 20 January 2023 | Paul Poulton | Molsons Compact Equipment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321221/2021 | 20 January 2023 | In person For the | Mr. R Chaudhry- Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1301033/2021 | 20 January 2023 | In Person | Mr. Islam- Choudhury | England & Wales | — |
| 2301643/2021 | 20 January 2023 | Mr A Kacimi | Timerest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402168/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Harry Callan | Perrin & Son Construction Limited | England & Wales | £918 |
| 3323280/2021 | 20 January 2023 | Mr J Whistler | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3305788/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Mr G Hopper | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |