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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502297/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs H Stanford | Aspers Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305676/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr I Pettifer (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803364/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr U Hayat | Care Quality Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 4108018/2021 | 2 August 2021 | — | Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1601258/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs Charles Paget | Wrexham County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4107270/2020 | 2 August 2021 | R Martin | J Stevenson (solicitor) The Greenhouse Community CIC | Scotland | — |
| 3301951/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr M Grabowski | Dnata Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807228/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr R Bartlett | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP |
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 |
| £8,000 |
| 1401326/2021 | 2 August 2021 | Miss I M Phillips | Futures Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100591/2021 | 2 August 2021 | 15 In Person Tela Technology Ltd | 20 Represented by Ms Tracy Newman-Malin Head of HR 25 | Scotland | — |
| 4101955/2020 | 2 August 2021 | — | Bothwell Care Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3200478/2019 | 2 August 2021 | Mr J H Sikder | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2418422/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr S Walsh | Elliot Baxter & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200663/2021 | 1 August 2021 | Mr B Knight | Off Broadway Limited | England & Wales | £2,999 |
| 2201304/2022 | 1 August 2021 | Miss P P Ponzi | 1 Lewis & Graves Partnership Ltd 2 Pendergate Ltd t/a Kindred 3 St Mary’s & St John’s CE School | England & Wales | — |
| 2206966/2021 | 1 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204943/2019 | 31 July 2021 | Ms P Mathur (Counsel) | Mr J Forbes (Husband of First Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300267/2018 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs K Healey | CNH 2016 Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300635/2019 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs C Muddle | Amity Blinds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108520/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mr S Napier | Kier Group plc | Scotland | — |
| 2502093/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr R Cooper | Hubbway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200857/2019 | 30 July 2021 | Mr S Street | Super Break Mini-Holidays (in administration) | England & Wales | £89,382 |
| 2602917/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs R Bemrose and Mrs B Hassell | TSRC Property Services Ltd | England & Wales | £17,708 |
| 2303474/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr G Tyler | Mr Vik Patel, partner, in the firm of SVA Car Lamps & Body Panels | England & Wales | £6,300 |
| 1600515/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mr. D Watts | Vydex Corporation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200168/2020 | 30 July 2021 | (1) Miss D Gray (2) Mrs K Smith | Rise Park Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3330949/2018 | 30 July 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312885/2021 | 30 July 2021 | In person For the | Mr J Crozier . | England & Wales | — |
| 3202649/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr M Sheehan | Warley Park Ltd / Muhibur Rahman | England & Wales | £9,152 |
| 2301666/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Ms L Jimenez | Landlord Safety First | England & Wales | — |
| 1405908/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr T S Lander | Yeomans Limited Heard on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 3200397/2019 | 30 July 2021 | Mr J Farley | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | — |
| 4107943/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mr G Ferguson | Scottish Water Business Stream Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2419574/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Ms A Ball | Chevron Technical Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102302/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Members: Mr I Ashraf Mr W Muir Mr L Smith | Represented by – Mr G Bathgate Solicitor Tesco Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1805419/2020 | 29 July 2021 | B Demeter | Seafresh AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3200419/2021 | 29 July 2021 | Ms Claudia Tabares | Bugbusters UK Ltd | England & Wales | £4,363 |
| 4101893/2020 | 29 July 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4101893/2020 Held at Edinburgh on 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, (25), and th February 2021 with Deliberation on and March 2021 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Ms E A Gibson | Assisted by Ms C Downie, friend Moore House School Limited (Moore House | Scotland | £2,820 |
| 2416540/2019 | 29 July 2021 | Mr N Muhammad | Jamiat Ul-Muslimeen | England & Wales | — |
| 2604511/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Mr O Price | Telecom Service Centres Ltd t/a Webhelp UK | England & Wales | — |
| 3304162/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Ms S Jones | Revolution Zero CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2603155/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Mr T Morgan | Rolec Services Ltd | England & Wales | £14,955 |
| 2407393/2021 | 29 July 2021 | Mr Z Ahmed | FAR Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500046/2021 | 29 July 2021 | Mr J Jones | Oceaneering International Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307734/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Mr D Lee father For the | Mr W Lane, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2306123/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Ms Sally Geldard | Roost Restaurant Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304904/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Mr J Eskis | Alternative Maintenance Services Ltd | England & Wales | £4,179 |
| 1302947/2021 | 29 July 2021 | Mr D Kumar | Wrexfix Civil Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321957/2019 | 29 July 2021 | Mr K P Hobbs | Land and Water Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310254/2020 | 29 July 2021 | Miss L Williams | Citysprint (UK) Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |