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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301944/2022 | 11 December 2022 | Alexandru Milea | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,593 |
| 3305296/2022 | 11 December 2022 | Mr M ROBINSON | Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300105/2022 | 10 December 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3321229/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Mr Odili First | Mayfords Estate Agents Ltd Second Respondent: Camelgate Investment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313417/2020 | 9 December 2022 | Ms Josephine Anne Joanne O’Reilly | Luton Irish Forum (Company Limited by Guarantee & Registered Charity) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408088/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Mr D Hutchfield | Choice Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406210/2020 | 9 December 2022 | Ms C Hawley and Ms R Hawley | Direct Cleaning Services SW Ltd | England & Wales | £10,383 |
| 2405588/2022 |
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 |
| 9 December 2022 |
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| Creations Hair and Barbering Studio |
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| 2305031/2020 | 9 December 2022 | Mr A Minin | Ringway Hounslow Highways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301522/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Miss K Peart | Monarch Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112333/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Mr Donald Geddes | Calmac Ferries Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600308/2022 | 9 December 2022 | S Cren | Firstcom Europe CXP Ltd | England & Wales | £16,391 |
| 2302593/2020 | 9 December 2022 | Ms Jabeen Haque | Mitie Care and Custody Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401580/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Ms Helen Wesley | Rayhome Limited | England & Wales | £20,232 |
| 2602181/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Ms S Green | EEV management Ltd | England & Wales | £4,582 |
| 3313930/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Ms Lindsey Richardson | Connells Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1600493/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Mr Jason King | Peter’s Food Services Limited | England & Wales | £1,092 |
| 2407202/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Elina Borodinova | Stateside Food Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403482/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Miss L Calin | Work Experience Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303434/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Miss J Lawrie | Chris Brooker | England & Wales | — |
| 1402168/2020 | 9 December 2022 | - MR J DAVIES FOR THE | Mr N Henry (Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321325/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Mr P Tappis | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806603/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Miss S Codling | Costello’s (Malton) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302175/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Ms R Shaffi | The Norwood School | England & Wales | — |
| 2400487/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Mr R Elson | New Platt Motors Ltd | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 3305517/2020 | 9 December 2022 | Mr G Rustean | K3 Business Technologies Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £10,388 |
| 3303099/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Mr A Omarshah | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2300376/2022 | 9 December 2022 | Mr Adnan Sheikh | Mitie Care and Custody Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311641/2021 | 9 December 2022 | Mr Costica Radu | Next Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302245/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Clive KITCHENER | The Thinking Schools Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301721/2021 | 8 December 2022 | Luisa Tendero | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301156/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Miss A Miah | WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105369/2022 | 8 December 2022 | IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case N o : 4105369/2022 Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh via the Cloud Based Video Platform on th December 2022 at 10.15 am Employment Judge J G d’lnverno (sitting alone) Mr G Mckinlay | Alex Morrison st Named | Scotland | — |
| 3306691/2019 | 8 December 2022 | Mr M Hanif | Costco Wholesale (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301108/2021 | 8 December 2022 | Myrteza Kalari | Action Response Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100230/2022 | 8 December 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100230/2022 (V) Held at Aberdeen on 5, & December 2022 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members D McDougall A Atkinson Mr K Amevor | VKS Retail Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3204012/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Ms Omolara Makinde | R G Care Ltd | England & Wales | £11,301 |
| 2204139/2021 | 8 December 2022 | — | United National Bank Ltd and Mr B Firth | England & Wales | — |
| 2406661/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Mr M Newman | Kraken Corals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203044/2019 | 8 December 2022 | Ms M A Sekoni | DNA Cleaning Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307971/2020 | 8 December 2022 | Miss A Meetaroo | New Concept Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401528/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Jane Gilbert (Claimant’s mother in law) For the | Stuart Lawrenson of Shoosmiths LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3304167/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Mr R Dunsby | Paige Airport Parking Ltd (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,644 |
| 1305672/2020 | 8 December 2022 | Mr P Bakoukissa | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305021/2021 | 8 December 2022 | Mr T Agbetu | Greater London Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 3302257/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Mr M Fall Ly | Société Air France | England & Wales | — |
| 2303296/2021 | 8 December 2022 | Miss I. Ekwobi | London Borough of Bexley | England & Wales | — |
| 2305454/2021 | 8 December 2022 | In person For the | Mr Pacey - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2500724/2022 | 8 December 2022 | Mr N Rodman | Aspins Bakery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322430/2021 | 8 December 2022 | — | Scammell Groundworks Ltd (Liquidation) | England & Wales | £19,913 |