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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2304720/2021 | 19 December 2022 | Mrs P Khurana | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201307/2022 | 19 December 2022 | N Allende | LRB Electrical & Building Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320264/2019 | 19 December 2022 | Mr A Gatesz | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401690/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr S Heaton | Alan Howard (Stockport) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,850 |
| 4104891/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr. Edward McMahon | RGIS Inventory Specialists Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3305791/2022 | 18 December 2022 | No attendance For the | Guy Hollibon (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301083/2021 | 18 December 2022 | Mr G Hartley | Bowman International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311607/2022 | 18 December 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 |
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| 1600123/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr S Collins | Bicks Chicks Ltd | England & Wales | £2,202 |
| 4102122/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Member J Anderson Tribunal Member J Gallagher Ms L McBryde | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 3204579/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Waseem Yousaf | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414155/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Mr K Edwards | Boilertech (NW) Limited | England & Wales | £2,758 |
| 2401518/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Mr A Sledden | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600815/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr Mark Bingley & others | Pro-Driver Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802644/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mrs Kelly Dugdale | Cornerstone Estate Agents (Yorkshire) Limited | England & Wales | £23,930 |
| 2404623/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr L Stapleton | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1601607/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Mrs N Oliveira | 1 Affinity Finance Ltd (in administration) 2 Mr I Cunningham | England & Wales | £28,908 |
| 2403616/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr J Bougen | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405501/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr J Fletcher | Bury Council | England & Wales | £1,913 |
| 1302150/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr K Schumacher | Blue Mountain Homes Ltd Heard: Remotely (by Cloud Video Platform) – Midlands West | England & Wales | £12,599 |
| 2204006/2022 | 16 December 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202423/2022 | 15 December 2022 | — | The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302282/2021 | 15 December 2022 | Pamela Alty | Links Waste Management Ltd. t/a JM Waste Management | England & Wales | £7,503 |
| 1401817/2022 | 15 December 2022 | In person For the | Ms J Laxton of 3PB | England & Wales | — |
| 3313279/2020 | 15 December 2022 | Mr C Barklem (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302425/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge | England & Wales | £15,800 |
| 2403928/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mr A Foster | MDH Services Group Limited | England & Wales | £3,654 |
| 4102485/2022 | 15 December 2022 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2417892/2018 | 15 December 2022 | Miss L Telford | Sellafield Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403818/2021 | 15 December 2022 | Mr Naylor For the | Mr Allan Roberts Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2300228/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Miss C Palmer | Zone Central Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805030/2021 | 15 December 2022 | — | NMCN plc (in administration) | England & Wales | £59,780 |
| 1600222/2022 | 15 December 2022 | — | Telecom Service Centres Ltd t/a Webhelp UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2301833/2023 | 15 December 2022 | Mr Harris-Greyson | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403821/2021 | 15 December 2022 | Mr Adrian Naylor For the | Mr Allan Roberts Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3200346/2021 | 15 December 2022 | (1) Mr G Brighty (3200346/2021) (2) Mr W Butt (3200811/2021) (3) Miss A Fountain (1401186/2021) | Elevate Staffing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602362/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Miss R Field | The QSS Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202367/2020 | 15 December 2022 | Ms A. Rehman | Healthbridge Direct | England & Wales | — |
| 1802605/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mr F Grufik | Linbrooke Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406430/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Miss M Maunder | Voyage Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2300529/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mr B Bylett | Chequers Contract Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303110/2020 | 14 December 2022 | Ivan D’Almieda | Tesco Stores Limited Sitting At: London South In Person | England & Wales | — |
| 1403456/2022 | 14 December 2022 | Mr P B Lucio | Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300715/2022 | 14 December 2022 | Mr J Quinn | Mercedes-Benz Retail Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401963/2022 | 14 December 2022 | Mr Mark Beavers | Absolute Solvents Limited | England & Wales | £13,003 |
| 2305930/2021 | 14 December 2022 | Miss S. Goodlace | Chase Buchanan Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300404/2022 | 14 December 2022 | Ms D Wulff-Vanderpuije | Knight Dragon Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302254/2019 | 14 December 2022 | Mr l Chittock | Jonathan Bushnell/LIFElabs.io Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303374/2018 | 14 December 2022 | Ms C Jones | Matthew Coady Holdings Ltd (T/a “The Bulls Heart”) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202438/2019 | 14 December 2022 | Miss L Mahoney | The Vogue Clinic Limited | England & Wales | — |