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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3327620/2019 | 8 December 2021 | Mr Crammond, counsel For the | Mr Chadwick, solicitor __________________________________________________ | England & Wales | — |
| 1401227/2021 | 8 December 2021 | Gemma Gurvidi | Anna Sims-Hilditch | England & Wales | — |
| 1306106/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr C Barnett | Elite Recovery (Midlands) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204922/2021 | 8 December 2021 | Miss M Maciulyte | Kingswood Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501639/2021 | 8 December 2021 | Mr A Mumba Zulu | Verisure | England & Wales | — |
| 2301323/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Ms A Pinto Pereira de Almeida | J C Antunes Limited | England & Wales | £3,630 |
| 3300542/2021 | 8 December 2021 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302653/2019 | 8 December 2021 | Ms N. Bodis | Lindfield Christian Care Home Ltd Heard by: London South Heard |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1402771/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr R Jassal | Oasis Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108031/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Ms Maria Reina | Represented by Ms L Campbell Solicitor Occasions Leisure Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304925/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr E MacDonald of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403936/2021 | 8 December 2021 | Miss E Provic | Cultures in Context Cic | England & Wales | — |
| 3303769/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Mr Gloag (counsel) For the | Mr Foster (director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502212/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Mr L Gray | CF Motoring Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313138/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Mr N Quelch | Courtiers Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | £14,746 |
| 1302786/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mrs L Price | Central England Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 2501146/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mr B Hanlon | TMD Friction (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304624/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mr S Richards | Tardis Environmental (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600461/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Miss Karen MacGregor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600011/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Miss L Walker | Thistle Court Ops Limited JUDGEMENT FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2411289/2019 | 7 December 2021 | Mr S Abdul | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2403478/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Miss J McCluskey | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1307602/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Miss I Chiwera | Compassion First Care Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1600940/2021 | 7 December 2021 | R Parfitt | Smart Solutions (Recruitment) Limited | England & Wales | £1,427 |
| 2200311/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Ms L Mankau, counsel For the | Mr L Davis, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2300170/2019 | 7 December 2021 | Mr A Ohringer, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401534/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mr A Kinsey | Atechy Group Limited | England & Wales | £23,615 |
| 4110606/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mr A Chaloo | ,15 Solicitor Oban Queens Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2304876/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Mr M Curione | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204717/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Mr R Croud Mr P Guthrie Mr C Miller Mr K Knight | John Anthony Signs Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £27,900 |
| 2203747/2019 | 7 December 2021 | Mr K Otmane | Crowe U.K. LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1400686/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Mrs K Booth | The Governing Body of Churchdown Junior School Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2600276/2021 | 7 December 2021 | Kamran Yusuf | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2419927/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Mr A Alamin | Muller UK and Ireland LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3206664/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Mr T Harvey | LR Panels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307174/2020 | 6 December 2021 | Lee Lower | Enviroclear Waste Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406058/2020 | 6 December 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1406488/2020 | 6 December 2021 | Ms L Gibbons | Electric Bear Brewing Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301973/2019 | 6 December 2021 | Mr I Ojo | Mrs D Oliver, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3303394/2020 | 6 December 2021 | Mr D Livingston, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802150/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Miss E Stokes | Job Lot Trading Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407287/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Mr K Hulme Second Claimant: Ms H Hulme Third Claimant : Mr B Ward First | Back2Work Group Employment Service Limited Second Respondent: Revamp Technologies (UK) Limited Third Respondent: Adstrad Employment Services Limited | England & Wales | £5,010 |
| 1403953/2020 | 6 December 2021 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Mr M Parker (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401096/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Daniel Kennedy | Hendy Group Limited | England & Wales | £19,567 |
| 2305466/2019 | 6 December 2021 | Mr. M Bandura | Mr. M Fernandez | England & Wales | — |
| 3204633/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Mr Ashiraf Kyasima-Migadde | KeolisAmey Docklands Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3318776/2019 | 6 December 2021 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800741/2021 | 6 December 2021 | Mr B Giblin | GEO Amey Pecs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3203916/2021 | 6 December 2021 | — | London Borough of Redbridge | England & Wales | — |
| 1601579/2020 | 6 December 2021 | Mr M Grafton | Roberts Homes (Care) Ltd | England & Wales | — |