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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3204045/2022 | 25 October 2022 | Mr C Kitchen | Billericay Blinds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603074/2019 | 25 October 2022 | Mrs O Shrestha Kunwar | Intu Retail Services Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102779/2023 | 25 October 2022 | Ms Rebecca Stewart | Argyll College UHI Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301195/2022 | 25 October 2022 | Mrs H Alce | All About Da Vape Ltd | England & Wales | £4,874 |
| 2405675/2022 | 25 October 2022 | Mr J Ezard | Total Physiotherapy Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,231 |
| 3205908/2021 | 25 October 2022 | Miss C Leitch | CIS Services Limited | England & Wales | £14,885 |
| 1800249/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Ms Donna Patterson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | £60,442 |
| 3201150/2020 | 24 October 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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| 4104291/2022 | 24 October 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104291/2022 Mr J Esson | Croft and Cairns | Scotland | £1,150 |
| 2400787/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Ms Joli Walker First | Real Life Oldham Limited Second Respondent: Mr Tyler Caine Mullings Third Respondent: Mr Ben Lloyd | England & Wales | £24,375 |
| 2301400/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr Kevin Clay | Mitie Limited Heard: At London South - remotely (by CVP video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401643/2022 | 24 October 2022 | IDRIS ILYAS | PMP Recruitment Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600717/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr M Philips | AO.com (First Respondent) Expert Logistics Limited (Second Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600695/2021 | 24 October 2022 | Mr. M Thompson | First Home Improvements (England) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200071/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr J Hands | Markham and Smith Motor Engineers Ltd. | England & Wales | £16,964 |
| 2300865/2021 | 24 October 2022 | Mrs S Kotonou-Ramnarain | Accountancy Business Centre Digital Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401322/2020 | 24 October 2022 | Mr K Bright | RSPCA North Somerset Branch PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4104971/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr D Simister | Sean McGarry | Scotland | £2,960 |
| 1401842/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr D L Howard | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200161/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Ms S Khanum | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400177/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mrs A Wheeler | Tui UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401667/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Mr L Riley | Liverpool Brewing Company | England & Wales | — |
| 1807240/2020 | 23 October 2022 | Ms A J Lock | G K Retail Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602886/2021 | 22 October 2022 | Miss D Emery | FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305691/2020 | 21 October 2022 | Mr S Kinkela | Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501026/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Mr S N CHOWDHURY | Shahjalal Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 3323671/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Mr S Wells | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405032/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Miss L Green | Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Peace Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2402198/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Mrs P Cunliffe | Wigan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2401764/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Miss A Lord | Buddle Nurseries- Springfield Farm Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 2204175/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Mr T Doyle | Goldman Sachs International & others | England & Wales | — |
| 1306365/2020 | 21 October 2022 | In Person For the | Mr Forrest, HR Manager | England & Wales | — |
| 2301230/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Mr C. Webber | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3309975/2021 | 21 October 2022 | — | Croker v Ambulance Response Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301829/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Adrian Chambers | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408840/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Ms G Major | Singh Academy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3205609/2021 | 21 October 2022 | Mr Mohammed Abdul Hannan | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 2402448/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Mr C Otigbah | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601832/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Mrs S Foxcroft | Hales Group Limited Niche Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500881/2021 | 21 October 2022 | LOUISE KELLY | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2303144/2022 | 21 October 2022 | Miss Y Hayes | Simon Skinner | England & Wales | — |
| 2500947/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Mr Z Fawell | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415125/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Mr Michael O’Neill | Poundland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404842/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Mr J Fireman of 42 Bedford Row For the | Ms G Holden of 3 Paper Buildings | England & Wales | — |
| 1400250/2022 | 20 October 2022 | Mr J Moore | The Black Dog Saloon Limited | England & Wales | £196 |
| 4104051/2022 | 20 October 2022 | Ms M Martyn | AA Newmilns Ltd (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £10,451 |
| 3307183/2022 | 20 October 2022 | Mr M Dan | Fast Despatch.co.uk | England & Wales | — |
| 1305095/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Mr H Singh | Lionhart Security Services Limited | England & Wales | £1,539 |
| 3314145/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Kara Jackson | Sudbury House Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 3320792/2021 | 20 October 2022 | Mr W Klamut v | Calex UK Limited | England & Wales | — |