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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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6031268/2025 | 9 March 2026 | C Jones | Obsidian 22 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804627/2024 | 9 March 2026 | Ms V Chalk | Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 8002895/2025 | 9 March 2026 | Mr Gary Taylor | Armadilla Accommodation Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6003443/2025 | 7 March 2026 | Ms Jagdish Gill | Sara Beheshti | England & Wales | — |
| 3315226/2023 | 6 March 2026 | Ms Denise Williams | DLRC Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004650/2024 | 6 March 2026 | Mrs J MacInnes | South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | England & Wales | — |
| 6012609/2024 | 6 March 2026 | Mr Michael Dawson | Diamond Bus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403204/2024 | 6 March 2026 | Mr T Matthews | Wrings Transport 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 | 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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 6018639/2025 | 6 March 2026 | Mrs S Warby | Dci Fire Protection Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6010727/2024 | 6 March 2026 | Victoria Oldham | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6013012/2024 | 6 March 2026 | — | Scot Group Ltd | England & Wales | £23 |
| 6014496/2024 | 6 March 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6002199/2025 | 6 March 2026 | Mr S Balu | Rudra Sai Ltd T & L Store | England & Wales | — |
| 1600059/2025 | 6 March 2026 | Mrs E Healey & others | Alpha Designs Upholstery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500239/2025 | 6 March 2026 | Andrew Vincent | Multi Surface Fabrications Limited | England & Wales | £13,618 |
| 6017891/2024 | 6 March 2026 | Mr D Irhuebor | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | £10,490 |
| 6033016/2025 | 5 March 2026 | P Y Adofo | Rund Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6021842/2025 | 5 March 2026 | Martin Doherty | Homes for Students Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard on 5 March 2026 (by remote video link - CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303125/2025 | 5 March 2026 | Mr Kieran Pearson | Foundry Machinery & Spares Limited | England & Wales | £6,036 |
| 6034896/2025 | 5 March 2026 | — | Microland Ltd | England & Wales | £26,185 |
| 6021255/2025 | 5 March 2026 | Ms R Dias | Lloyd Baker Leather Ltd (Paul Costelloe, Swindon) | England & Wales | — |
| 1603229/2025 | 5 March 2026 | (1) Miss Tracey Linsey (2) Miss Tanisha Hanley (3) Miss Eleisha Vaughan (4) Miss Seren McCarthy (5) Miss Karly Shaw (6) Miss Ellie Bagley | Gloden Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 6005705/2025 | 4 March 2026 | In Person | — | England & Wales | £5,312 |
| 1306427/2023 | 4 March 2026 | Miss S Bennison | BTL Industries Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £2,537 |
| 6034297/2025 | 4 March 2026 | N Ostacchini | Nutmeg street kitchen | England & Wales | — |
| 8001583/2025 | 4 March 2026 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment in Case No: 8001583/2025 Heard at Edinburgh on 20-23 January 2026 with Deliberation on February 2026 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr Rhys Maddison | Represented by: Mr J Lawson, Solicitor Suresave Energy Services UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6004303/2025 | 4 March 2026 | W Hannon | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6034122/2025 | 4 March 2026 | Mr Stephen Bennett | The Compass Partnership of Schools | England & Wales | — |
| 2309201/2024 | 4 March 2026 | Mrs Marie Griffin | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6000239/2025 | 4 March 2026 | Miss Patricia ia Sawyers | Ultimate Sports Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6020770/2025 | 4 March 2026 | — | The Taunton Roast Company Ltd | England & Wales | £3,185 |
| 6034685/2025 | 4 March 2026 | Miss D Patterson | Freshstart Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6005487/2024 | 3 March 2026 | Miss C Watson | Time & Talents Association, | England & Wales | — |
| 6011455/2024 | 3 March 2026 | Ms S Jan | Switch2 Energy Limited | England & Wales | £5,469 |
| 6042882/2025 | 2 March 2026 | S Langford | Broadoak care homes | England & Wales | — |
| 6039488/2025 | 2 March 2026 | E Campbell | Diverse Academies | England & Wales | — |
| 8002752/2025 | 2 March 2026 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8002752/2025 Hearing at Inverness on February 2026 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Mandy Truslove | Simpson Plumbers Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2500373/2025 | 2 March 2026 | Mr A Whyatt | 2 Excel Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305530/2024 | 2 March 2026 | Miss D Patel | Demipower Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402568/2025 | 2 March 2026 | Mr L Tomkins | ASHI Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005856/2025 | 28 February 2026 | Miss A Ayomanor | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6001322/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Mr S Smith | London Borough of Hackney FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6016557/2024 | 27 February 2026 | Mr R O’Keeffe, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | £15,000 |
| 4102603/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Mr Jack Fleming | Sodexo Live UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6040708/2025 | 27 February 2026 | C Stuart | Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6041599/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Miss M Johnson | Leicestershire NHS Partnership Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6010684/2024 | 27 February 2026 | Shireen Asaw | Monzo Bank Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000887/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Mrs G McMurdo | Drs McNutt, Gall & Black, trading as Simpson Medical Group | Scotland | — |
| 6002250/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Miss Anna Cornock | Nuffield Health | England & Wales | — |
| 3310770/2024 | 26 February 2026 | Mr M Nutt | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |