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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300044/2021 | 23 September 2021 | Mrs S Soffe | Group Momentum (Salons) Ltd | England & Wales | £15,013 |
| 2407695/2021 | 23 September 2021 | Mr T Coe | Amey plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2501897/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Mr F Hombarume | Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300662/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Miss M Darko | Ladbroke Betting and Gaming Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309117/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Miss J Duane, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2206042/2020 | 23 September 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2601186/2021 | 23 September 2021 | Mr S Rockley | Gedling Borough Council AT A FULL HEARING HEARD BY CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3200390/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Ms R Leher | Aspers (Stratford City) 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 |
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| 2604379/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Mr D Eite | LB Specialist Cars Ltd | 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 | — |
| 2402549/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Mr C Smith | Veolia ES Merseyside & Halton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312366/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Ms L Hatch (Counsel). For the | Mr P Collyer (Tribunal Advocate). | England & Wales | — |
| 4100478/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Ms Una Kelly | Tennis and Bowling Club | Scotland | £486 |
| 2304168/2019 | 22 September 2021 | Ms N Toms | Greenwich Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304254/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Mr D Phillips | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3335425/2018 | 22 September 2021 | in person For the | Mrs P Hall, consultant | England & Wales | £3,616 |
| 1406244/2019 | 22 September 2021 | Mr Alan Simmons | Hampshire Fire And Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2500497/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr C Martin | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301092/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Mr J Williams | Premier Display Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £9,146 |
| 1401844/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Miss S Bedingfield | Investec Wealth and Investment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400368/2021 | 22 September 2021 | in person For the | Ms C Helling, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1600279/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr D Boswell | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £13,263 |
| 2201768/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Ms S Marazzi | Islington (T) Hairdressing Ltd T/A Toni & Guy | England & Wales | — |
| 2306153/2020 | 22 September 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2307440/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Miss M Kusemwa | Anchor Hanover Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2300731/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr O Olayinka | Duval Eye | England & Wales | — |
| 1311377/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Mr N Bromage | VA Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £41,168 |
| 2303131/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Mr W Spire | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102730/2020 | 22 September 2021 | : Mr J Burnett Mr Ashraf Ms Kathleen Graham | Rape Crisis Scotland | Scotland | £51,824 |
| 2308368/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Mr Z Valimulla | Al-Khair Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2300827/2020 | 22 September 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600038/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Ms E Brooks | Spa Residential Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204133/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr O Forcucci | PP Retail UK Ltd | England & Wales | £2,785 |
| 3303718/2020 | 22 September 2021 | Ms I. Vaduva Mrs R. Sava Mr N. Viorel | Aspen Care Village Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400950/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr Jose Fonseca | Pilgrim’s Pride Limited (previously Tulip Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806033/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mrs H Kabobo | Villa Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303468/2019 | 21 September 2021 | Mr Gurnek Singh | Gilsons Foods Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,393 |
| 3304133/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mr S Crosswell | Hillcrest (UK) Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2603869/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mrs LM Fownes | Allison Cundell trading as Cut n Curl | England & Wales | — |
| 2308354/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mrs Burton (Claimant’s wife) For the | Ms Tetley (HR consultant) | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 3303421/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr S Mackney | L D Autovogue | England & Wales | — |
| 3212850/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Ms D Cheung | Clarity Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200891/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr S Patel | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403494/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Ms S Child Respondent Crown Prosecution Service PRELIMINARY HEARING | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313735/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mr P Callaway | IBI International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804160/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr J Devine | Ivegate Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305234/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr C Campbell | Crouch Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334895/2018 | 21 September 2021 | Mr T Kisielis | Kj & J Laidlaw Ltd T/a Exhibit Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1802712/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr P Wilson | Cowshed Burgers | England & Wales | — |
| 3303467/2019 | 21 September 2021 | Mr Pavitter Singh | Gilsons Foods Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,276 |