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Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,995 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,117 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,589 | |
| 2026 | 2,415 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6001322/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Mr S Smith | London Borough of Hackney FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6016557/2024 | 27 February 2026 | Mr R O’Keeffe, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | £15,000 |
| 4102603/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Mr Jack Fleming | Sodexo Live UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6041599/2025 | 27 February 2026 | Miss M Johnson | Leicestershire NHS Partnership Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6010684/2024 | 27 February 2026 | Shireen Asaw | Monzo Bank Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002250/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Miss Anna Cornock | Nuffield Health | England & Wales | — |
| 6012285/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Mr A Mort | Abc Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310770/2024 | 26 February 2026 | Mr M Nutt | DHL Services 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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| England & Wales |
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| 6034538/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Dr A Abuelmagd | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 8000887/2025 | 26 February 2026 | Mrs G McMurdo | Drs McNutt, Gall & Black, trading as Simpson Medical Group | Scotland | — |
| 6032044/2025 | 25 February 2026 | Mrs E Etuk | Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6034585/2025 | 25 February 2026 | Ms C Mensah | Taylor Shaw Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6026094/2025 | 25 February 2026 | Mr J Craven | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402634/2025 | 24 February 2026 | Ms J Francis | Wiltshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6020654/2025 | 24 February 2026 | Written communication withdrawing claim | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6003553/2024 | 24 February 2026 | Ms Dusunceli | Axl Hair Ltd t/a Alexander Hair Salon | England & Wales | £3,941 |
| 6032179/2025 | 24 February 2026 | Mr C Hesketh | The Phone Guys Burnham on Sea Limited | England & Wales | £750 |
| 6026216/2025 | 24 February 2026 | Steve Binks | University of Northumbria | England & Wales | — |
| 6019037/2024 | 24 February 2026 | Mrs Myra Miko | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 6037640/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Marcus Foster | Coleg Ceredigion (R1) Coleg Sir Gar (R2) University of Wales Trinity Saint David (R3) HELD AT: Mold | England & Wales | — |
| 6004874/2024 | 23 February 2026 | K Macmillan | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6033446/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Mr A Akerele | Constant Security Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6021218/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Mr C Spain | The Burlington Hotel Limited plus 3 others | England & Wales | — |
| 1402656/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Mrs H Touray Jadama | Cote Charity | England & Wales | — |
| 8003131/2025 | 23 February 2026 | Number: 8003131/2025 Miss M Moffat | Heavy Sound CIC | Scotland | £4,877 |
| 6014363/2024 | 23 February 2026 | Miss K Culling | Jennifer Peers | England & Wales | — |
| 2600820/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Mr M Blackwood | Compass Services for Children Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501899/2024 | 20 February 2026 | Mr BW Passman | Beyond Housing Limited HELD AT: Teesside Justice Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 6002985/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Renee Cunningham | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 1400381/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Ms C. Kay (CAB) | — | England & Wales | £13,350 |
| 6040511/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Brandon Williams | SD Automotive | England & Wales | — |
| 6002727/2024 | 20 February 2026 | Mr D Marcinkiewicz | Young & Co’s Brewery plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6008627/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Ms S Abdellatif | Newlaw Legal Limited | England & Wales | £4,500 |
| 6007714/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Mr A Rehman | Cardiff City Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1603396/2025 | 20 February 2026 | Miss S Owen | Mrs S Hughes t/a Studio 25 | England & Wales | — |
| 6018586/2024 | 19 February 2026 | Mr K Ciurkot | Clokken UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107417/2024 | 19 February 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107417/2024 Held in Aberdeen on and January 2026 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr Roy Reid Sinclair | Represented by Mr D Adams Solicitor James Johnston & Co. of Elgin Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6020189/2024 | 19 February 2026 | Ms J. May For the | Mr R. Chaudhry | England & Wales | — |
| 6025227/2025 | 19 February 2026 | Mr O. Lemboye | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 6003737/2025 | 19 February 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6003580/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Mrs Charlotte Amponsah | AMS Care Limited (t/a Gifford House) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202544/2023 | 18 February 2026 | Mr E Eli | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 6002980/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Mr Karinkan Conde | Carlisle Support Services Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102859/2019 | 18 February 2026 | Ms Lorraine Daisley | Represented by Mr B McKinlay Solicitor Branchton Community Centre Association | Scotland | — |
| 1401804/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Mr E Vales | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017903/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Munashe Chako | Emmaculate Care Services Ltd Heard: in Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 6005222/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Christopher Freeman | UK Truck Bodies Ltd HELD AT: Newcastle/ CVP | England & Wales | £25,740 |
| 4100743/2025 | 18 February 2026 | Mr Jamie Shanks | — | Scotland | £2,193 |
| 2410963/2023 | 18 February 2026 | Ms M Teixeira | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |