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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2603869/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Mrs LM Fownes | Allison Cundell trading as Cut n Curl | England & Wales | — |
| 3200891/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr S Patel | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601867/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr M Stewart | NDT Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804160/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr J Devine | Ivegate Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303468/2019 | 21 September 2021 | Mr Gurnek Singh | Gilsons Foods Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,393 |
| 3305234/2021 | 21 September 2021 | Mr C Campbell | Crouch Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600095/2021 | 20 September 2021 | Mr M Richards | Rivus Fleet Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2304851/2019 | 20 September 2021 | Mr A Torre |
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 |
| — |
| 1600008/2019 | 20 September 2021 | Mr S Dix | Neath Port Talbot College | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2302422/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Ms S Crawshay-Williams (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2417909/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr K Vynne | Earthbound Landscapes Limited | England & Wales | £6,657 |
| 1801199/2021 | 20 September 2021 | Mrs G Harrison | J Dakshana Limited Heard on 17 September 2021 (by remote video hearing – CVP) | England & Wales | £2,480 |
| 1404961/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr R Boswell | Starspeed Training Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304176/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Miss K Clocherty | Asos plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1802836/2021 | 20 September 2021 | Miss P Bensley | J & K Retail Limited | England & Wales | £4,336 |
| 1300774/2021 | 20 September 2021 | Mr J Murphy | Redde Northgate plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304695/2019 | 20 September 2021 | Mrs M Jalloh | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304888/2020 | 20 September 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2502159/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr P Dixon | N Sign Trading Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804250/2021 | 20 September 2021 | Mr D Critchlow | Cetix Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320657/2021 | 20 September 2021 | — | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600413/2023 | 20 September 2021 | A | Nottinghamshire County Council Record of an Attended Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 3304825/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr Ghaffar | Islamic Mosque-Brent First Respondent Zia Ul Uloom - Second Respondent | England & Wales | £27,264 |
| 2305001/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mrs T Archer | Tattoo Medway Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,244 |
| 3303090/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr Myers(counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403540/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mr Smith | The Chief Constable Of Merseyside Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2301458/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Ms Mags Pawson | Ore Community Centre (The Charity) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314367/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Respondent: Mr G Baker (1) Ms L Spinks (2) v Secretary of State for Justice | — | England & Wales | £4,050 |
| 3200716/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Ms A Rifat | Supadance International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313435/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mrs B Moger | Hotelplan (UK Group) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203474/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mr B Owoh | London Central & West Unscheduled Care Collaborative | England & Wales | — |
| 1806171/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Miss M Tillotson | SMC Premier Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402839/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Mrs S Jones | Eco Montessori CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2204568/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Helen Parker Herman | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £17,835 |
| 1600361/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Ms L. Palmer | Shelley Norton Stage School Ltd HELD by: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3324770/2019 | 17 September 2021 | Mr T Piskov | Virgin Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401262/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Mr Peter Palmer | Langdon College Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105349/2020 | 17 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4105349/2020 Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on August 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms W Wallace | A Gul | Scotland | £4,779 |
| 2401493/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Neil Holden | J. Murphy & Sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307603/2020 | 17 September 2021 | DAWN STEVENS | Bizzykidz London Ltd by Cvp | England & Wales | £16,066 |
| 2300083/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mr D. Wilson | Motorline Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403040/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Mr M Sephton | Thomas Berry t/a Bickershaw Lane Garage | England & Wales | — |
| 1804846/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mr N Peterken (legal representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200561/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mrs R King | Thorpe Hall School (Essex) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3325726/2019 | 17 September 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807428/2020 | 16 September 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | £12,000 |
| 3319430/2019 | 16 September 2021 | Mr S Lorettu | Globe Trotter Suitcase Co Ltd | England & Wales | £1,192 |
| 1304978/2020 | 16 September 2021 | Ms J Gedvilaite | Pailton Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309115/2020 | 16 September 2021 | Mr D Owen | MG Motor UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303440/2021 | 16 September 2021 | Mr A Lukomski (Representative with Concilium) For the | Ms K Chrustowska (HR manager with the Respondent) Strike Out Decision – | England & Wales | — |