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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2205557/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Jasmine Forde | The Lawson Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 4110766/2018 | 5 December 2022 | Ms Cinzia Bonini & others as per schedule | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2408062/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mr A Ali | Clearwater Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 3315304/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Mrs. Smakaj (the claimant’s wife) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104298/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mr T Pattison | Represented by Ms E McCummiskey - Lay Representative Hillhouse Quarry Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3307902/2020 | 5 December 2022 | In person For the | Ms E Afriyie (consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301469/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Ms G Hasim | Abbatts Dual Management | England & Wales | — |
| 3313408/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Ms H Raval |
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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| 2406492/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mrs M Rothwell | Optima Health and Social Care | England & Wales | — |
| 3200451/2021 | 5 December 2022 | Mr T Duggan | S Walsh & Son Ltd | England & Wales | £500 |
| 3322769/2021 | 5 December 2022 | Mr Adam Burton | Aldenham Social Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407902/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mrs J Cork | Alan Holmes | England & Wales | — |
| 2402712/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mr L Wockenforth | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300175/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Mr A Jama | CLC Realisations Limited (in Administration) (formerly Cordant Cleaning Limited). | England & Wales | — |
| 2601546/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mr Andrew Simpson | Mill Farm Agriculture Limited | England & Wales | £3,780 |
| 3320545/2021 | 5 December 2022 | Mrs D Edwin | Whittingdon Health NHS Trust RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2300455/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Ms Agniezka Lewandowska | WFM Food London Ltd | England & Wales | £27,863 |
| 1602395/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Mr T Michael | Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408559/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Mrs J Frederisken | Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 2300423/2022 | 5 December 2022 | Ms W Belton | Gold Cover Insurance Service Ltd | England & Wales | £3,923 |
| 3301777/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Erin Hatton | DHL International (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303238/2020 | 5 December 2022 | Mr Denman, Union Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300076/2022 | 4 December 2022 | Mr D Andersen | Rheon Labs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300958/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Mr F Aliyu | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500977/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Miss E Storr | Bentham SL Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305729/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Ms D Patel | Simon Cooper and Co Ltd (R1) Mr M Morjaria (R2) | England & Wales | £13,426 |
| 3300177/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Did not appear and was not represented For the | Mr Lomax, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 8000023/2022 | 2 December 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000023/2022 Miss L McDade | M&M Plumbing & Heating Supplies Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2305124/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Mr C Worrall | Guild Living Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305281/2021 | 2 December 2022 | In person For | Non-attendance | England & Wales | £11,308 |
| 2411149/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Miss E Bailey | R1 Jon Janvier R2 Energy Saving Installers Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £19,728 |
| 2406040/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Miss K Mottershead | Kirwan and Sons Limited | England & Wales | £2,739 |
| 8000024/2022 | 2 December 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000024/2022 Held at Dundee on November 2022 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Miss Oliwia Fedczyszyn | Banntech Limited | Scotland | £6,377 |
| 1400148/2022 | 2 December 2022 | In person For the | Mr John Clifton – Director | England & Wales | £4,161 |
| 1403242/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Miss J Tveragaite | Infrastructure Delivery Services Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800351/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Ms W Wojtylak | Fibreline Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2308193/2020 | 2 December 2022 | Mr T Maidment | Crest Nicholson Southern Counties | England & Wales | — |
| 4101936/2023 | 2 December 2022 | Ms H Bell | Kenneth Martin Photography Ltd | Scotland | £13,037 |
| 3300064/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Daniel Dimmock | The Boiler Brigade Ltd | England & Wales | £4,310 |
| 2602262/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Mr L Keeling | Sonna Kitchens Limited | England & Wales | £9,742 |
| 1400518/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Ms G Warren | Cube Design Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1403073/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Ms J Maines | JG Foods Ltd. (Grape Tree) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305608/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Miss Salina Yasin | Sapphire Support Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3305397/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Ms S C Norman | Patol Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302397/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Mr T N Hameed | London United Busway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305089/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Mr J P Lando | Metroline West Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (Watford) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301375/2021 | 2 December 2022 | Mr P Boyton and Mrs S Burn | The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Barnes | England & Wales | — |
| 1600739/2022 | 2 December 2022 | — | Tenby Surgery and Hywel Dda University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3205223/2022 | 2 December 2022 | M Sadia | UC Franchising Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405995/2022 | 2 December 2022 | Mr M Fox | Hartley Botanic Ltd | England & Wales | — |