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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3302542/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr D. Stephenson (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601496/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Mrs J Grant | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2205678/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Ms A Blay | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 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 |
| 1802863/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr J Duxbury | University of Huddersfield FINAL HEARING Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £107,795 |
| 3324712/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Mrs S Worters | Thomas Ridley And Son Limited | England & Wales | £7,488 |
| 1601730/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Miss S McCarthy and Miss P Abbate | Blue Sunrise | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 2302086/2020 |
| 30 April 2021 |
| Mrs J. Huggett |
| Sprint Engineering & Lubricants Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1804649/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Messrs Elliott, David, Agley and others (see attached schedule) First | CGTR 2020 Realisations Limited (formerly Custom Group Trading Limited (In Administration) Second Respondent: The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: By Telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 1403087/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr M Moody | Francis Morland | England & Wales | — |
| 2501405/2020 | 30 April 2021 | C Woodland | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1406201/2019 | 30 April 2021 | In person For the | Bonmarche Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201876/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr B Cuthbert | The Grange Management (holdings) Ltd | England & Wales | £104,659 |
| 3314861/2020 | 30 April 2021 | N Copus | Intu Uxbridge | England & Wales | — |
| 2204788/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Mr P Bownes, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | £412 |
| 2301323/2019 | 30 April 2021 | In person with assistance from Ms C Brown (daughter) For the | Ms J Charalambous (litigation consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 1310836/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Ms S Boston | Clearabee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402540/2020 | 30 April 2021 | In person, assisted by his wife | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3319510/2019 | 30 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £359 |
| 3300115/2021 | 30 April 2021 | In person For the | Kumar v Wizard Consultancy Services Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £30,220 |
| 4100363/2021 | 30 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4100363/2021 Mr M Venckus | Ultimate Car Wash Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2205791/2019 | 29 April 2021 | — | Tunisair (also known as Societe Tunisienne de l'Air) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405359/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr Steven Miles | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601543/2018 | 29 April 2021 | Ms J Locke Respondent Nottinghamshire County Council | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302472/2017 | 29 April 2021 | Mr M Soltani | Signature Senior Lifestyle Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415395/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr W Khan | Peninsula Business Services Limited | England & Wales | £2,960 |
| 2603656/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr J Rawnsley | Queniborough Aluminium Services Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | £7,950 |
| 3213618/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr I Fenton | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300640/2019 | 29 April 2021 | M Wright | The Governing Body of Cardinal Newman Catholic School | England & Wales | — |
| 3301865/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr H Turtak | And Metroline Travel Ltd Held by CVP on 29 April 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 1801575/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr J Hajati | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405251/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr R Clemente | MSA Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2401617/2021 | 29 April 2021 | Mr B Hussain | G4s Facilities Management (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406370/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Ms M. McGee (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305426/2019 | 29 April 2021 | In person For the | Ms S Causer (Lay rep and Chair of Trustees) | England & Wales | £2,463 |
| 2502711/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr P Jenkyns | Ford Aerospace Ltd Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409801/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mrs H Hessey | The Training Business Limited trading as The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning | England & Wales | — |
| 4107374/2020 | 29 April 2021 | (sitting alone)10 Mr M Bentley | – Solicitor No Ordinary Designer Label Limited t/a Ted Baker | Scotland | £50,859 |
| 2202739/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr A Lawal | UKActive | England & Wales | — |
| 2302949/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Alfie Roberts | Roadmarking Excel Ltd | England & Wales | £525 |
| 2602461/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Miss K Rhodes | Merlin Archery Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1601645/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Miss S Muggeridge | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1404355/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr M Watchorn | The Burger Chain Limited | England & Wales | £9,239 |
| 4105270/2020 | 29 April 2021 | : J Smillie A Shanahan Mr Hisham Hassan | Group Employment Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2603828/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mrs J McClure | Specialist Crafts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500522/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr P Corrick | Frydays Fish And Chips Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3213587/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mrs L Kerr | Vanwise Group Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3302796/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr D Gibson | Busy Bees Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408086/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr Simon Daly | Sauermann UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304834/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr Jeffrey Hughes | CALA Management Limited | England & Wales | — |