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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1805464/2021 | 23 November 2021 | Mr A Jordan | Conzac Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103719/2020 | 23 November 2021 | Tribunal Member Ijaz Ashraf Tribunal Member Martha McAllister Miss M Johnston | Energy Agency | Scotland | — |
| 2402300/2021 | 23 November 2021 | Mr T McColgan | Heyrod Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400866/2021 | 23 November 2021 | In Person For the | Angus Gloag | England & Wales | — |
| 1602165/2020 | 23 November 2021 | — | Cardiff Golf Club (an unincorporated association) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3301419/2021 | 23 November 2021 | Ms Melanie Kippax | Duff Morgan & Vermont Limited; and | England & Wales | — |
| 1402687/2021 | 23 November 2021 | Mr M Hicks | PowerFal Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302319/2020 | 22 November 2021 | In person For the |
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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| 3312610/2020 | 22 November 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301976/2019 | 22 November 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600286/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr R Pajimolin | Voltcom Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804168/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Miss D Samples | Three Way Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600889/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Miss S Leake | Edwards & Co Property Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804219/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr F Small | Jason Townsend Response Entered By: JWT Developments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203727/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr N Stubbs | Consensio Holidays Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302240/2019 | 22 November 2021 | Mr P Millross | East Sussex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2203361/2021 | 21 November 2021 | And | Mr T Howard Arriva Employment Services Ltd Heard by: Zoom | England & Wales | — |
| 3322539/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr A Playfair | Mediamends Limited | England & Wales | £4,068 |
| 4110145/2021 | 19 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4110145/2021 Held at Edinburgh on and November 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms J Grier Tribunal Member Mr I Ashraf Ms Nonkululeko Khawula | Randolph Hill Nursing Homes (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | £6,064 |
| 4106737/2020 | 19 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106737/2020 Hearing at Inverness on and July 2021: Members’ Meeting by Cloud Video Platform on September 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: F Parr Tribunal Member: A Perriam Karen Young | St Philips Care Caledonia Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2601355/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr Michael Maxwell | Capacity2Learn Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418369/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Miss L McGeown | Blackrod Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113747/2019 | 19 November 2021 | Andrew Udy | Opulent Catering Limited | Scotland | £492 |
| 2418522/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Miss S Kinsella | Glitterati Limited | England & Wales | £1,784 |
| 1601216/2020 | 19 November 2021 | — | Kelly v Graig Community Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4109246/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr J Musialkowski | The Richmond Fellowship Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2305596/2019 | 19 November 2021 | In person, with Polish Interpreter, Mr R Konop For the | Mr T Hussain, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | £1,848 |
| 1600782/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr R Wilks | Amberleigh Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600203/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr G Roppanto | Eastibake Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3220396/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr P Badu | Brooknight Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402881/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr P Wilczynski | First Manchester Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307823/2020 | 19 November 2021 | D Sherwood | Thales UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501705/2022 | 19 November 2021 | Mr S Southern | Inspectorate Limited t/a Roch NDT Services | England & Wales | £326 |
| 4107564/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr S Millan | Represented by Ms C Borthwick -15 Friend Royal Mail Group plc | Scotland | — |
| 3303042/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr Samuel Martins, Law Consultant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601158/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr R Szmit and Ms A Clare | Queens Hotel (Llandudno) Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3307951/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr F Nicholls | And CPL Aromas Limited Held by CVP on 6 May and 27 September 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 1602236/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Mrs S Thomas | The Representative Body of the Church in Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 2307251/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms S Adeoye Mr C Ajala | Alliance Recruitment Consultants Limited (R1) now trading as Alliance Recruitment Consulting and Domiciliary Care Services Ltd Esther Serwah (R2) | England & Wales | £2,675 |
| 1406606/2020 | 18 November 2021 | in person For the | Ms Gould - counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2302018/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr R Patankar | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108929/2021 | 18 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108929/2021 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on September 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Charu Nandan Goel | Represented by Steve West Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 2207205/2018 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Venkata, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201401/2018 | 18 November 2021 | Mr Leroy Rowe | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | — |
| 3204784/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr C Hadjipaulis | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108938/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr N Tavares | Premier Specialist Cleaning Services Ltd | Scotland | £2,804 |
| 2207859/2020 | 18 November 2021 | — | Genting Casinos | England & Wales | — |
| 2500822/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Ms A Cordova | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2201338/2019 | 18 November 2021 | Miss S Shah-Hosseini | Stonebeach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602895/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Thorpe | RED Rock Partnership | England & Wales | £23,605 |