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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400984/2021 | 1 February 2022 | Mr T Burnell | Velcourt Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407206/2021 | 1 February 2022 | Mr C Fabian | Coaching Connexions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303384/2020 | 1 February 2022 | Ms E. Nagle | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602861/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Miss N Johnson | 4 Life Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305854/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr D GRANT | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2302382/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Miss C Swaby | Palmgrange Ltd: Clairleigh Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2203774/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr D Nandi | Fabiola Pagliara | England & Wales | — |
| 4103044/2020 | 31 January 2022 | Mr G Freeland |
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 |
| Represented by Ms A Park Intern Pollock Division Ex-Servicemen’s Club Ltd |
| Scotland |
| £10,223 |
| 1602679/2020 | 31 January 2022 | Miss N Thorney-Potter | William Hill Organization Limited Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3312490/2020 | 31 January 2022 | — | W H Brakspear & Sons Ltd T/a The Golden Ball Pub | England & Wales | £686 |
| 2501548/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr W Smith | St Cuthberts House | England & Wales | £11,455 |
| 1400596/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr R Toms | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,000 |
| 4110266/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr Colin Rodger | Represented by:15 Mr Anderson - Solicitor Alexander Sloan Financial Planning Limited | Scotland | £139,919 |
| 2602803/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mrs K Smith-Wilson | Whittle (UK) Holdings Ltd (in Administrative Receivership) | England & Wales | £92,686 |
| 3303848/2020 | 31 January 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806609/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr D Cure | Quickline Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301852/2019 | 31 January 2022 | Mr Cem Cam | London Fire Commissioner | England & Wales | — |
| 2602949/2020 | 31 January 2022 | In person For the | Ms R.Kight - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3204903/2021 | 31 January 2022 | Mr G Carney | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111247/2021 | 30 January 2022 | Mr Donnachie | Waukesha Bearings Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2204183/2022 | 30 January 2022 | Ms A Queiroz | Medical Services International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300708/2020 | 29 January 2022 | Amanda Hobbs | South Eastern Tanker Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1300936/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Ms S Walters (lay representative) For the | Mr M Carroll (lay representative) | England & Wales | £1,204 |
| 2303347/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Miss A king | Tropical Blinds Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305207/2020 | 28 January 2022 | Laura Dyson v | Downunder Cafe Ltd | England & Wales | £16,094 |
| 2420662/2020 | 28 January 2022 | Mrs K Lasecka | The Hain Daniels Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803744/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Ms N Bailey | Latus Health Limited | England & Wales | £3,333 |
| 1404005/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Mr. T Smale | Elis UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1300861/2021 | 28 January 2022 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £132 |
| 2305846/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Mr M Foroughi | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3311528/2020 | 28 January 2022 | In person For the | No telephone number provided | England & Wales | — |
| 3301479/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Mr Mike Magee (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3212938/2020 | 28 January 2022 | Mr J Nganga | ICTS (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305790/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Mr Patrick Cusack | Specialist Cars Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302984/2020 | 28 January 2022 | Mrs A Savory | HCL Chauffeurs UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400994/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Miss C C Mouzourou | Shoreham Health Shop Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501569/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Debra Martin | Durham County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2303438/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Mr A Murphy | Tamesis Dock Ltd (Company No. 06555743) | England & Wales | — |
| 3328210/2019 | 27 January 2022 | Mrs H Umunna | Arriva London | England & Wales | — |
| 4110763/2021 | 27 January 2022 | A Kemp Tribunal Member: E Coyle Tribunal Member: P Fallow Ms V Stewart | Allied Healthcare Group Ltd | Scotland | £6,583 |
| 2304243/2019 | 27 January 2022 | Dr Ahmed Gabr | East Kent University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102663/2020 | 27 January 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102663/2020 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform on January 2022 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Paul Douglas | Represented byMs E Matheson Solicitor North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402379/2021 | 27 January 2022 | Mr J Thompson | Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417254/2018 | 27 January 2022 | Mrs J A Healey | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2409796/2020 | 27 January 2022 | Mr M Spyrka & Mrs B Spyrka 1st | Origins (York) Limited (in voluntary liquidation) 2nd Respondent: Mr Neil Farrell 3rd Respondent: Ms A Lavraniuc | England & Wales | £7,114 |
| 1805165/2021 | 27 January 2022 | Mrs Lisa Matthews | Hampsons Plant World Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200189/2021 | 27 January 2022 | Mr B Taiwo | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603185/2020 | 27 January 2022 | Ms C Detain | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3302538/2021 | 27 January 2022 | Mr Andrew Watson (Counsel) For the | Mr Daniel Godfrey (Representative) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401522/2021 | 27 January 2022 | Ms D Yates | SMG Europe Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |