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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401765/2021 | 11 March 2022 | Sean Malherbe | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203888/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Ms L Bone (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £200,000 |
| 3207495/2021 | 11 March 2022 | Mr Y Hossain | ASK Italian Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800656/2022 | 11 March 2022 | Mr K Simmons | D Howe Haulage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401057/2021 | 11 March 2022 | Miss A Hennessy | Hills Panel Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307847/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Mr J Santana Ramirez | Smie UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600077/2021 | 11 March 2022 | Mr A Ridgeway | Mayflower Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601931/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Mrs T Towers | Church Warsop and Warsop Vale Memorial Club 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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| 3303625/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Mr Ashish Nath | Meera Nursing Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800833/2022 | 10 March 2022 | S Kendall | Heron Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322936/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mr J Segal | Trend Energy Limited | England & Wales | £25,544 |
| 1802056/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Miss C Graves | Chestnut Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806610/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mr S Kilner | Exclusive Secure Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3206042/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Ms Olesia Zemaitiene | Ocean Fleet Seafood Ltd | England & Wales | £8,698 |
| 3310114/2021 | 10 March 2022 | In person. For the | Miss A Leech (Solicitor). | England & Wales | — |
| 2204444/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Alexandrina Bodrug | ABC of Taste Limited Heard: Via by CVP | England & Wales | £4,637 |
| 1303388/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Miss N Hanson | Lozells dental practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2308171/2020 | 10 March 2022 | Ms Heath, TU representative and interpreter, Ms M Parker For the First | Mr O Darley, Solicitor For the Second Respondent: Mr T Brennan, Make UK Representative | England & Wales | — |
| 2602133/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mr A Cecconi | Aten Global Ltd | England & Wales | £12,789 |
| 2401785/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mark Isibor | Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1305145/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mr N Peace | Wanzl Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204695/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Ms F Balan First | Outsourcing Housekeeping Specialist Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) Second Respondent: United Facilities Support Services Limited | England & Wales | £8,080 |
| 3316491/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Mrs R Wareing | Aten Global Ltd | England & Wales | £8,379 |
| 1306540/2020 | 10 March 2022 | Kenneth Fellows | Independent Slitters Limited | England & Wales | £22,357 |
| 3201435/2017 | 10 March 2022 | Mark Petherick | Elm Surfacing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402111/2021 | 10 March 2022 | Christopher Saunders | Jack Wills Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313720/2020 | 10 March 2022 | Ms T Vass | Canal Taverns Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400572/2018 | 10 March 2022 | Mr S Lenczewski | AND Openwork Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100114/2020 | 10 March 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100114/20205 Held on February 2022 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr R Hyder | No Appearance Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1309208/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Mrs L Finch, wife | — | England & Wales | £956 |
| 2308185/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Ms Natalie Cripple | Secure Electronic Applications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306177/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Mr Canneaux | Land Science Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404666/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Miss Ashley Rhodes | David Roberts t/a The Brunel Inn | England & Wales | — |
| 1803913/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mrs J Morris | Adelos Limited | England & Wales | £8,094 |
| 3206244/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr Lewis Green | Smarter Home Improvements Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602498/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Mrs B Kruszelniuk | Addo Food Group Limited Heard: in the Midlands East region | England & Wales | — |
| 2207615/2021 | 9 March 2022 | In person For the | No appearance or | England & Wales | £17,753 |
| 2304873/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr O Beckford | London & Quadrant Housing Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1405092/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Mr K Homer | C F Roberts (Electrical Contractors) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301791/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr R Grant | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202150/2022 | 9 March 2022 | — | Ruskin v Thames Valley Housing Association Ltd and Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301789/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mrs S Hannibal | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2204358/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr Ziaur Rahman | Vigilant Security (Scotland) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202100/2019 | 9 March 2022 | Ms A Eke | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 3305253/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr Jonathan Bright | Ridgewall Ltd | England & Wales | £7,289 |
| 2408405/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr M Sadiq | Dr Christopher JDBR Ireland Ph.D. | England & Wales | £2,901 |
| 4113790/2021 | 9 March 2022 | Mr D Robertson | Written submission Taskmaster Resources Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2500265/2021 | 9 March 2022 | — | Bramble v Birch Tree Northern Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806336/2020 | 9 March 2022 | Mrs Amanda Dewhirst | Brighouse Patent Walling Systems Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,145 |
| 2207547/2021 | 9 March 2022 | In person For the | No appearance or | England & Wales | £22,281 |