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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3206064/2021 | 17 February 2022 | Mr N Tozer | Micheal Rose | England & Wales | — |
| 2206921/2020 | 17 February 2022 | Mr A Barrett | Avison Young | England & Wales | — |
| 1406501/2020 | 17 February 2022 | Mr Philip Harris | David Hart Aerospace Pipes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601688/2020 | 17 February 2022 | Mr Thomas Shorey | Complete Sports Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £21,949 |
| 1805728/2021 | 16 February 2022 | — | B (R1) and C (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 4113482/2019 | 16 February 2022 | Mr Creaney | – solicitor Midland Steel Reinforcement | Scotland | — |
| 3328253/2019 | 16 February 2022 | Mr Newall (In Person) For the | — | England & Wales | £8,839 |
| 4111748/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Mrs Lynsey McMullen | Scottish African Safari Park 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 |
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| 3300369/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Mr A Joyce | Central Bedfordshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402752/2020 | 16 February 2022 | Mr Iftekhar Ahmed | Maritime and Coastguard Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1803149/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Ms Marita Hila-Jones | Leader Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303857/2019 | 16 February 2022 | Mr J Threlfall | Nicholl Food Packaging Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £111,718 |
| 1400022/2022 | 16 February 2022 | Mr P Oravec | Crossways Engineering | England & Wales | — |
| 1402167/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Mrs A Williamson | McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles Limited | England & Wales | £6,876 |
| 1600149/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Ms A Price | Engie FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111350/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Mr S Fisher | Represented by: Himself British Gas Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3320590/2019 | 16 February 2022 | Mrs J Chmielnik | Stanwell Road Surgery | England & Wales | — |
| 1403474/2020 | 16 February 2022 | Mr Harris | K3 Business Technologies Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £7,722 |
| 2600673/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs H Adams | Alliance Healthcare Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418270/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs Amy Harding | Oldham College | England & Wales | — |
| 4108981/2021 | 15 February 2022 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108981/2021 Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on January 2022 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: M Watt Tribunal Member: A Ward Ross Glanville | Mariusz Batog trading as Batog Cleaning Service | Scotland | £3,458 |
| 2201062/2021 | 15 February 2022 | No appearance For the | Ms R Jessop, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2201197/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs J Ebay Pooh | Techdrill International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305923/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr R Sellen | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204515/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr D Nicholes | Linaker Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602457/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Ms J Murphy | Cardiff Galvanisers (1969) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601302/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mr R. Mohanan | Avery of Leicester (Operations) Limited | England & Wales | £541 |
| 2302403/2018 | 15 February 2022 | Mr A Elasar | Casual Dining Services Ltd (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401061/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr Paul McNabb | Denholm Logistics UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403242/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs J Xhufi | Energi Mine Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303336/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs U D Rasarathnam | Cowfold Medical Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1600050/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr L Janicki | Arcform Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314136/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Mr S Thompson | Perrys Motor Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411207/2019 | 15 February 2022 | Mr U Iwelu | Hmr Group Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500036/2022 | 15 February 2022 | Ms A Iley | JT Lewis Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800279/2022 | 15 February 2022 | Mr H Mistry | McQueens Dairies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416697/2018 | 15 February 2022 | Mr M Locke | Begbies Traynor (SY) LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2300079/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mrs H Costick | Mark Collard, Gerald Eric Collard and Patricia Anne Collard trading as Disco Furnishings (A Partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 1304972/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Miss O Wilkins-Whitfield | Stephanie Kemp | England & Wales | — |
| 2501706/2020 | 15 February 2022 | Miss A Murray, a friend For the | Miss J Charalambous, Peninsula | England & Wales | — |
| 1803638/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr S Patsaros | Bell Decorating Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205668/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Mr P Joines | Arcus FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205956/2020 | 15 February 2022 | In person For the | Ms C Davis, one of Her Majesty’s counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3205188/2021 | 15 February 2022 | Miss H Muhammad | Barnardo's | England & Wales | — |
| 2207179/2020 | 14 February 2022 | Mr K Wright Respondents Govia Thameslink Railway Heard via CVP (London Central) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2205821/2020 | 14 February 2022 | Mr P Gilroy QC, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1311144/2020 | 14 February 2022 | Mr C Rogerson | Gestamp Tallent Ltd Heard: Remotely (by Cloud Video Platform) – Midlands West | England & Wales | — |
| 3205611/2021 | 14 February 2022 | Miss J Gargan | Flow Caritas Ltd | England & Wales | £6,334 |
| 2408589/2020 | 14 February 2022 | Mrs C Gibbs | I Care GB Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411158/2021 | 14 February 2022 | Mr A McHugh | T R Fastenings Limited | England & Wales | — |