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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601585/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mrs E Meacham | Pembrokeshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2602191/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mark Bennett | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1303558/2021 | 18 July 2022 | MR S D STONE | Mr Andrew Gaunt T/a B I Developments Limited | England & Wales | £6,699 |
| 2408464/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Miss E Carter | Paloma B&K Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302242/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mr D. G. Holbeck | CPI Colour Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304923/2021 | 18 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £628 |
| 1305091/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mr J Singh | Bassi Sweet Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404499/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mr W Simson | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
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 |
| £10,608 |
| 3323759/2021 | 16 July 2022 | Miss K Dunleavy | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600521/2022 | 16 July 2022 | Mr A Abdyli | JRL Plant and Logistics Limited Second | England & Wales | — |
| 4112291/2021 | 15 July 2022 | — | Hierarchy Business Solutions Ltd | Scotland | £5,562 |
| 2500088/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Thomas Lowther | Lowther Decorators Limited | England & Wales | £68,048 |
| 3303291/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Ms J Jury | Housekeeping Angels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301787/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Mrs Roshini Patel | Fuel and Refuel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401942/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Mr M McCaffrey | Vikki Lees | England & Wales | — |
| 1404996/2019 | 15 July 2022 | Mr R Phillips | Bournemouth and Poole college | England & Wales | — |
| 2300772/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Mr B Furdui | Persimmon Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411065/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Miss Kirsty Catterall | Torque Retail Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3220569/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Philip Smith | Swann Engineering Group Limited | England & Wales | £34,290 |
| 1302129/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Miss A Scarrott | Montel Civil Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4111755/2021 | 15 July 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111755/2021 Miss A Reid | Forth Care Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2303079/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Miss J Hunt | BDW Trading Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 1305313/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Kevin Lloyd | Clearview Stoves Ltd | England & Wales | £34,802 |
| 2400826/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Ms J Burns Respondents 1) Halliwell Conservative Club 2) The Trustees of Halliwell Conservative Club 3) The Executive Committee of Halliwell Conservative Club 4) Jason Waring 5) The Association of Conservative Clubs Limited | C Littlewood, Deputy Chief Executive Officer | England & Wales | £12,884 |
| 3302034/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Miss A Anisiobi | Temag Pharma Ltd CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 2305212/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Miss Helen Rolle | Total Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101980/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Member I Ashraf Tribunal Member M McAllister Mr Paul Chateau | Dumfries and Galloway Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1801846/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Ms E Hoyle | PMP Recruitment Ltd PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2411505/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mrs Julie Higham | NM Health Innovation Limited | England & Wales | £150 |
| 3319551/2019 | 14 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3322748/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr Martin Feazey | Culina Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301822/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mr CT | The Forward Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1303462/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr Andrew Hemming | Ellisa Motors Limited | England & Wales | £1,844 |
| 2407180/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Miss S Taylor | Vesta Care (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414850/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr N Gleadhill | DWD Taverns | England & Wales | — |
| 2419680/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mrs MM Paluszkiewicz | Marley Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320618/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr A Redfarn | ID Outdoor Advertising Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300507/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr C Hagan | Sky Retail Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413666/2019 | 14 July 2022 | Mr M Mousavi | Marbleina Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4112056/2021 | 14 July 2022 | — | Universal Student Living Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2500227/2022 | 14 July 2022 | Miss J Coates | ABM Facilities Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110269/2015 | 14 July 2022 | Mr. P McWilliams | Represented by: - Mr. E Hawthorn, Advocate Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | Scotland | — |
| 2401950/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mr F Repiso (Deceased) | Inverstead Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4111753/2021 | 14 July 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)Case No: 4111753/2021 Miss S McNeil | Forth Care Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2302968/2019 | 14 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,016 |
| 1805088/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Miss B Jacks | The Vital Element (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600035/2022 | 14 July 2022 | Mr A Barrow | Heathcotes Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300509/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mr G Burgess | Walthamstow Hall Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1302111/2022 | 14 July 2022 | Miss M Coulibaly | RZR GMZ Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802155/2022 | 14 July 2022 | Miss S Butterfield | Countrywide Residential Lettings t/a City Lets York Countrywide Limited Heard on 14 July 2022 by CVP | England & Wales | — |