Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2207418/2020 | 12 August 2021 | Mr I Quainoo | WGC Limited | England & Wales | £46,544 |
| 2601419/2021 | 12 August 2021 | Ms S Duckett | L H Group Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207666/2020 | 12 August 2021 | Mr. Peter Tyrrell | Terra-Cotta Warriors Ltd. | England & Wales | £2,803 |
| 1405868/2020 | 11 August 2021 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401187/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Ms G Bircham | Whitbread Group plc Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2302078/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Miss D Mare | Datto Europe Ltd & Mr D Moore | England & Wales | — |
| 4107995/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Members: Mr A Grant Mrs E Farrell Mr V Kodra | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £10,927 |
| 1805316/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Miss Gemma Batty | The Woof Inn 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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| 2202050/2021 | 11 August 2021 | Mrs J Drackett | Marks and Spencer plc PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2301723/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Mr N Shepherd | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3213620/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Marian Florin Franga | White Rose Restaurant Limited | England & Wales | £1,050 |
| 3200529/2021 | 11 August 2021 | Miss I Sava | LBP (UK) Ltd Heard: East London Hearing Centre (by Cloud Video Platform) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104833/2020 | 11 August 2021 | D McFarlane Z Van Zwanenberg Mr S Murphy | SM Bayne & Co Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1400317/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr A George | Peter Cox Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305879/2019 | 10 August 2021 | Mr D Locke | West Midlands Fire Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1404763/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Miss Sylwia Kruczkowska | Zerographic Systems Limited | England & Wales | £704 |
| 1800592/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr C Simpson | Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Ltd T/a Omexom | England & Wales | — |
| 2601558/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr. M Skubis | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3312727/2020 | 10 August 2021 | — | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404724/2020 | 10 August 2021 | in person For the | Mr S Emery (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 1311159/2020 | 10 August 2021 | In Person For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4111111/2019 | 10 August 2021 | Mr P Costello | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4106953/2020 | 10 August 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106953/2020 Hearing Held at Edinburgh on and June 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Mr Colin Hutton | Timberbush Tours Limited | Scotland | £415 |
| 3313342/2019 | 10 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1405480/2019 | 10 August 2021 | Mr C Allen | Viva Living Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408822/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Mr J Platts | Baker & Baker Products UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2424418/2017 | 10 August 2021 | — | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2419569/2020 | 10 August 2021 | — | Grayston v Senior Aerospace Weston Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406516/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Paul Maidment | EQ Acoustics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416049/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Mr P Bryant | European Braking Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2604000/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Mr Simon Lumley | William Hill Organisation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405598/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Mr B Sharratt | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406225/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Written Representations For the First | Written Representations For the Second Respondent: Written Representations | England & Wales | — |
| 2500313/2021 | 9 August 2021 | Mr K Giusti | Avant Homes Limited Heard: Remotely (by telephone) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409046/2020 | 9 August 2021 | David Ravenscroft | People Dynamix Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3315988/2019 | 9 August 2021 | Ms C German | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | £1,767 |
| 3321596/2019 | 9 August 2021 | In person For the | Mr L Ashwood, solicitor UNANIMOUS | England & Wales | £731 |
| 1402575/2020 | 9 August 2021 | Mr J Walker | Blue Group UK Retail Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500465/2021 | 9 August 2021 | Miss C Merryweather | ABC Childcare Centre SR Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202407/2019 | 9 August 2021 | Mr R Hanus | IECC Care Limited | England & Wales | £2,759 |
| 3325825/2019 | 9 August 2021 | Ms C Joseph | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4100036/2021 | 9 August 2021 | Mr P Cebula | Represented by: A Sierant Consultant Nickam Limited | Scotland | £3,110 |
| 4107885/2021 | 9 August 2021 | Mr Michael Curley | SR Technics UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304787/2019 | 9 August 2021 | Miss Donna Haughton | Tjx UK | England & Wales | — |
| 4109604/2019 | 9 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109604/2019 Mr K Parker | Border Cars Group Ltd (in Administration) | Scotland | £2,519 |
| 2500213/2020 | 9 August 2021 | Mr I T Pattison | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2207891/2020 | 8 August 2021 | Mr J-P Moussy | Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408841/2020 | 6 August 2021 | Mr T Gane | Bupa Insurance Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324971/2019 | 6 August 2021 | Ms J Selway | Alfa Coaches Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502519/2019 | 6 August 2021 | Mrs H Zaitoun | The Newcastle-upon-Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |