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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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1402319/2025 | 5 December 2025 | Mr M Webb | Toob Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302681/2024 | 5 December 2025 | Ms Jun Zhang | St. Paul’s School | England & Wales | — |
| 2303944/2024 | 5 December 2025 | Dr P Walker First | Voluntary Service Overseas Second Respondent: Papa Diouf | England & Wales | — |
| 6019234/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Miss Bijal Kotecha | Peepul Enterprise Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6019719/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Sochi Rosemary Omeje | P & E Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001942/2025 | 4 December 2025 | Mr W G Green | Stewart Milne Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2500568/2025 | 4 December 2025 | — | CREST (Compact for Race Equality Tyneside) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200700/2025 | 4 December 2025 | Barna Farkas | Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING 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 |
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| 2219501/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Ms Gould | Royal Academy of Music | England & Wales | — |
| 3304669/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Mrs K Farmer | Fresh Cut Video Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6020546/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Ms V Tilford | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3301922/2024 | 4 December 2025 | In person For the | Prism Electronics Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | £39,147 |
| 6016492/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Mr F Ardesi | LiveWest Homes Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6000033/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Mr Luke Billings | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | £25,753 |
| 3305977/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Newton Agyei | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6017191/2025 | 4 December 2025 | Mr J Barker | Icon Aerospace Technology Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301604/2025 | 4 December 2025 | Mr A Sangha | Dnata Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6020927/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Jade Proudman | Savage Cabbage Limited and | England & Wales | — |
| 6021972/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mr S Gdey | Metroline Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200486/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Melissa Marshall | Voiceability Advocacy | England & Wales | — |
| 6005893/2025 | 3 December 2025 | Mr Darren Over | IT Hardware & Software Ltd (in administration) HELD AT: Manchester Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £11,761 |
| 2600257/2025 | 3 December 2025 | A J Watson | Darley Abbey Village Stores Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6016231/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mrs K N P Ashfield v | Leisure Employment Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6032438/2025 | 3 December 2025 | R Long | SCP (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002986/2025 | 3 December 2025 | Mr G Foster | N B Retail Cushions Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £57,725 |
| 6013342/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mrs Adiela Barnes | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001815/2025 | 3 December 2025 | Ms A White | Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013245/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Ms Sophie Congdon | Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham | England & Wales | — |
| 3305670/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mr O E Ajoku | AG Water Road Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400374/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Miss E Robinson | Maximus UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002668/2025 | 3 December 2025 | Miss M Connor | AMW Contractors UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001255/2025 | 3 December 2025 | Mr A Moran | Halfords Autocentres Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6001277/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mrs Joanne Hance | D and G Café Ltd | England & Wales | £7,506 |
| 6005904/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Kanwaljit Bal | The Sofa and Chair Company (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,236 |
| 6030526/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Gavin Jenkins | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 6020123/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Mr J Walker | Great Places Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2601372/2023 | 2 December 2025 | Mr K Sargeant | Chinook Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007075/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr Andrea Scaburri | Hackett Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017118/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Ms D Jakus-Szampor | Lee-Anne Plumb R1 Alexanderplumb Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) R2 | England & Wales | £8,054 |
| 1602114/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr K Edwards | Stark Building Materials UK Ltd t/a Jewsons | England & Wales | — |
| 1800309/2025 | 2 December 2025 | 1. Miss S Ali 2. Mr A Choudry | W Brook & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002667/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr Bilal Mohammed | AD&SB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6024865/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr J Crabtree | People Asset Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6023363/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Ms K Hering née Ahonle | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313411/2020 | 2 December 2025 | Mr M Strutt | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304174/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Mr O. Hassan | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £39,300 |
| 6001836/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Mr C Letch | Go South Coast Ltd t/a Morebus | England & Wales | — |
| 6026888/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Mr Y Sharma | UCEA Capital Partners | England & Wales | — |
| 6002782/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Ms Ninka Duval | The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery or Goldsmiths of the City of London, commonly known as The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths | England & Wales | — |
| 1406257/2023 | 1 December 2025 | Mr A Carter | Atelier Homes Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £16,676 |