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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3200758/2022 | 17 September 2022 | Mr D Wickham | Kiko Milano Stratford | England & Wales | — |
| 3320847/2021 | 17 September 2022 | Mr Mohamed Fofanah | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3306777/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mrs A Taylor | C A Leith (Opticians) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301026/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Miss B Barker | Neptune House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305106/2019 | 16 September 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500698/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Mr F Killen | Abbey Joinery and Manufacture Limited | England & Wales | £1,779 |
| 1400012/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Mr C Coxswain | Otium Services & Facilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404127/2021 | 16 September 2022 | In person | — | England & Wales | £6,567 |
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 |
| 2301062/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Mr T Y Siu | Pathos Premium Food Products Ltd t/a Pathos Continental Foods | England & Wales | — |
| 3201035/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr Kevin Suen | Fisk Fire Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3206775/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr J Fossey | Stansted Airport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304746/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr I Iacob | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200478/2022 | 16 September 2022 | C Ozkutan (solicitor) For the | R McCartney (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3322793/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr M Asadi | Anglia Ruskin University | England & Wales | — |
| 3300987/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr J Porter | Portakabin Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600851/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Miss C Toste | Cardiff And Vale University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3202392/2019 | 16 September 2022 | Mr B Marston-Rydings | Den Automation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303246/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Ms C Edwards | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3313035/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Ms J Davey as Personal Representative in the Estate of Mr Evan Innis | Facebook UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402562/2022 | 16 September 2022 | Mr G Potts | Larton Livery Limited | England & Wales | £21,952 |
| 3323505/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Mr R K Thakur | Hallmark Connections Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3206895/2021 | 16 September 2022 | Aamir Malik | Uber London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402524/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mrs A Loveridge | Southampton Primary Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402764/2021 | 15 September 2022 | MISS INESE METERE | Winkleigh Timber Limited | England & Wales | £613 |
| 2414920/2021 | 15 September 2022 | Second Claimant: Third Claimant: Mrs M Casey Mr D Taylor Mrs M Wood | Manchester Hall Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3201352/2020 | 15 September 2022 | Jimmy Sparks Respondent 40TUDE Ltd (Formerly J&M Insurances Services (UK) Ltd | — | England & Wales | £8,079 |
| 2307384/2020 | 15 September 2022 | Mr S Sajdera | Port Traction Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2305229/2021 | 15 September 2022 | Miss F Saraci | Flavoil Ltd | England & Wales | £10,254 |
| 3201414/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr Paul Grimwood | Acer Landscapes Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803151/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr A Whitehead | Merge Traffic Management Ltd | England & Wales | £7,694 |
| 2402358/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mrs S Jabeen | Gill Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | £6,880 |
| 1304213/2021 | 15 September 2022 | Ms J. Redmond | The Food Group Limited | England & Wales | £2,160 |
| 2400055/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr Aaron Robinson | Puma Solutions IT Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | £11,844 |
| 2403502/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mrs A Pochlaniak | Morecambe Bay Wines Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500346/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Ms M Gan | County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2403098/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr K Hatchard | Wigan & Leigh College | England & Wales | — |
| 4103214/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mrs N Murray | - Solicitor Tesco Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1304138/2021 | 15 September 2022 | Mr O. Griffiths | The Food Group Limited | England & Wales | £4,344 |
| 2304027/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr I Turner | Tower Demolition and Enabling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402111/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Miss B Czerwinska | Fitzroy Lodge Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1402363/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Ms M Rusinka | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305351/2021 | 15 September 2022 | Miss C Nitu | Fenice Clothing Limited | England & Wales | £1,455 |
| 1802661/2022 | 15 September 2022 | Mr G Williams | Blink Print Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301462/2021 | 14 September 2022 | Ms M Polinac, Counsel For the | Ms A Jervis, Consultant | England & Wales | £1,140 |
| 3311357/2020 | 14 September 2022 | In person For the | Ms Peckham (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314628/2020 | 14 September 2022 | Mrs A Pettitt | ISS Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3207509/2021 | 14 September 2022 | Mrs J Devgon | WilsonJones Catering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500474/2022 | 14 September 2022 | Mr G Varmeda | Workforce World Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801118/2022 | 14 September 2022 | Mrs Dumigan | The Mount School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311610/2021 | 14 September 2022 | Mr Mace, Claimant’s father For the | Mr Nadin, Solicitor | England & Wales | £1,250 |