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Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,979 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,108 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,589 | |
| 2026 | 2,399 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6017080/2025 | 13 August 2026 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8002992/2025 | 13 August 2026 | R Grayson | University of Edinburgh | Scotland | — |
| 1807644/2025 | 13 August 2026 | Mr M Ibrar Shabir | Vast Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311133/2023 | 13 August 2026 | Kika Kyriacou | Connect Dealers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017310/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Stefan-Elvis Vlase | GXO Logistics UK Ltd Heard: in public by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 6019958/2024 | 12 August 2026 | Mr A Verano | OVO Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6028386/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Dr Temucin Lunel | Low Carbon Hub IPS Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200157/2026 | 12 August 2026 | Ms Hannah Wallace | The Heartfelt Funeral Company Limited |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| England & Wales |
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| 6022793/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Ms K Kean | The Floorbrite Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6022025/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Mr Ashley Freeman | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007709/2024 | 12 August 2026 | Mr K Waterfield | SE Trains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6015312/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Sarah Martin | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011799/2025 | 12 August 2026 | Mr K Pringle | Moo Fresh Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6024636/2026 | 12 August 2026 | Zhanar Baimukhan | Leicestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6022267/2026 | 12 August 2026 | Ellie Johns | R and R Country | England & Wales | — |
| 3312501/2023 | 11 August 2026 | Mr S Rahim | Associated British Ports | England & Wales | — |
| 6005360/2026 | 11 August 2026 | Darren Slater | R J Urmson | England & Wales | — |
| 6000599/2026 | 11 August 2026 | Danielle Christofi | Hotel Gotham Newcastle | England & Wales | — |
| 1802035/2025 | 11 August 2026 | Miss Alexandra Charlotte Bell | Courtesy Trading Ltd t/a Good Boy Dog Walker Heard in Hull in person | England & Wales | — |
| 8001570/2025 | 11 August 2026 | Ms J Brangan | Sports Turf Services Limited | Scotland | £216 |
| 6047746/2025 | 11 August 2026 | Austin Murley | Di Meo'S Riverside Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6025878/2025 | 10 August 2026 | Mr G Broad | Sansum Solutions Group Limited | England & Wales | £19,560 |
| 6048194/2025 | 10 August 2026 | Ms H Higgins | Naylor Industries Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6034606/2025 | 10 August 2026 | Mr M Osman | Urban Housing Services (Wakefield) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6048338/2025 | 10 August 2026 | Ms E Fidelis | Community Outreach Limited Heard Sheffield by video | England & Wales | — |
| 6023548/2024 | 10 August 2026 | Ms. K. Timberlake | Stevenage FC Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 6021217/2024 | 10 August 2026 | Ms S Comrie | Gateways Educational Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007070/2025 | 10 August 2026 | MR HASAN ALI | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1603346/2025 | 8 August 2026 | Ms L Bennett (First Claimant) Ms L Moilanen (Second Claimant) | Sharief Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6020872/2024 | 8 August 2026 | MR GARY GIBSON | Barnshaw Section Benders Ltd | England & Wales | £22,970 |
| 6014337/2026 | 7 August 2026 | Paul Douglas | Procentia Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6008017/2024 | 7 August 2026 | Mr F Rotaru | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6006259/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Ms Z K Sarzynska | Red Firs Carehome Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6048436/2025 | 7 August 2026 | D Kayani | Angard Staffing and Royal Mail CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Under | England & Wales | — |
| 1402248/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Mr M Hatt | Hampshire Gardencraft Limited (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £5,266 |
| 1303437/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Mr. M. W. Holmes | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6030814/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Mr M E Hernandez Toro | University Of Wolverhampton | England & Wales | — |
| 6030307/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Mrs G Morfitt | The Warren of Hull Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6033464/2025 | 7 August 2026 | Gary Finch | John Wood | England & Wales | — |
| 8000432/2026 | 6 August 2026 | IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8000432/2026 Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Heard at Edinburgh on July 2026 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Ms C Reed | , friend Property Studios Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6034850/2025 | 6 August 2026 | Mr S Wall | Somerset Passenger Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6032165/2025 | 6 August 2026 | Prathamesh More | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited Heard: in public, by video | England & Wales | — |
| 6028335/2025 | 6 August 2026 | Mr Barrie Henshaw | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £20,229 |
| 8000293/2026 | 6 August 2026 | Mr N Simpson | Represented by: Self HALDANE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3300868/2025 | 6 August 2026 | Miss N Webb, (formerly Fullerton) | Red Sector Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6022749/2025 | 6 August 2026 | Charlotte Brooks | Nuffield Health | England & Wales | — |
| 2401228/2024 | 6 August 2026 | Mr K Mellalieu | GLP Legal Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303507/2024 | 6 August 2026 | Ms Erica Krasickaite | Vivien of Holloway Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001942/2026 | 5 August 2026 | Shane Turner-Hill | Holliday Inns Limited (In Creditors Voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6028421/2025 | 5 August 2026 | Wassim Kaimouz | Alchemie Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |