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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1305489/2020 | 12 October 2021 | in person For the | Mr M Griffin (director) | England & Wales | £6,275 |
| 1600302/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs M Becher | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2409102/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Ms K Turner | Edge Hill University | England & Wales | — |
| 1307635/2020 | 12 October 2021 | — | Adelie Foods Bidco Ltd (In Administration) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1400709/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs S Trew | Middlesex Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400956/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr P Underhay | Nisbets plc Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 1402570/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mr H Tavakoli | Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204813/2021 |
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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| 4112077/2019 | 12 October 2021 | Armstrong | Dates and Ms Page for the September dates both solicitors Drimvargie Limited | Scotland | £567 |
| 2413669/2019 | 12 October 2021 | Mr K Stanley | Microlise Limited | England & Wales | £39,524 |
| 3202645/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Miss Rubichen Attarwala | The Newham Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203793/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Ms J Rajput | Commerzbank AG | England & Wales | — |
| 4101161/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Ms Charlene Cowie | Bute Island Foods Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1802778/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Miss L Jones | Akari Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501539/2020 | 12 October 2021 | ALEKSAS PACESAS | Joe Davidson T/a Monarch 9 Fabrications | England & Wales | £1,014 |
| 3311415/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Jones | Siemens plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1405341/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs N Southcott | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 4107411/2019 | 12 October 2021 | Member L Millar Tribunal Member P Kelman Mrs C Rafferty | Represented by:- Mr S Smith - Solicitor Mansfield Care Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2306284/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Miss P Labana | Celerity Ls Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600125/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Gregory | Engie FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404939/2020 | 11 October 2021 | In person For the | Cosham Orthodontic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402491/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr Paul Maidment | Making Waves Audio Ltd | England & Wales | £3,600 |
| 1406500/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms J Hammond | Worle Community School Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 3304889/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr T Sells | Darren Lee Hancock | England & Wales | — |
| 3213291/2020 | 11 October 2021 | A Headteacher | Essex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301583/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Mr Omar Chaouki | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3324788/2017 | 11 October 2021 | — | ILA Spa Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409169/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr C Barlow | SCSC Realisations Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation), (formerly known as S. Cartwright & Sons (Coachbuilders) Limited) | England & Wales | £2,888 |
| 2402025/2019 | 11 October 2021 | Glenn Parkes | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1803194/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Mrs S Canning | D B Services (Leeds) Ltd | England & Wales | £20,423 |
| 2500927/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Miss D Goss | NHS Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405835/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr M Jedynak | Travelbag Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101825/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms T Maclachlan | Rogers, Rees and Robins Limited | Scotland | £9,456 |
| 3305312/2021 | 11 October 2021 | In person assisted by her friend Mr T Wyatt For the | Mr Hollebon (Solicitor with Harrison Clark) Strike Out Decision – | England & Wales | — |
| 2308169/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Miss Heidi Jerrard | Caterham Ex Servicemens and Social Club Limited | England & Wales | £116 |
| 3200823/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Mr Z Cherifi | Waltham Forest Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302018/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms Mary Martins | Nightingale Hammerson Trustee Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302790/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr J Guzik | Deli Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601365/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms H Grindley | Coppersun Dental Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807132/2020 | 10 October 2021 | Mr J Robinson | Empire Elevators Ltd | England & Wales | £6,154 |
| 2301178/2019 | 10 October 2021 | Mr M Lewis and 37 Others as set out in the attached Schedule | Swift Airport Parking Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303282/2020 | 8 October 2021 | Mr C Carr | AvTrade Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102626/2019 | 8 October 2021 | Ms June Bradley Personal Representative | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | £18,936 |
| 3313527/2020 | 8 October 2021 | Liam Pike (solicitor) For the | Jennifer Platt (solicitor) | England & Wales | £109 |
| 1303347/2021 | 8 October 2021 | Mrs I Diaconu | Asda-George Warehouse | England & Wales | — |
| 1803176/2021 | 8 October 2021 | In person For the | Ms L Jones (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 4112050/2019 | 8 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4112050/2019 Open Preliminary Hearing (OPH) Held in person on October 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms N Pennycook | Represented by:15 Self Kingdom Services Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1802570/2021 | 8 October 2021 | Mr T McIntosh | P&G Elite Investments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201865/2022 | 8 October 2021 | Mr A McNally | One Housing Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501922/2020 | 8 October 2021 | Mr P Arthur | The Protector Group Ltd | England & Wales | £2,000 |