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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2408053/2021 | 23 December 2021 | Mr E Ojinnaka | Tuffnells Parcel Express Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4112035/2021 | 23 December 2021 | — | Hideout Scot Ltd | Scotland | £2,606 |
| 2409135/2021 | 23 December 2021 | Mr Brendon Turton | Anvilgate Limited T/A City Dispense | England & Wales | — |
| 1400727/2020 | 23 December 2021 | Mrs B Knight | Havant and South Downs College | England & Wales | — |
| 4104561/2020 | 23 December 2021 | Member Ms Hossack Tribunal Member Mr Atkinson Mrs T MacLean | Kura | Scotland | £27,861 |
| 2413405/2020 | 23 December 2021 | Mr Stuart Fadden | Avensure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302594/2019 | 23 December 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4110615/2021 | 23 December 2021 | — | Scotbeef 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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| 1403005/2020 | 23 December 2021 | — | Met Office for and on Behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 3204854/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Ms C Dickens | The Partyman Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805434/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Mr B Bielak | Nicholas Associates Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203365/2019 | 22 December 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805157/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Mrs I Mir | Damian Petrucci t/a Regent Orthodontics Heard by: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 4111265/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Member W Canning Tribunal Member R Duguid Mr IIie Anghel | Mr Huseyn Karaca t/a Top Stitches | Scotland | £5,406 |
| 1802968/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Miss A Siddique | Roundhay School HELD by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2204821/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Ms. L FEARS | Resimanagement Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202419/2020 | 22 December 2021 | Mrs S Coombs | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201164/2020 | 22 December 2021 | Dr B Radeljic | University of East London | England & Wales | — |
| 2601785/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Mr J Owen | Nutbrook Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601914/2020 | 22 December 2021 | Mr M Jarosinski | Nestle UK Ltd Heard: Via Cloud Video Platform in the Midlands (East) Region | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2602945/2020 | 22 December 2021 | Mr P Aimmua | United Response | England & Wales | — |
| 3305750/2020 | 22 December 2021 | In Person For the Second Claimant: In Person For the | Mr M Creamore, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2408140/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Mr A Lennox Respondent Marston’s Trading Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402122/2021 | 22 December 2021 | Mr Philip Murphy | Private and Industrial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310196/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mr T Young | Strongman Tools Limited Heard: Remotely (by Cloud Video Platform) – Midlands West | England & Wales | — |
| 3306479/2021 | 21 December 2021 | Mr P France | Capital Continuity Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204552/2021 | 21 December 2021 | Mr Shah Ali | Nr Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501750/2021 | 21 December 2021 | Mr L Nelson | Stessa Leisure Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602504/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mrs Joan Hutchinson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310339/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mrs N Hughes | Eurosprint Freight Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404723/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mr A McGhee | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2301729/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mrs I Carpenter | Caring Homes Healthcare Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406598/2020 | 21 December 2021 | Mr D J Powell | UK Windows Group Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £20,320 |
| 3204700/2021 | 21 December 2021 | in person For the | Mr M. McKeating (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800243/2021 | 21 December 2021 | Miss S Gudgeon | 1) Peter Thompson of York Ltd 2) Peter Thompson Joinery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402559/2021 | 21 December 2021 | Mr P Weeks | Bupa Dental Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1406668/2020 | 20 December 2021 | Aiden McCarthy-Paul | Mayday Personnel Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402430/2021 | 20 December 2021 | Mr P Cooper | J Dudley Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802338/2021 | 20 December 2021 | Mr G Windle | Tivoli Group Limited AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2203478/2020 | 20 December 2021 | Miss Oboh Ahite | Pauline de Jessey | England & Wales | — |
| 2602368/2021 | 20 December 2021 | Mr M Paterson | AHS Renewables Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400427/2021 | 20 December 2021 | S Woodman | The Deltic Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3320875/2019 | 20 December 2021 | Ms N Ling, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408888/2021 | 20 December 2021 | Ms B Carden-Flynn | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4107494/2020 | 20 December 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107494/2020 Hearing by Cloud Video Platform on and October, November and Members’ Meeting on December 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: J Grier Tribunal Member: J Anderson Mustapha Ait Warahou | Lothian Buses Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2200646/2021 | 20 December 2021 | Miss Laura Zola | Mayfair Westminster | England & Wales | — |
| 2415669/2020 | 20 December 2021 | Mr M Bashir | Fothergill Engineered Fabrics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500912/2021 | 19 December 2021 | Mr J Henderson | The Great Annual Savings Company Limited | England & Wales | £528 |
| 2201539/2021 | 18 December 2021 | v Mr. P. Tanczoz | Tetra Tech Management Services Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2203403/2021 | 18 December 2021 | — | Anderson v Genting Casinos UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |