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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803766/2021 | 27 September 2021 | In person For the | Mr M Simpson (director and owner of the Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600129/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Mr G Bull | Cardiff City Football Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401536/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Miss N Cottle | Three Sleeping Bears Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301191/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Mrs E Widdrington | Maple Dental Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2306085/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Mr Brady | Verisure Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3323605/2019 | 27 September 2021 | Mr C Hagues | And Moto Hospitality Limited Held by CVP on 4 and 5 August 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2407193/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Christopher Trousdale | The Little Greene Paint Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
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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| 1601725/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Mr C Williams | Procter Brothers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600159/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Ms S Collins | Mr R Marshall Mr N Anderson Mr R Dyson Mr P Gay (all Trustees of Caerphilly Golf Club, an unincorporated association) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400176/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Miss N Al Shawi | Triple J K Investments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804162/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Mr. Z Berhane | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302132/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Ms J Lupton | Ms O Balay | England & Wales | — |
| 1802688/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Ms L Dunn | Utilta Telesales Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2406368/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Mr P O’Brien | Levenday Limited Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3334389/2018 | 27 September 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3320197/2019 | 27 September 2021 | Mr I Browne (counsel) For the | Mr S Sim (senior litigation consultant) | England & Wales | £14,445 |
| 1406417/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Mr P Messenger | Horndean Tyres Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301295/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Ms T Ross | Clan Entertainment Ltd T/a Glasgow Clan Ice Hockey Club | England & Wales | £6,107 |
| 3306375/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Mr Szymon Sieja | Kovacs Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300894/2019 | 25 September 2021 | S Unthank | Spire Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | £55,320 |
| 2407680/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Miss G Nightingale | Meadows Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415089/2019 | 24 September 2021 | Mr R Curran | Doosan Babcock Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305917/2020 | 24 September 2021 | Mr D Gray-Jones (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3203246/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr M Lawrence | Shawbrook Bank Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200440/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Miss D Okai | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300501/2021 | 24 September 2021 | In person. Assisted by an Interpreter: Mrs F Moussa (Translation - Somali). For the | Mr L Ashwood (Solicitor). | England & Wales | — |
| 1802318/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Miss A Lovewell | Cold Temperature Refrigeration Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1803449/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr G Jopp Mr L Campbell Mrs W Ulrich | Northern Holiday Lodges | England & Wales | — |
| 2407408/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr A Wilson | Unity Resourcing Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402754/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr D Winfindale | Paul Hammond t/a Hammond Camper Beds and Upholstery | England & Wales | £3,286 |
| 2200394/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr R Corr | Eurocentres Global Language Learning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402758/2020 | 24 September 2021 | Mr B Mistry | Ofsted | England & Wales | — |
| 1306785/2020 | 24 September 2021 | David Johnson | European Electronique Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500955/2021 | 24 September 2021 | Mr S Bullock | Trinity Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200208/2020 | 24 September 2021 | Mr M Hadj Rabia | Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure Ltd. | England & Wales | £250 |
| 3200460/2019 | 24 September 2021 | Miss D Lazenby | Sky Handling Partner Ltd. | England & Wales | £10,333 |
| 3312444/2020 | 24 September 2021 | Mr M Gerber | Honeypot Group Ltd Barnet Football Club Academy Limited | England & Wales | £3,871 |
| 3324027/2019 | 24 September 2021 | Mr M Sims | Coretex Industries | England & Wales | — |
| 3200988/2020 | 24 September 2021 | Mr C Cooke | Greenwich Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331735/2018 | 23 September 2021 | Ms S Bewley (Counsel). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2206571/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Ms G Churchhouse (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201766/2021 | 23 September 2021 | Mr C Foot | The App Experts Limited STRIKE-OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 4100970/2020 | 23 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100970/2020 (V) Expenses Judgment per Written Submissions: Members’ Meeting on August 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: P McColl Tribunal Member: A Grant Robert O’Neill | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2401728/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Mrs A Amin | OBBS Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105461/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Tinnion Mr. Darren Amers | ,15 Advocate DR Collin & Son. Ltd. | Scotland | £10,434 |
| 1601847/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Mr E Evans | 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2604379/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Mr D Eite | LB Specialist Cars Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603993/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Miss D Trench | Mr H Patel | England & Wales | — |
| 2501897/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Mr F Hombarume | Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |