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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502019/2020 | 19 October 2021 | Mr J Cooke | UK Direct Business Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301827/2017 | 19 October 2021 | Andrew Morton | Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312359/2020 | 19 October 2021 | Mr M Farrukh | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4114473/2019 | 19 October 2021 | Mr P Carney | Instructed by Messrs Unionline Amey Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3314950/2020 | 19 October 2021 | Mr M Phung | Atlas Fm | England & Wales | — |
| 3303569/2018 | 19 October 2021 | Miss R Molana | TRL Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2308138/2020 | 18 October 2021 | In person supported by Mr R Ervine, union representative For the | — | England & Wales | £350 |
| 2400061/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Mrs M Kenyon | Abbey Solicitors Limited |
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 |
| £0 |
| 1800194/2020 | 18 October 2021 | Mrs E Donaldson. “Russian Advocate” (the equivalent qualification as that of a Solicitor Mrs Donaldson explained) legal practitioner For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302993/2019 | 18 October 2021 | Mr W Tuckerson | Professional Canine and Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303419/2020 | 18 October 2021 | — | Shini v David Lloyd Leisure Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2402184/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Ms R Dennon | JD Gyms | England & Wales | — |
| 4113855/2019 | 18 October 2021 | : Mr R McPherson Mr A McFarlane Mr G Reid | ’s Mother Brakes Bros Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2401080/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Miss E Craven | Assured Automobile Assessors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302260/2019 | 18 October 2021 | — | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406364/2020 | 18 October 2021 | Mrs R Ditta | Longfield Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202641/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Mr Laurel Blake | Post Office Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100438/2021 | 18 October 2021 | A Tinnion Mr. Stuart Aitken | Rescue Service | Scotland | — |
| 4102242/2020 | 18 October 2021 | M Kearns Tribunal Members: Mr G Doherty Mr W Muir Mrs R R Bhatti | Represented by: Ms L Hart Strathclyde University Law Clinic Nuffield Health | Scotland | — |
| 1803202/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Mrs K Batty | Reliance.com Limited HELD by: CVP | England & Wales | £7,249 |
| 1401296/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Mr Vasileios Briolas | St Cloud Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302033/2020 | 18 October 2021 | Mr K Althorpe | And BDW Trading Limited Held by CVP on 18 October 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 4109681/2021 | 18 October 2021 | member J Burnett Tribunal member P McColl Ms C Sweeney | Lloyds Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 2304815/2019 | 16 October 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203149/2019 | 16 October 2021 | Mr A Aina | WKCIC Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1309671/2020 | 15 October 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2417447/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr D Clayton | Manchester Metropolitan University | England & Wales | — |
| 2303303/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr A Soares | Serco Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 2405600/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Mr A Bulman | Mr Dean Fearon (T/A Dean Fearon Builders) | England & Wales | £10,875 |
| 1601710/2018 | 15 October 2021 | Mr W. Matthaus (C) | MBNA Ltd (R1) Paymaster (1836) t/a Equiniti Hazell Carr (R2) HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2601798/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs S D McMillan | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402830/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Mr M Le Tissier | Addingstone Insurance Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304888/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr F Saber | Bread Ahead Limited OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2305456/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs N Barfield | Sabre Global Technologies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801171/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Ms J Obillo | Care 4 J Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207744/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Ms J Hernandez Sosa | Prestige Services London Limited London Central: by CVP on 14 and 15 October 2021 | England & Wales | £6,578 |
| 2414525/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Mr R Hussain | Hanson Springs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301510/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Ms S. Lougheed | Maxident Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3318961/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs. A. Lukasik | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500259/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Miss J Beveridge | Durham University Hybrid hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 3305127/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Ms Jenny Millar, Niece For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400356/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Ms T de Courcy | J Pickards & Co C/o Mr Graham Short | England & Wales | — |
| 2408448/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Mr L Jones | JD Wetherspoons plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3305705/2021 | 15 October 2021 | In person For the | Ms A Kent (Solicitor with Weightmans) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300436/2020 | 15 October 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | £36 |
| 1807390/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr Paul Kerfoot, of Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301778/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr E Rapinett | Read Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202627/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs Natalie McGonigle | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207028/2018 | 15 October 2021 | Ms E | Hioba Pret a Manger (Europe) Ltd | England & Wales | £289 |
| 2409736/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr J Van-Aston Hewitt | Biad Civils Ltd (In Voluntary Creditors Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |