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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501413/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr Lee Hart | Amber Film & Photography Collective CIC | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1600396/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Miss L Mochan | R J Countryside Developments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402895/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mr S Barlow | Paul Walsh Construction Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £3,644 |
| 1405330/2020 | 23 August 2021 | In person For the | Mr J Strachan, Proprietor | England & Wales | £1,700 |
| 1600135/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mr C J Johnson | Wilco Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600272/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Nigel Griffiths | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £17,884 |
| 1300830/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mr M Gascoigne | 1 Exasoft Limited 2 10 Digital Creative Limited | 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 |
| 23 August 2021 |
| Miss R Felton |
| Meadow Farm Limited |
| England & Wales |
| £2,167 |
| 2418437/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D Smith | Seddon Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113410/2019 | 23 August 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4113410/2019 Held at Edinburgh on 25, 28, and June and July 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mrs C Brown | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1306701/2019 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs B Bradbury | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £6,212 |
| 1405984/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Miss C Hudson | Everys Solicitors Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 1403361/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D Lambert | 1 RB Buildings SW Ltd 2 Mr R Barons Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2401703/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Ms J Roberts | Indigo Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417563/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Ms M Moore | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303154/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D West | Esso Petroleum Company Limited At a preliminary hearing held | England & Wales | — |
| 4105265/2020 | 23 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4105265/2020 (V) Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on August 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr A Formella | Represented by:15 Ms Kwiatowska ` Nor-Sea Foods Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1300693/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs J White | Medicine First Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602516/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr J Matthews | R1 AL Realisations Limited (in Administration) R2 The Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy CONSENT | England & Wales | — |
| 1600287/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Caroline Archer-Jones | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £18,077 |
| 2501639/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Craig Henderson | Utility Alliance Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | £12,370 |
| 2604420/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr A Pottage | Amberon Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602503/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs K Hughes | R1 AL Realisations Limited (in Administration) R2 The Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy CONSENT | England & Wales | — |
| 4108028/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Ms R MacLeod | Represented by:15 Ms L Campbell, Solicitor H&M Hennes & Mauritz UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301258/2018 | 20 August 2021 | Julie Miller | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403537/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mrs L Quinn | Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407201/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Mr D Maracine | O'Neill Patient Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2414568/2019 | 20 August 2021 | Mr P Collins | Halton Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1602269/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Ms K Hughes | Ms A Dobbins trading as IJ and AD Dobbins | England & Wales | — |
| 1310336/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mr T Green | Smithridge Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 2206526/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Ms E Banton, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312947/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mr N Pengelly | Sainsbury Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304809/2020 | 20 August 2021 | T Sterry | Automotive Repair Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603842/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mr. L Chander | Marriott Chard | England & Wales | — |
| 2501004/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Mr David Bramwell | Nonlinear Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805892/2020 | 20 August 2021 | M Walker | Openreach Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3325429/2019 | 20 August 2021 | Miss A Richardson | Sheer Perfection Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107287/2020 | 20 August 2021 | (sitting alone) Miss Adrienne Mackie | Represented by Mr F Lefevre Solicitor Parker & Sons Ltd | Scotland | £978 |
| 3320923/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Mr Frame, Solicitor For the | Miss Henning, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3200969/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Miss G Birgiolaite | Time Wholesale Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300598/2021 | 19 August 2021 | — | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312562/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mrs L. Smith | The Works Family Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300032/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Mr T Cooley | Ocado Retail Ltd | England & Wales | £20,960 |
| 4109656/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Mr T Gallagher | IT Fleet Automotive Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804855/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mr Z Booth | DWS Realisations Limited (In creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312049/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mrs Eastman (wife of Claimant) For the | Mr Jones (consultant) | England & Wales | £5,699 |
| 2500145/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Ian Newbury | Wood Group UK Ltd PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 1302103/2019 | 19 August 2021 | Miss S Cowie | Legna Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300494/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Mr A. Mirzadeh | N D B Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409023/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mr C Simpson | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | £279 |