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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3305788/2022 | 20 January 2023 | Mr G Hopper | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321221/2021 | 20 January 2023 | In person For the | Mr. R Chaudhry- Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2301992/2021 | 20 January 2023 | Miss A Colli | True Beauty Salon Limited | England & Wales | £640 |
| 3200131/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Miss N Mathurin | Eunisure Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1301957/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Ms J Peermahomud | M6 Group of Companies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304913/2023 | 19 January 2023 | Mr Benjamin Udujie (counsel) For the First/Third | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408968/2021 | 19 January 2023 | The Personal Representatives of the late Mrs D Groom | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2414523/2021 | 19 January 2023 | Mr Ashraf Mayet | Royal Mail Group Limited REPRESENTATIVES |
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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| 2600977/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Miss K Shackleton-Smith | Horizon Care and Education Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303313/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Not in attendance For the | Ms Gould - counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2406711/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Mrs Sharon Pye | Bolton Cares (A) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302067/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Mrs M Rehill | The Hut Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2305801/2021 | 19 January 2023 | Mr Mishaq Smith-McGregor | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302428/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Mr T Phillips | Continental Landscape Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401844/2022 | 19 January 2023 | Mr G Fee | Euro Garages Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304436/2021 | 19 January 2023 | in person For the | Prestige Dental Services Ltd | England & Wales | £17,588 |
| 2301037/2021 | 19 January 2023 | Mr Y Houti | Bills Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307319/2020 | 19 January 2023 | Ms H Dadhania | SAP (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105967/2022 | 19 January 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105967/20225 Hearing Held in person in Glasgow on & January 2023 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr P Hudson | Represented by: Self | Scotland | £28,182 |
| 2302095/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mrs E Knivett | Princess Alice Hospice | England & Wales | — |
| 3205436/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mr D Ganesharaj | Concentrix CVG Intelligent Contact Limited FAO: David McGlinchey Concentrix Bredbury | England & Wales | — |
| 2200474/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mr D Ficek | Bespoke Sofa London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204047/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Ms S Doig | Syco Ltd | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 1402348/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Lewis Walsh | Devon Contract Waste Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309625/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mr J Biddulph | JMI Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105561/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mr F Mulvaney | Airdrie Taxis Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3314083/2021 | 18 January 2023 | Ms Natalie Lawrence | Rohit Vikal PRELIMINARY HEARING BY TELEPHONE | England & Wales | — |
| 2302584/2023 | 18 January 2023 | Mr Billy-Joe Dixon and Mr Craig Smith | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 4105410/2022 | 18 January 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105410/2022 Held at Dundee on January 2023 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr Thomas Sidowra | Sense Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 1806539/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Miss J Poukens | Rands Farm Equestrian Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302009/2022 | 18 January 2023 | Mr Blackwood | Draughts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309055/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mrs N Piragalathan | Greenways care home | England & Wales | — |
| 2305283/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Miss C Attwood | South Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804910/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mrs N Masterson | Coe & Co Fine Jewellery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800832/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mr M Bell | Sky UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314666/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Mr Karon Byfield | Solus (London) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400002/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mr Cripps in person For the | Mr J Tunley Counsel | England & Wales | £19,402 |
| 2304144/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mr B Gosling | Facade Concepts Ltd PARTIAL DISMISSAL | England & Wales | — |
| 3313123/2020 | 17 January 2023 | Mr K Dwojak | Booker Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304129/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Miss A George | Rodgers and Burton PARTIAL DISMISSAL | England & Wales | — |
| 1804688/2012 | 17 January 2023 | Mrs A Tahirkheli, now known as Ms L Dean-Verity | Khan Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304706/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Mr Nigel Ridge | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805963/2021 | 17 January 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402156/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Mr J M Obiro | Solution Transport Limited | England & Wales | £5,000 |
| 2402708/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Mr D O’Mara | CareTech Community Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409794/2020 | 17 January 2023 | Mrs L Worrall | Future Directions CIC Heard via Cloud Video Platform (Manchester) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300125/2020 | 17 January 2023 | Mr Russell Luthwaite | Betc Limited | England & Wales | £22,187 |
| 2402953/2021 | 17 January 2023 | Mr B Duffy Mr A Priestner Mr C Ashton Mr J Astle Mr C Birkett Mr L Cahill | Jones Lighting Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304126/2022 | 17 January 2023 | Mr M Smyk | Longrain Brighton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600892/2022 | 16 January 2023 | Mr R Bowie Mr G Campbell Mr R Ansen Mrs S Lewis | South Wales Campers Limited | England & Wales | — |