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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601055/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Mr D Jones | Sharan Dhaliwal | England & Wales | — |
| 1406089/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Representing himself For the | Mr Parsons, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1405033/2020 | 11 November 2021 | in person The | Mr G Burnard, Managing Director | England & Wales | — |
| 3201875/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Mr B Dieme | Elevate Staffing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312187/2020 | 11 November 2021 | In person. For the | Vortex Events Ltd | England & Wales | £4,682 |
| 3305484/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs Z Miller | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2407499/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Miss J Tyldesley | Blueberry Box Limited (in Creditor’s Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £13,695 |
| 1601414/2020 |
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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| 3305246/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mr N Stratford | Banbury Heating Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800236/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Miss Harris | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 2205798/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mr D Salumah | A2Dominion Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3203247/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Mr A G D East | Neschen Coating GmbH | England & Wales | — |
| 1805385/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Miss M Sharif | Mr A Hussain t/a Hussain & Associates – Hill Top Dental | England & Wales | — |
| 2401812/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs D Forrester | Style & Comfort Interiors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407508/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Ms F Rigby | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1801053/2021 | 11 November 2021 | Mr N Mirza | Humankind Charity | England & Wales | — |
| 1405996/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mrs C Hickery | Discount Stores Shirehampton Ltd (now dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405532/2020 | 11 November 2021 | Mr M Syed | Midland Payroll Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107643/2021 | 10 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107643/2021 (P)5 Held on November 2021 Employment Judge N M Hosie Ikemefuna G M Onyia | Maryfield West Care Home | Scotland | — |
| 1807416/2020 | 10 November 2021 | A Ali | Allerton Dental Limited AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2300151/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Mrs M Bush | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | England & Wales | — |
| 3201528/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Mr A Diallo | HCT Group | England & Wales | — |
| 4110465/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Ms L Gorrie | P & I Chuwen | Scotland | — |
| 1600915/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Mr J Tinton | Penn Pharmaceutical Services Limited t/a PCI Pharma Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2402248/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Ms S Shah | Emirates | England & Wales | — |
| 3205120/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Mr I Azokwu | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 3324521/2019 | 10 November 2021 | Mr J Bennett | Mark Hughes t/a Barleywood Joinery | England & Wales | — |
| 1801212/2021 | 10 November 2021 | Mr A Farrow | Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401261/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr C Neath | NSL Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307469/2020 | 9 November 2021 | Ms J Wall | NSC Global Limited Heard | England & Wales | £15,000 |
| 2300120/2021 | 9 November 2021 | I Adebisi | Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd | England & Wales | £3,710 |
| 4109715/2021 | 9 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) In the Employment Tribunal (Scotland) at Edinburgh Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No.4109715/2021 Issued following an Open Preliminary Hearing Held In Person at Edinburgh on October 2021 at am with Deliberation on October 2021 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr C Oliveira | ASA International Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 1803668/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr Ondrej Balog | Mr Omar Ramazan Ali | England & Wales | £11,341 |
| 3312721/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr L Bletchey (counsel) For the | Mr P Clarke (consultant) | England & Wales | £5,852 |
| 1600174/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr N Griffiths | Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405792/2020 | 9 November 2021 | Ms Leanne Chew | AND Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1306848/2020 | 9 November 2021 | Mr S Singh | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500358/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr J Umudi | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803118/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr M Herrett | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302919/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Miss A Hussain | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 1405350/2020 | 9 November 2021 | Mr M Groom | Maritime and Coastguard Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 4108417/2021 | 9 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108417/2021(P)5 Held on October 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr N Hearn | Eday Community Enterprise Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2201791/2021 | 9 November 2021 | In person | Ms. B Samuels , Peninsula | England & Wales | — |
| 1300670/2021 | 9 November 2021 | Mr L Waterhouse | Cat UK Services Ltd Hearing: 9 November 2021 (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804387/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Miss D Mair | Dr Marcus Julier, Dr Manjit Purewal, Dr Maria Carmen Ruiz-Huertas and Dr Nadia Anderson, a partnership trading as North Leeds Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2401580/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Ms C Hawks | Bendles LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3306282/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Mr P Hartland | Stagecoach | England & Wales | — |
| 2302384/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Mr P Lysko | Saputo Dairy UK Ltd | England & Wales | £12,036 |
| 3300388/2021 | 8 November 2021 | In person For the | Mr Brotherton | England & Wales | — |
| 1301579/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Mr. Cottam, Lay representative | — | England & Wales | — |