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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4103211/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Ms N McLelland | Represented by Mr S Smith Solicitor Community Lifestyles Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3306603/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Mr S Carter | Net Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400508/2021 | 13 December 2021 | Mrs C E Skillman | Vision Express (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401075/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Miss A J Brooks | Fitzroy Support | England & Wales | — |
| 2304647/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Stuart Elcock | Kellogg Brown & Root (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305912/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Mr M G Vilcu | Adelie Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100590/2021 | 13 December 2021 | Member: N Elliot Tribunal Member: W Muir Colin Hosie | Tayside Health Board | Scotland | £71 |
| 2415697/2020 | 13 December 2021 |
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 |
| Ms Sarah Price Second Claimant: Ms Melanie Howarth Third Claimant : Mr Kevin McManus First |
| Jean Price Natural Health Foods Limited Second Respondent: Jean Price |
| England & Wales |
| £29,957 |
| 3306016/2020 | 11 December 2021 | Mr S Lalitcumar | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Dr M Irani Dr A Nasim Mrs J Reynolds Mr I Stephenson Ms C Williams Ms H Williamson | England & Wales | — |
| 1602735/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Mrs J Pritchard | Russell Magor for and on behalf of the Management Committee of Pontnewydd Working Men’s Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1803142/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr D Lyons | Interserve Futures Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401315/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Mr Sanghera, counsel | Mr S Clarke, company director | England & Wales | £24,926 |
| 2601691/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Mrs A Dabrowska | COBA Automative (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301174/2019 | 10 December 2021 | Mr Ronald DeSouza | C & P Security Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401059/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr H Tranquada | Dorset Commercial Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105537/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Mr R Ferguson | — | Scotland | — |
| 2417982/2020 | 10 December 2021 | — | Alexander v C Keogh | England & Wales | £1,555 |
| 2600260/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr G Williamson | Absolute Home Care Nottingham Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £732 |
| 2204435/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr T T Dominique | Euthenia Asset Management Ltd | England & Wales | £53,699 |
| 1800621/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr A Baskakovs | Staffline Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3220651/2020 | 10 December 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600753/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Miss N Powell | Dragon Recycling Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207076/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr F Clarke, Trade Union Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400390/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr M. Thompson | St Austell and Newquay Conservative Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3310966/2020 | 10 December 2021 | ABC | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2420141/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Mr N Roughley | Jays Properties Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324323/2019 | 10 December 2021 | Ms A Rokad, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | £783 |
| 2501148/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mr K Burrows | Arriva Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102190/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr P Mack | SW Global Resourcing Ltd. | Scotland | — |
| 1806703/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr J Lombard | Michael Lupton Associates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408524/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr C Braid | Arnold Sanderson Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501171/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mr A J Farulla Jimenez | Brims Construction | England & Wales | — |
| 2302803/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr J Duato Botam | Purosearch Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201852/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Ms A Agbelie | HSBC Global Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £17,856 |
| 3204702/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mr A. Browne | DMG Delta Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100493/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Ms H Martin | STA Travel Limited (in liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3202607/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mr J. Weare | Countrywide Estate Agents t/a Bairstow Eves | England & Wales | £476 |
| 1403843/2019 | 9 December 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401002/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mrs S Chawda | Chawda Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301119/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Ms Y Jones | ABM Facility Services UK Ltd (sued as “ABM”) | England & Wales | — |
| 4110387/2021 | 9 December 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4110387/2021 Open Preliminary Hearing Held in person in Edinburgh on November 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms L Laidlaw | Represented by:15 Mr N Burn, HR Practitioner Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3300759/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mr J Baxter | Carben Construction Limited | England & Wales | £3,130 |
| 2302355/2021 | 9 December 2021 | Mrs Luisa Pringle | Dique Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) & Mr Richard Grills | England & Wales | £6,323 |
| 1300665/2021 | 9 December 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2418501/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr J Kilshaw | Lunar Automotive Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,682 |
| 3303689/2020 | 9 December 2021 | Mr M Edom | Bespoke Fire and Flue Services Ltd | England & Wales | £6,001 |
| 1306106/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr C Barnett | Elite Recovery (Midlands) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304925/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr E MacDonald of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2501639/2021 | 8 December 2021 | Mr A Mumba Zulu | Verisure | England & Wales | — |
| 3220627/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Ms S Ahmed | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |