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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6022490/2024 | 17 February 2026 | Mr G Shahzad | Softcat plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6010844/2025 | 17 February 2026 | Mr S Hindson | Bell Truck Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6043871/2025 | 17 February 2026 | N Prytulskiy | Itaewon Korean Hub Limited | England & Wales | £218 |
| 6006764/2025 | 17 February 2026 | Mr D Taylor | Capital Service Group Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1306010/2024 | 17 February 2026 | Mr W Packwood | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600211/2025 | 17 February 2026 | Mrs P Johal | Dr K Chani and Dr D Rudin trading as The Arnold Dental and Implant Centre (a partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 8001796/2025 | 17 February 2026 | A. Salas Garcia | Amiable People Limited t/a Blossom Home Care | Scotland | — |
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 |
| 2306120/2023 |
| 17 February 2026 |
| Kevin Gubbins |
| Marsden Nurseries Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 6014676/2025 | 16 February 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8002214/2025 | 16 February 2026 | — | FPSG Connect Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £32,238 |
| 6020467/2025 | 16 February 2026 | D T Morrissey | Sovereign | England & Wales | — |
| 1402267/2025 | 16 February 2026 | Mr B Palmer | Activ8 For Kids Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6009692/2024 | 16 February 2026 | Miss Laura Smith | Great Places Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 1306383/2024 | 16 February 2026 | Ms V Loughlin | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6037945/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Ms F Bailey-Jones | The Grooming Room (MH) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401235/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Mr M Roy (1) Mr L Ollis (2) | LC Precision Engineering Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £8,670 |
| 6021584/2024 | 13 February 2026 | D Robinson-Young (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £2,100 |
| 2402085/2024 | 13 February 2026 | (1) Miss S Glynn (2) Mrs T Bryant | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2413727/2023 | 13 February 2026 | Mr Karim Askar | Playdale Playgrounds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6022461/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Mr James Morrison | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6026142/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Mr M Puttock | Nightingale Coaches | England & Wales | — |
| 6038088/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Mr M D Vasile | United Response | England & Wales | — |
| 6019282/2024 | 13 February 2026 | Mr T Makinde | Amazing Angels Care Limited | England & Wales | £18,271 |
| 6029132/2025 | 13 February 2026 | Miss R Gibbs | Randox Health London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004352/2025 | 12 February 2026 | Mark Edwards | M&E Pro Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2308744/2025 | 12 February 2026 | Ms H Razii Ryall | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 6018637/2024 | 12 February 2026 | Mark Gauld | The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2304577/2024 | 12 February 2026 | Mr Baljit Singh | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2308752/2025 | 12 February 2026 | Ms C Toomey | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 2308728/2025 | 12 February 2026 | Mrs A-M Flower | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 3300100/2025 | 12 February 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6000552/2024 | 12 February 2026 | Cecilia Canha | Zvc UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6018616/2024 | 12 February 2026 | Miss C Thomas | Two Counties Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500189/2025 | 12 February 2026 | Ms D. Coates | Abbeyfield Northumbria ( a company limited by guarantee) | England & Wales | — |
| 6021329/2024 | 12 February 2026 | MR CHARLES (FRIEND) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6007405/2024 | 11 February 2026 | Stanley I Dowling | Yo Sushi | England & Wales | £32,594 |
| 1600113/2024 | 11 February 2026 | Mr M C Jones | Kronospan Ltd. HELD AT: Mold | England & Wales | £26,018 |
| 2301233/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mr A Richards | Minds Matter (Trading Activities) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001581/2025 | 11 February 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001581/2025 Held in Dundee by Cloud Video Platform on February 2026 Employment Judge J M Hendry Ms Caitlin Marie Samson | The Hair & Beauty Mill Ltd | Scotland | £2,643 |
| 6002837/2024 | 11 February 2026 | Miss G Alexander | The Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 8002866/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mr R Gibb | Crowood Hotel Ltd | Scotland | £14,718 |
| 6006198/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mr J Contreras | Gamma Energy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6026992/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mr N W Khan | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3305730/2024 | 11 February 2026 | Ms S Perlberg | The Charles Kalms, Henry Ronson Immanuel College | England & Wales | — |
| 4103105/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mr R Forsyth | Crawford Flooring (Hamilton) Limited | Scotland | £40,629 |
| 2406659/2024 | 11 February 2026 | Miss Kira Greenwood | J D Wetherspoon plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6010567/2025 | 11 February 2026 | Mrs C Stanley | Zebra Technologies Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502121/2024 | 10 February 2026 | Mrs San Juan Furones | Elite Embroidery Limited Heard By: Newcastle Employment Tribunal By: Cloud Video Platform (CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805847/2025 | 10 February 2026 | Mrs S En Najy | Now Student Living Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6029897/2025 | 10 February 2026 | R Manyura | South Cliff LIMITED | England & Wales | — |