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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4107944/2021 | 25 June 2021 | Mr M Fitzgibbon | Represented by: Mr N MacDougall Advocate Instructed by: Ms D Robertson Solicitor Norbord Europe Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1403000/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Representing herself For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202198/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Ms G. Acton | Mr M. Basim | England & Wales | — |
| 2301595/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr T Simon | Avance Consulting (Europe) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304797/2018 | 25 June 2021 | In person For the | Mr T Hussain, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 3200349/2021 | 25 June 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301579/2021 | 25 June 2021 | K Solomon | ABM facilitates servies | England & Wales | — |
| 1805866/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mrs A Sokolova | Humdinger 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 |
| £16,796 |
| 3335221/2018 | 25 June 2021 | In person For all of the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2604304/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr A. Patel Second Claimant: Mrs J. Patel First | Mr. Vasaf Ali trading as Bulwell Convenience Store and Bulwell News Second Respondent: Mr. Sajed Ali | England & Wales | — |
| 2406355/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr A Macauley | City of Liverpool College | England & Wales | — |
| 2603117/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr S J Asher | Queniborough Aluminium Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310365/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mrs AT Williamson | South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601985/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr L Ford | Powys Teaching Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3313276/2019 | 25 June 2021 | Mr J Cooper | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2408671/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Ms S Stanley | Sofology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404549/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr N Brockley, counsel For the | Mr M Edgar, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2205921/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr J-F Lecas | CDNetworks Europe Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416662/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs C Anderson | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | £1,889 |
| 1406568/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr J Loxham | Adl Care Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2302946/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr Monir Nasseredine | Safetycare (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £88,519 |
| 1406127/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr A Neshev | White Cloud Laundry And Linen Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404589/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs S Denwood | Advinia Health Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405764/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Miss N Giles | Lion House Dentistry | England & Wales | — |
| 3313253/2019 | 24 June 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600353/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Ms. AJ Brailsford | Wm Supermarkets plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2308311/2020 | 24 June 2021 | — | Velvindron v AL Murad D.I.Y. Ltd | England & Wales | £9,372 |
| 1310241/2020 | 24 June 2021 | in person For the | Ms R Dawson – Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3301366/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Mr D Kowalewicz | Rentokil Initial UK Limited t/a Rentokil Specialist Hygiene UPON APPLICATION made by letter dated email of 4 June 2021 to reconsider the | England & Wales | — |
| 4114726/2019 | 24 June 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114726/2019 (V) Hearing at Edinburgh on November 2020, and by Cloud Video Platform on and May 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: M McAllister Tribunal Member: M-C McFarlane Allan Jones | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2405457/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Miss PE Hyde | The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2415093/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr P Ormerod | Blue Group UK Retail Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4107677/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs Virginia Sutters | Represented by Ms M Dalziel Solicitor Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | Scotland | — |
| 2201421/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr D Stephenson, Counsel For the First | Nigeria High Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 2401424/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs P Kane | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | £4,218 |
| 2418114/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr Alan King | Cheshire Industrial Doors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302267/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs C Barker | Petngam Wongprasert | England & Wales | £26,030 |
| 2203664/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Ms Z Nzewi | Cordant Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405259/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr Leonard Hemming | Island Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601287/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs T Cannon | South Normanton Community Interest Company At a Full hearing By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1805243/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr C Highe | S P Crowther and Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309972/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Mr R Mapembe | Slough Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301878/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr O Ajayi-Obe | Oxygen 8 Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,012 |
| 2401435/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs B White | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | £6,098 |
| 2600075/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Mr K Cresswell | FCC Environment UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600344/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Mr K Tagoe | Explore Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201903/2021 | 24 June 2021 | (1) Mrs K Williams (2) Mr A Cooper (3) Ms M Latham (4) Mr P Thompson (5) Ms N Solanki (6) Ms M Sharp (7) Ms J Postins (8) Mr K Mole (9) Ms L Middleton (10) Ms N Price (11) Mrs E Page | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303494/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr I Ahmed (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1602061/2020 | 23 June 2021 | Mr D Perkins | The Best Connection Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300844/2019 | 23 June 2021 | Mrs N Ashitey | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |