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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1302099/2019 | 22 September 2022 | Mr H Bellouki | Fouad Barber | England & Wales | — |
| 3304182/2020 | 22 September 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406359/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Mr D Mosdell | Urbanbubble Liverpool Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,609 |
| 3327954/2019 | 22 September 2022 | Mr R Lohman | Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313225/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Mr S Egbe | London School of Science and Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404853/2021 | 22 September 2022 | Mrs S Ebsworth | Securewest International Limited (In Voluntary Creditors Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,141 |
| 1401871/2022 | 22 September 2022 | Mr P Muyembe | HGP Architects Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402415/2022 | 22 September 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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| City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 1303205/2022 | 22 September 2022 | Miss F Williamson | Cbw Resources Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406357/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Mrs A Mosdell | Urbanbubble Liverpool Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,145 |
| 2301367/2022 | 22 September 2022 | Ms J Gudaityte | Bridewell Care Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301913/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Ms M Ogbonna | Brook Street (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314721/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Miss S Watson | Integral Powertrain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302326/2022 | 22 September 2022 | Mr J Johnson | Anthony John Addison | England & Wales | £596 |
| 2301961/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Mr Andrew Moleta | Little Fair Nursing Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403254/2020 | 22 September 2022 | Mr I Miah | Urbanbubble Liverpool Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,664 |
| 2300024/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Mrs C Aquilina | Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 1300903/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Connor Addis | Lemaca Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300194/2020 | 21 September 2022 | Mrs R Ley (deceased) | Reigate Ex Service and Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2405686/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr K R Lewis | Whitaker Decorators | England & Wales | — |
| 4107714/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Carson | Represented by: Mr A Bryce - Solicitor Michael Ball t/a WC in Fields | Scotland | — |
| 4102304/2022 | 21 September 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102304/2022 Mr Ross David William Clarkson | Dem-Master Holdings Ltd | Scotland | £3,353 |
| 2206949/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Mr R Williams | Grosvenor Casinos Limited | England & Wales | £4,192 |
| 2403488/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Miss C Warren | Allied London LLP UPON APPLICATION made by letter dated 7 September 2022 to reconsider the | England & Wales | — |
| 2403666/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr D Dixon | The Cottage Bakery Blackpool Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304167/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Mr G Mansell | Goodwin Steel Castings Limited | England & Wales | £7,086 |
| 2304768/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Mr M Donachy | Mitchells and Butlers | England & Wales | — |
| 3206339/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Christopher Olley | TMC Haulage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102458/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr J Singh | Represented by: Himself Central Haulage Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2409159/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Mrs Syra Costello | Natalie Farrar | England & Wales | £1,853 |
| 2402770/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr A Senior | Fox Brother Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301032/2021 | 21 September 2022 | Susan Ellis | London Borough of Bexley | England & Wales | — |
| 2500226/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Miss G Hislop | St Cuthberts House | England & Wales | — |
| 2302053/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr D T Harvey | Beacon Control Associates | England & Wales | — |
| 1803580/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr A Chalkowski | Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305805/2022 | 21 September 2022 | Mr David Whaley | Bernard Matthews Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403841/2021 | 20 September 2022 | - MR T O’BRIEN FOR THE | Sol Attendance Limited | England & Wales | £15,601 |
| 2405740/2021 | 20 September 2022 | Mr T Cowley | Lyons European Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303216/2022 | 20 September 2022 | Miss B Phillips | Fun Creek Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800294/2022 | 20 September 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3204204/2022 | 20 September 2022 | Mr A S Azad | Docklands Electrical Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314185/2021 | 20 September 2022 | Jonathan Abrahams For the | Joshua Hitchens | England & Wales | — |
| 3207417/2021 | 20 September 2022 | AFROJA BIBI SONIA | Hartiz Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201806/2020 | 20 September 2022 | Ms Elisha Harry | 1) Teen Support Services Ltd 2) Teenagers Support Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400261/2022 | 20 September 2022 | Mrs J Launders | Next Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100143/2021 | 20 September 2022 | M Kearns Tribunal Members: Mr G Doherty Ms L Taylor Mr C Ross | Represented by:10 Mr M Cameron - Solicitor The Board of Management of | Scotland | £22,043 |
| 1800264/2022 | 20 September 2022 | Mr S Brown | National Highways Limited | England & Wales | £2,948 |
| 3301900/2020 | 18 September 2022 | Mr Robert Watson | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302697/2020 | 18 September 2022 | In Person For the | Mr R Chaudhry, solicitor advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 3306459/2021 | 17 September 2022 | Mr P Allan Twilley | Chassis Cab Ltd | England & Wales | — |