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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3220044/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr Diego Burzotta | Ristorante Cucina Ltd | England & Wales | £6,000 |
| 1405545/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mrs T Vinogradova | Sussex Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | £3,060 |
| 2207706/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr C Davis | And Excelredstone Converged Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £8,867 |
| 1802058/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr S Lloyd (Unite) For the | — | England & Wales | £5,690 |
| 2206162/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr A McNiven | Stena Drilling Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500349/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Ms C Wood | Rejoy Beauty Limited | England & Wales | £1,250 |
| 3325777/2019 | 5 May 2021 | Mrs Sepi Sarabandi | API Engineering (O & G) Limited Mr M Robinson | England & Wales | £18,276 |
| 3305214/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr K Barclay | Cherwell Electrical Supplies 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 |
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| 3307520/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr D Christopher | Maximus UK Services Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 1403398/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mrs Carolyn Davis | Folio Print Finishing limited | England & Wales | £17,382 |
| 1306107/2019 | 5 May 2021 | Mr K Derbyshire | Tower 23 Ltd t/a Pizza Hut | England & Wales | — |
| 2408653/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr Paul Clapham | Sefton Meadows Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800918/2021 | 5 May 2021 | Mr J Wood | Curtis Contract Furniture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502282/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Miss N Richardson | Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104632/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr. Gary Train | — | Scotland | — |
| 2302993/2020 | 5 May 2021 | Mr P Page | Norse Commercial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303381/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mrs Rebecca Winkworth Mrs Shirley Rosan | West Ewell Stores Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,499 |
| 2402641/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Ms E Janovszki | Gerrards of Swinton Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3312175/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mr C Demetriou | Why Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405038/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Robert Parkin of Counsel For the | Mohammad Saleem, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3201519/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Miss N Browne-Marke | NR Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | £16,004 |
| 2417551/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mr S Collister | Lakeland Cosmetics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415220/2019 | 4 May 2021 | Ms E Beynon | Countrywide Property Lawyers Ltd T/A Countrywide Conveyancing Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1310701/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mr P Hunter-Finn (Claimant’s brother) For the | D W Estates & Leisure Ltd T/a Inn-Credible Pub Co | England & Wales | — |
| 2201696/2020 | 4 May 2021 | — | De Marchi v London United Busways Ltd and Abellio London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106830/2020 | 4 May 2021 | (sitting alone) Mr S Anwar | Pizza Cake Ayr Ltd t/a Domino’s Pizza | Scotland | — |
| 1403727/2020 | 4 May 2021 | In Person For the | Ofsted | England & Wales | — |
| 3301098/2021 | 4 May 2021 | Miss Harkin, Friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204768/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mr K Adubango | Maverick Pubs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3329263/2017 | 4 May 2021 | Mr A Hanif | Sanctuary Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3202508/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Ms F Cavecchi | Pentagon Tile Distributors Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3202413/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Ms J Copeland | Manor of Groves Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303049/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Dr R J Heal | University of Warwick and others (see annex A) Date: 6 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2202688/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mrs HARMONY HAMBLY-SMITH | Mr Simon De Pury | England & Wales | — |
| 1403892/2020 | 4 May 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104696/2020 | 4 May 2021 | 15 Represented by:- Ms J Barnett, Consultant 20 Be Military Fit Ltd (in Company | — | Scotland | £8,926 |
| 3320789/2019 | 4 May 2021 | Mr O Wuraola | London Borough of Barnet | England & Wales | — |
| 1602374/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Miss K Davies | Gellifawr LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3334666/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Mr S Hersant | Adelie Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102768/2020 | 4 May 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102768/2020 (A) Held on April 20215 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mrs A Duncan | Midbrae Inn Limited | Scotland | £13,962 |
| 2206121/2020 | 3 May 2021 | Mr H Allen | Kin and Carta Create Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303160/2018 | 2 May 2021 | Ms M Dabrowska, Consultant For the | Ms Y Montaz, Senior Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 4107418/2020 | 1 May 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107418/2020 Mr C Gorman | Represented by: Mr A Wallace - Solicitor James Dalgety | Scotland | — |
| 4107640/2021 | 1 May 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107640/2021 Mr V Shaikh | , friend Tattu Manchester Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1805217/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Ms S Earl | Castleford Bowling Club Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £1,551 |
| 2206790/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Miss R Maddock | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1402540/2020 | 30 April 2021 | In person, assisted by his wife | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403087/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr M Moody | Francis Morland | England & Wales | — |
| 4100592/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Member Ms Z van Zwanenberg Tribunal Member Mr D Frew Mr P Rzepka | Amazon UK Services Limited | Scotland | £10,589 |
| 1601730/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Miss S McCarthy and Miss P Abbate | Blue Sunrise | England & Wales | — |