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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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6004206/2024 | 23 December 2025 | P Mcmillan | HR Plymouth City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8001363/2025 | 23 December 2025 | Mr L Black | Caledonian Automatic Transmissions Ltd | Scotland | £13,649 |
| 2203279/2025 | 23 December 2025 | Ms Carter | Virtus Holdco Limited Heard at London Central (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 6021447/2025 | 23 December 2025 | R Ray | Shop TJC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6020081/2025 | 23 December 2025 | Daniel Brayson | Hednesford Town Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 6012185/2025 | 23 December 2025 | Ms P Lawrence | Fat Hippo Restaurants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003117/2025 | 23 December 2025 | Brandon Warrior | Mears Limited AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6017186/2025 | 22 December 2025 |
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 |
| Dr Ellyse Dakin |
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| 6034432/2025 | 22 December 2025 | Miss J Bi | Penmans Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 6023420/2025 | 22 December 2025 | Mr Kenneth Oppong | Midd Engineering (Coventry) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1808462/2025 | 22 December 2025 | Mr S Moores | Eastern Airways (UK) Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 6029693/2025 | 22 December 2025 | Mrs E de Beer | Transunion Information Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6016403/2025 | 20 December 2025 | Mr P Dibattista | Asda | England & Wales | — |
| 4103059/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Number: 4103059/2025 Miss L Yousaf | Represented by: S Akhtar Howden Compressors Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6035687/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Miss E. Sawa | Greggs plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1401371/2024 | 19 December 2025 | Mr P Singh Bassi | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6047455/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Jose Emmanuel Enage | Trustford (trading name Ford Retail Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400323/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Rose Villa Staff & 28 others | Rose Villa Care Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409475/2023 | 19 December 2025 | Mrs J Edwards | Hoghton Street Dental Care Limited HELD AT: Manchester (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305794/2024 | 19 December 2025 | David Higgs | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | England & Wales | £11,613 |
| 2304209/2023 | 19 December 2025 | Amara Agili-Odion | Royal Borough of Greenwich | England & Wales | — |
| 6025038/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Ms S Berrebha | The Home Organisation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6020353/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Mrs Bann Parry | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302993/2024 | 19 December 2025 | Mr W Jachowski | The Lady Eleanor Holles School | England & Wales | — |
| 6035951/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Miss B. Thompson | Iceland | England & Wales | — |
| 6010552/2025 | 19 December 2025 | Miss R Dyson | Wills O Nats Huddersfield Ltd Heard Sheffield by video | England & Wales | £7,346 |
| 2313870/2024 | 18 December 2025 | J Unsted | Wickes Building Supplies Limited Held at: London South Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 6010695/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Miss Ann Johnston | The Zoological Society of Wales (The Welsh Mountain Zoo) | England & Wales | — |
| 6002031/2025 | 18 December 2025 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6015161/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Mr S Hambly (in his capacity as executor of the estate of Angela Hambly (deceased)) | Bond Oxborough Phillips | England & Wales | £29,279 |
| 3304606/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Did not attend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6027443/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Mr S Bass | University of Lincoln Students' Union | England & Wales | — |
| 8001085/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Mr K Hutchison | Care Support Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6037634/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Miss J McCallum | Dimension Studios | England & Wales | — |
| 1307592/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Mr J E Jagger | Prime Electrical Servies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004596/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Mr G Georgiev | FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201130/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Mark Thomas Respondents Anna Valley Limited (in administration) | Anna Valley Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £15,246 |
| 6012011/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Mr Hristo Petkov | Y-Mobility Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011241/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Dr A Abdul-Ahad | Niche Science & Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000628/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Ms K Taylor | Grampian Health Board st | Scotland | — |
| 6024097/2025 | 18 December 2025 | Terri Rowland | Dr Sheetal Majevadia, Dr Monica Green, Dr Andrew Bancroft and Dr Bryony Straw t/a Broomfield Park Medical Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 6022626/2024 | 18 December 2025 | Mr C Okpara | Ministry of Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2402941/2023 | 17 December 2025 | Mr S Butler | Capita plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2224558/2024 | 17 December 2025 | Mr A Blay, Legal Executive For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306695/2024 | 17 December 2025 | 1. Mr P Baker & 2. Ms H Armes | Chas Insurance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301011/2024 | 17 December 2025 | Miss E Vaughan | Best Risk Management and Financial Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010536/2025 | 17 December 2025 | Ms A Pesci | New Inn Barwick Ltd | England & Wales | £6,247 |
| 8002168/2024 | 17 December 2025 | Mr J Nevin | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2502650/2023 | 17 December 2025 | Mr. J. Bagley | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |