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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601570/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr D Wells | Wilko Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602275/2019 | 4 August 2021 | — | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | £3,478 |
| 1306798/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Francis Mortin, counsel | Mr David Mayor, former director | England & Wales | £14,620 |
| 2302668/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Oshomah | First MTR South Western Trains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312523/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr R Lama | White Bear Rickmansworth Limited | England & Wales | £845 |
| 2302393/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Nosa Osawaru | Apcoa Parking Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2300072/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Ms P Malpeli | Gen2 Property Ltd | England & Wales | £2,821 |
| 2301611/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Yaw Oppong |
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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| 4100969/2020 | 4 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4100969/2020 (V)5 Held by means of the Cloud Video Platform on 12, and July 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms J Anderson Tribunal Member Ms M McAllister Miss L Milroy | Represented by:15 Ms S Mechan – Solicitor Cowden Holdings Ltd | Scotland | £7,338 |
| 1801065/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Miss K Butterfield | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £40,021 |
| 1400039/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mr P Taylor | Sunseeker International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204538/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mr R Rimal | BSS Associates Limited | England & Wales | £49,977 |
| 1400292/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mr M Marsden | Clarkson Evans Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601465/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mr L Thompson | Crassus grab hire limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801126/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mrs A Gormley | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Introducti | England & Wales | £31,993 |
| 2304368/2018 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Muhammad Bilal Rajput Mr Thishan Akmeemana | Sky UK Ltd By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1405695/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr R Nicorescu | Fast Despatch Logistic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603103/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mr P Hartzer | The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3314111/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mr Craig Coles | CVC Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407646/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Miss K Jones | Starcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100100/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr A Paterson | Invicta Trout Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2600625/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr M Wali | 2 Sister Food Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2603843/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Cherise Cooper | Poundland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807230/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs S Downing | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £12,128 |
| 2407404/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr S Prescott | B Davies & Son Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807232/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Miss C Davis | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £14,569 |
| 1303609/2019 | 3 August 2021 | Miss A Dawson | Mr C Malpass | England & Wales | — |
| 1405922/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mr P Kwiatkowski | Powis Hotels Employment Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800270/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr K Wharam | Delstar International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500102/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr Colin Cooper | Chatfields Limited (T/A Evans Halshaw) | England & Wales | — |
| 1301708/2017 | 3 August 2021 | Mr P Jackson (1) Mr A Carter (2) | Creative Digital Printing Solutions Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £13,103 |
| 2413660/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Ms P Jones | Temp Station Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807231/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs S Kerr | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £500 |
| 3312746/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Ms A | L Wing and 1 Kett Autoparts (Anglia) Limited 2 Mr B Kett 3 Mr R Gee Held by telephone on 3 August 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2409268/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mr S McEvoy | Azzurri Restaurants Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802521/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr M Bilal | ZA Enterprise | England & Wales | — |
| 2302595/2019 | 3 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203602/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr M Hala | Caffe Concerto Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600436/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr S Rimmer | Loram UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107734/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Member G Doherty Tribunal Member G Powell Mrs P Woodward | Cornerstone Community Care | Scotland | — |
| 2301422/2019 | 2 August 2021 | Mr Dillan Akers | Ace Crew Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401326/2021 | 2 August 2021 | Miss I M Phillips | Futures Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601258/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs Charles Paget | Wrexham County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200478/2019 | 2 August 2021 | Mr J H Sikder | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 1602248/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Neil John Williams | Penny & Giles Controls Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418422/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr S Walsh | Elliot Baxter & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502297/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs H Stanford | Aspers Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807227/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs J Currie | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £4,500 |
| 1807229/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr G Johnston | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £16,500 |
| 4101955/2020 | 2 August 2021 | — | Bothwell Care Ltd | Scotland | — |