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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802628/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Richard Stack | Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd (R1) Royal Mail Group Ltd (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201131/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Miss A Gumbs, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402438/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Mr B Rogers | Saria Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304874/2021 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Augustine Lebbie | Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Limited, t/a Jewson | England & Wales | — |
| 2400556/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Miss K Orme | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3327957/2019 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Y Muana | Barnet, Enfield And Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300412/2021 | 7 October 2022 | Mr M Lewis | Metroline Security Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
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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| Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited |
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| 1400169/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Ibrahim Ali | SM Global Consultancy Limited (t/a Staffing Match) | England & Wales | — |
| 4101700/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Wales | No appearance Greyside Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2204802/2021 | 7 October 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311423/2020 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Matthew Whelan | Royal Mail Group Limited OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3220529/2020 | 7 October 2022 | Ms H Callaghan | Essex Motor Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401746/2022 | 7 October 2022 | Mr C Stone | UK Health Security Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 3313920/2021 | 7 October 2022 | Mr Raffel For the | Unrepresented | England & Wales | — |
| 4113833/2021 | 7 October 2022 | E.T. Z EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113833/2021 Held at Aberdeen on & September 2022 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr S Craig | Represented by Ms L Beedie, First Employment Law Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3207304/2021 | 7 October 2022 | Mr B Katani | Bright Idea Education Ltd | England & Wales | £17,196 |
| 2302065/2021 | 7 October 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2305181/2021 | 6 October 2022 | Mr T Tamponi | Medequip Assistive Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202417/2019 | 6 October 2022 | Mr Mohammed Yusuf Ali | Network Rail | England & Wales | — |
| 2415424/2021 | 6 October 2022 | Ms J Challenor | Greater Manchester Buses South Ltd t/a Stagecoach Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1400874/2022 | 6 October 2022 | Mr Matthew Warren | Mr Jonathan Bailey | England & Wales | £2,265 |
| 1405892/2020 | 6 October 2022 | Mr Downey (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201887/2022 | 6 October 2022 | Mr D Lazar | Get Set Hire | England & Wales | — |
| 3311742/2021 | 6 October 2022 | Ms L Suding , Counsel For the | Mr T Welch | England & Wales | — |
| 3200534/2022 | 6 October 2022 | Miss C Christou | Applemed Limited | England & Wales | £21,881 |
| 2500812/2022 | 6 October 2022 | Mr M Harrison | Roundel Kitchens | England & Wales | — |
| 2407530/2021 | 6 October 2022 | Mr D Byrne | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3323214/2021 | 6 October 2022 | Mr R Kumar | Gallagher Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202263/2022 | 6 October 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300807/2022 | 6 October 2022 | Mr W Westwood | Paragon Automotive Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802569/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Mr M Jamieson | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102125/2022 | 5 October 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102125/2022 Mr A A Ali | Capgemini UK plc | Scotland | — |
| 2500163/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Mr S Wong | Benugo Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305628/2021 | 5 October 2022 | Mr Herbut | Bespoke Windows London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501670/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Ms E Wakelam | Ravensworth Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 4103699/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Mr A Murrell | Robertson Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1400216/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Mr K Ashmore | Parkdean Resorts UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303437/2021 | 5 October 2022 | Ms E Merten C1 3303437/2021; Mr R Merten C2 3303438/2021; Mr O Merten C3 3303439/2021. | Pristine Specialist Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301178/2022 | 5 October 2022 | Richard Main | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1802291/2022 | 4 October 2022 | Mrs L Morley | Lancasters Property Services Limited HELD In Leeds by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300745/2021 | 4 October 2022 | Mrs T Wills | The Salvation Army Trustee Company Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 3203255/2022 | 4 October 2022 | — | Investigo Ltd and Department For Education | England & Wales | — |
| 2303417/2021 | 4 October 2022 | Miss E Marfowaa | Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601847/2022 | 4 October 2022 | Miss M Williams | Venquis | England & Wales | — |
| 2400853/2022 | 4 October 2022 | Mrs D Stephens | Community Integrated Care | England & Wales | — |
| 3305803/2021 | 4 October 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2415413/2021 | 4 October 2022 | Mrs Sidra Farooq | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802424/2022 | 4 October 2022 | Mr C Fowler | J H Shouksmiths & Sons Limited HELD by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) (at Leeds) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801678/2022 | 4 October 2022 | Miss A Lightfoot | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |