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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1310737/2020 | 1 March 2022 | Not present or represented For the | Mr P Lewis, Managing Director This hearing took place against the background of the coronavirus pandemic; and was conducted remotely by CVP in accordance with safe practice and guidelines. | England & Wales | — |
| 3200059/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mr M Abousif | Al Khayma Lebanese Restaurant | England & Wales | — |
| 1400693/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Did Not Attend For the | Hospitality Accommodation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300450/2021 | 1 March 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104661/2013 | 1 March 2022 | Ms C McMahon | Represented by:15 Mr Woolfson, solicitor AXA PPP Health Care | Scotland | — |
| 3314606/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mrs S Swift | Stephan c/o TGI Fridays | England & Wales | — |
| 3306546/2022 | 1 March 2022 | Ms R Pasha |
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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| 2206265/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mr N Ndlovu | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320840/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Miss C Hughes | Persimmon Homes Thames Valley | England & Wales | — |
| 2402046/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mr N Singh & Others (see attached schedule) | Kingdom Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2308303/2020 | 1 March 2022 | In person For the | Ms K Reece – Employment Advisor | England & Wales | — |
| 3313662/2020 | 1 March 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403872/2020 | 1 March 2022 | Mr R Park | Bristol City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402317/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mr C Jenkins | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3213304/2020 | 1 March 2022 | — | Mayers v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401590/2020 | 1 March 2022 | Ms Isobel Bayliss of Counsel For the | Mr Zain Malik - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1402311/2021 | 1 March 2022 | Mrs A Nicholls | CareTech Community Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311722/2021 | 1 March 2022 | In person. For the | Mr P Collyer (Tribunal Advocate). | England & Wales | — |
| 1406548/2020 | 1 March 2022 | L Henderson | National Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3322012/2019 | 1 March 2022 | Mrs J Soanes | JE Beale plc (in administration) CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | £1,760 |
| 2308380/2020 | 1 March 2022 | Mr R Tyler | Alan Woodward Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305122/2020 | 28 February 2022 | Mr S Fuller and Mr L Jackson | Kingsley Cars Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100443/2021 | 28 February 2022 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | £17,244 |
| 2602214/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr N Bidnell-Edwards, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204264/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr A Fetnaci | Property Management Integrated Service & Employment Co. Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408122/2020 | 28 February 2022 | Mr N Lawrence | Muller UK and Ireland LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3312797/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr W Labuda | Johnson Matthey plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4111533/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr L Gardner | Spectrum Properties (West) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2200032/2022 | 28 February 2022 | Mr A Thompson | Optimum group service | England & Wales | — |
| 2302427/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Miss K Dawson | Carisa Radiators Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3205520/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr Francis Dargle | Colchester Institute | England & Wales | — |
| 2308275/2020 | 28 February 2022 | Mr E W Dias | Best Social Enterprise Ltd | England & Wales | £3,873 |
| 1405237/2020 | 28 February 2022 | In person For the | Ms A Smith | England & Wales | — |
| 1400307/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr Andrew Thompson | Hanson Quarry Product Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401912/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mr M Sokol | Martin McColl Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111598/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Miss A Wood | Wescot Credit Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2501023/2019 | 28 February 2022 | Mrs Lynda Walker | Modular Office & Storage Systems Limited | England & Wales | £22,557 |
| 2602715/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Mrs R Palmer | Coalville Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406373/2020 | 28 February 2022 | Philip Beach | Angelfish (Southampton) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408035/2021 | 28 February 2022 | Ms Louise Price of Counsel For the | Mr Darren Comerford – solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2604374/2020 | 28 February 2022 | Mr A R Farhadpour | Samworth Brothers Limited t/a Bradgate Bakery | England & Wales | — |
| 1401786/2021 | 28 February 2022 | John Murray | CNN Communications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300080/2021 | 27 February 2022 | Mrs L Lee | Bluebell Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303097/2021 | 27 February 2022 | MR C MASTERS | West Berkshire District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3301143/2021 | 27 February 2022 | Mr A Vajagic (claimant’s son) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602494/2020 | 27 February 2022 | Ms A. Davies | Waystone Limited | England & Wales | £846 |
| 3311687/2021 | 26 February 2022 | Mr G Alzate Mosquera | Benjamin Cowe | England & Wales | — |
| 2200274/2021 | 25 February 2022 | Miss M. Francis | Morgan Sindall Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301813/2020 | 25 February 2022 | Ms C Key | The Ship At Conyer Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304878/2020 | 25 February 2022 | Mr I Avasiloaia | Collider Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £10,744 |