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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302457/2021 | 5 January 2022 | Simon Adams | Sevco 5075 Ltd T/a FASTSIGNS Hammersmith | England & Wales | — |
| 4109080/2021 | 5 January 2022 | Member J McCaig Tribunal Member N Richardson Mrs Gillian Ewart-Bannister | Represented by Mr A Bannister Husband Aberdeenshire Council | Scotland | £15,775 |
| 2202704/2019 | 5 January 2022 | Ms N Feltham | Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London | England & Wales | — |
| 1804392/2021 | 5 January 2022 | Mr Y Kassama | DTP Hospitality UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104795/2020 | 5 January 2022 | — | STA Travel Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) c/o Rollings Butt LLP | Scotland | — |
| 2200359/2020 | 5 January 2022 | Mr O Adams | Sales Point Recruitment Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £63,493 |
| 3202006/2020 | 5 January 2022 | Ms Leigh Best | Embark on Raw Ltd. | England & Wales |
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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| 4109250/2021 | 5 January 2022 | Miss S Ketterer | Represented by: Ms. R Wark, Solicitor Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3200530/2020 | 4 January 2022 | Ms N. Christian | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2203405/2021 | 4 January 2022 | Mrs C Seraphin (1) Miss S Dawes (2) | 29 Fleet Street Limited | England & Wales | £150 |
| 3200320/2021 | 4 January 2022 | Miss C Newman | Bywaters (Leyton) Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 4109922/2021 | 4 January 2022 | Mrs G Forrester | The Crystal Bar | Scotland | — |
| 2200539/2021 | 4 January 2022 | — | Farringdon (T) Hairdressing Ltd T/a Toni&Guy | England & Wales | — |
| 2501535/2020 | 4 January 2022 | Mr J Stubbs | The Chief Constable Of North Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2206658/2021 | 4 January 2022 | Mr. A. Paul | Gone for a Burton Ltd (formerly ABC Pub Co Ltd) | England & Wales | £35,369 |
| 3200885/2021 | 4 January 2022 | Ms L Rodriguez | Building Perspectives Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313844/2020 | 4 January 2022 | Ms A Gent | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300053/2020 | 4 January 2022 | In person (assisted by Ms F Nimoni, the claimant's daughter) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201445/2020 | 4 January 2022 | Mr O Ajayi | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2604005/2020 | 4 January 2022 | Mr Jatinder Singh Badyal | Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2307920/2020 | 3 January 2022 | Ian Paisley | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500736/2022 | 1 January 2022 | A Winter | Aspins Bakery Limited | England & Wales | £21,519 |
| 1301093/2019 | 31 December 2021 | Written Submissions For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3213180/2020 | 31 December 2021 | Ms J Campbell | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | — |
| 1400606/2021 | 31 December 2021 | In person For the | Mr Smallwood, Managing Director | England & Wales | £769 |
| 1602436/2020 | 31 December 2021 | Mr P B Price | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402635/2020 | 31 December 2021 | The Second Claimant | South Coast Dining Ltd | England & Wales | £31,874 |
| 2603137/2021 | 31 December 2021 | Miss E Jones | Supreme inns | England & Wales | — |
| 2204390/2021 | 31 December 2021 | Mr A Barbulescu | Philip Plein Retail (PP Retail Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413279/2018 | 30 December 2021 | Ms A Morton | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602989/2021 | 30 December 2021 | Mr. R Rashid | Steven Bayliss | England & Wales | — |
| 2300738/2020 | 30 December 2021 | Mr R Ross, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400988/2021 | 30 December 2021 | Mr Piers O’Gorman | Helston Garages Group (Management) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400583/2021 | 30 December 2021 | Mr Jay Martin | F.O.Two Ltd By: CVP | England & Wales | £15,616 |
| 1400532/2021 | 30 December 2021 | Mr Richard Bishop | Helston Garages (Management) Ltd By: VHS | England & Wales | — |
| 1404925/2020 | 30 December 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413949/2020 | 30 December 2021 | Mr G Hadfield | Falconex Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312674/2020 | 30 December 2021 | Mrs S Briggs | Avanti Schools Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408526/2020 | 30 December 2021 | Mr K Ahmed | The Furniture Company (GB) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405630/2020 | 30 December 2021 | Ms S Willis | Addison Way Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103484/2020 | 29 December 2021 | : EA Farrell R Taggart B Chiwara | Virgin Media Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3202612/2021 | 29 December 2021 | Mr A Wallis | South Coast Port Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4108907/2021 | 29 December 2021 | Member Ms L Grime Tribunal Member Mr J McCaig Mr G Tedford | G Group International Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2305493/2021 | 29 December 2021 | — | Robert Browning Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 3307087/2020 | 28 December 2021 | Mr A Agostini | Twinings Security And Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313790/2020 | 28 December 2021 | Mr E Webster | West Surrey Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1403005/2020 | 23 December 2021 | — | Met Office for and on Behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2408053/2021 | 23 December 2021 | Mr E Ojinnaka | Tuffnells Parcel Express Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104286/2020 | 23 December 2021 | Miss N MacKay | Antler Limited - in Administration | Scotland | — |
| 2409135/2021 | 23 December 2021 | Mr Brendon Turton | Anvilgate Limited T/A City Dispense | England & Wales | — |