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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2402243/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr S Mulligan | Roxy Ball Room Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802548/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mrs T Davison | Niche Housekeeping Services Ltd | England & Wales | £7,875 |
| 4110438/2021 | 15 November 2021 | — | Graham Asset Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2602127/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr D Buza | Mark1 IT Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307230/2020 | 15 November 2021 | A Makhonova | Consulting and Accountancy Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310968/2020 | 15 November 2021 | In person For the | W Diggins | England & Wales | £19,375 |
| 3305321/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mrs W Aldridge | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414126/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Mr D Williams |
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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| 2403190/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Miss S Woodnett | Cheshire Tool Company Limited | England & Wales | £97,961 |
| 2407176/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr P Black | Green Waste Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201906/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr C Orogbu | Duncan Lewis Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200941/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr T McCarthy | Saint Edwards Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2401742/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr T Lopatynski | Warrington Borough Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105348/2020 | 15 November 2021 | — | Martin Precision Ltd | Scotland | £7,990 |
| 4104873/2017 | 15 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4104873/2017 Hearing at Edinburgh on 18, 20, 23, 25, August and 6, and September 2021; Members’ Meeting on October 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: A Matheson Tribunal Member: E Farrell William Main | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1401039/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Miss D Blajan | Havant and South Downs College | England & Wales | £5,302 |
| 2405591/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Miss A Heron | Intu Retail Services Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2400550/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Mr Brian Mellor Mrs Susan Mellor | Lunar Automotive Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304984/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr M McDonald | NP3 Construction Limited HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4100215/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr B Hewitson | Pollock Scotrans Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300569/2019 | 15 November 2021 | Mr A Kamara | Kent Gurkha Company Ltd | England & Wales | £5,061 |
| 1600814/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr A Walker | Broadband Infrastructure Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802178/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Mr M F Khan | Caversham Finance (trading As Brighthouse) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410764/2019 | 15 November 2021 | Mrs H Sandwell | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2204328/2020 | 14 November 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302919/2021 | 13 November 2021 | Miss H Picton | Santander UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2409619/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Mr A Afriad | 30 James Street Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407472/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr R Khodr | Italian Catering Concept Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803268/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr. R Hall | Concentrix Ltd Heard by consent by CVP and telephone hybrid | England & Wales | — |
| 3301989/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Ms T Williams (Friend). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3220769/2020 | 12 November 2021 | — | Sharp v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3219926/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Mr M Z Kabir | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | £47,193 |
| 4109705/2021 | 12 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109705/2021 Heard by CVP on and October 2021 Employment Judge J D Young Mr David Lewis | , Advocate Instructed by Ms M Gribbon, Solicitor The Benriach Distillery Company Limited | Scotland | £23,978 |
| 3201877/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr P Hall | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 1804937/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mrs D Clarkson-James | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600936/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Mrs A Jenkins | Mr M Thompson and Mrs C Watkins (a partnership t/a Newbold Solicitors) Heard: By video | England & Wales | — |
| 1306546/2020 | 12 November 2021 | All present in person save for Jonathan Neale, Abubarkar Isifu, Alison Bowen, Alex Lloyd and Joanne Williams For the | None in attendance (the attendance of the fourth respondent is excused) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803632/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Ms A Hutton | Venatu Recruitment Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2401636/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr J Ford | David Potts | England & Wales | — |
| 2200197/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Mr M J El-Turk | Human Appeal Heard via CVP (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 2407488/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr S Wilkinson | Ken Mills Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305246/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mr N Stratford | Banbury Heating Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406089/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Representing himself For the | Mr Parsons, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3219828/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs M Norman | Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance (a charity) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801194/2021 | 11 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 1801194/2021 Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on and November 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr Stuart Bell | Represented by: Ms M Gribbon, Solicitor Al- Murad D.I.Y. Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2303523/2019 | 11 November 2021 | Ms T Portch | Mr Michael Cooper Mr Laurence Willard Mr Gordon Dunford Mr Roy Harrison as members of St Mary’s Mens Social Club Heard | England & Wales | £9,965 |
| 1601018/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Miss N Brown | Brake Bros Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312187/2020 | 11 November 2021 | In person. For the | Vortex Events Ltd | England & Wales | £4,682 |
| 2401812/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs D Forrester | Style & Comfort Interiors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305484/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs Z Miller | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |