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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806360/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Mrs J Kitchen | Moffat Operations Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602056/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Neil Ingram | Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401241/2021 | 28 July 2021 | Mr J Kirk | Edward Dewhurst Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £17,809 |
| 2204021/2020 | 28 July 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2604256/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Mr D Gunn | SapproUK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321897/2019 | 28 July 2021 | Ms Beech, Pupil barrister (second six) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103321/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Member S Singh Tribunal Member G Doherty Mr K Ferguson | Represented by Mr T Cordery Barrister Instructed by Mr T Ellis Solicitor Kintail Trustees Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2207112/2020 |
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 |
| 28 July 2021 |
| Mr K Roberts |
| Nextgenaccess Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1806197/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Mr J Gallimore | A Khan Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305879/2018 | 28 July 2021 | Miss H Platt (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802059/2021 | 28 July 2021 | Miss C Houghton | SSAAA Convenience Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3212761/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Mr K Thorndick | Munihire Operated Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402337/2021 | 28 July 2021 | U Chothia | E.ON Energy Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307854/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Miss E. Tonge | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1310707/2020 | 28 July 2021 | Miss J McWilliams | Bob Evans Inns Limited | England & Wales | £3,602 |
| 1300484/2021 | 27 July 2021 | Mr D Jones, Counsel For the Third Claimant: Not in attendance For the | Mr A Moore, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3303536/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Ms S Mohammed | Tesco Stores Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2203259/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Ms B Jeronimo Candia | Arcadis Human Resources Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204732/2020 | 27 July 2021 | — | Mpofu v Hastens Beds UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201910/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Ms F Dolcy | Beautiful Body Company UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1311064/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Mr P D Sinnassamy | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1309217/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Miss T Storer | Crowd Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414341/2019 | 27 July 2021 | Mr C Fagan Mr L Dickinson Respondent BES Metering Services Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2407524/2021 | 27 July 2021 | Mr M Fisher | James Parkington | England & Wales | — |
| 3325130/2019 | 27 July 2021 | Mr Nilesh Kumar Joshi | Lumbini Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | £46,206 |
| 1601371/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Mrs Cairns, Mrs Deacy & Mrs Richardson | Newport County Council and The Governing Body of High Cross School | England & Wales | — |
| 2303177/2020 | 27 July 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4105444/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Tinnion Mr. William MacDonald | Northstone (NI) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1807146/2020 | 27 July 2021 | C McPhee | Reds True Barbecue Ltd. AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £239 |
| 2304367/2019 | 27 July 2021 | Ms M Wynter | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 3219999/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Chantale Romain | British Airways Cityflyer Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306659/2020 | 27 July 2021 | Miss K Blake | Infosys BPM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105602/2020 | 27 July 2021 | member O’Hagan Tribunal member Taggart Ms S Richards | Represented by: Herself T Squared Shared Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304682/2019 | 27 July 2021 | Mr P von Roggenhausen | Abellio London Ltd Heard by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 2601780/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Ms S Crawshay-Williams of Counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402140/2021 | 26 July 2021 | Mr L Stojka | Skanska plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202492/2019 | 26 July 2021 | (1) Mrs Rachael Rogers (2) Mr Michael Rogers (3) Mr Elliot Rogers | FTSS UK Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £506 |
| 2501210/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Soufiane Amajane | Metroline Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312570/2020 | 26 July 2021 | In person. For the | Mr T Goldup (Consultant). | England & Wales | — |
| 2502150/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Miss CA Graham | High Howdon Social Club and Institute | England & Wales | £4,871 |
| 1311250/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mrs G Oles, Lay Representative (claimant’s wife) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401930/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mrs A Franczak | Allied Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104614/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Member McColl Tribunal Member Taylor Mr C Devlin | Surface Ships Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1404665/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mr J Martin | Golden Gecko Climbing Limited | England & Wales | £7,968 |
| 1401570/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mr A J Foster | Arkaya Energy Ltd Mr K Sharma Heard By: CVP | England & Wales | £2,579 |
| 1403321/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mr J Hensman | Kungfu Fareham Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302627/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mr G Lee (Solicitor). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312621/2020 | 26 July 2021 | Mr J Rhodes | Booker Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308043/2019 | 26 July 2021 | Mr A Johnston - Counsel For the | Mr C Baran – Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2413835/2019 | 26 July 2021 | Mr K Williams | British Gas-Centrica | England & Wales | — |