Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1403388/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mrs G Whitfield | Scot Group Ltd T/A Thrifty Car and Van Rental | England & Wales | — |
| 2600687/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Ms S Ready | Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3300710/2021 | 22 March 2021 | Mrs R Zengeya | Aspirations Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403076/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr K Greenwood | Cornwall Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303783/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr Barrie Thornton | Unity Education Trust OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2402295/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr M Gough | Alexander Duckham and Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201847/2020 | 22 March 2021 | — | De Souza v The Whiter Smile Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602382/2020 |
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 |
| 22 March 2021 |
| Mr M. Adams |
| Dragon Fire & Security Systems Ltd HELD BY: CVP |
| England & Wales |
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| 1806727/2020 | 22 March 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200403/2021 | 22 March 2021 | — | Todorova v BGRS Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301873/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Dannique Duggan | Bex 18 Limited, trading as Beauty & Beyond | England & Wales | £17 |
| 3325505/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr I Thomas | Chancellors Group of Estate Agents | England & Wales | — |
| 1401790/2019 | 22 March 2021 | in person The | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202430/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr Denzil McDonald | The Governors of Buxton School | England & Wales | — |
| 1310796/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr J Ahmed | Towergate Underwriting Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104122/2020 | 20 March 2021 | Mr B Logue | (In Person) DSG International | Scotland | £10,491 |
| 4105310/2020 | 20 March 2021 | , Ms P McColl Mr W Muir Mr M Quinn | D E Product Labels Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301218/2020 | 20 March 2021 | Ms Wendy Gilbert | Integrated Care 24 | England & Wales | — |
| 4104168/2020 | 20 March 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4104168/2020 Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on February 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms E Doherty | Walker Precision Engineering Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1405553/2019 | 20 March 2021 | Mrs S Sutherland | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2404574/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr A Butler | Bolton Textiles (Group) Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1309121/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mrs C Pikes | Mr M Pygott | England & Wales | — |
| 2417655/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr D Simnor | I A C Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201862/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr W McGee | B2c Distribution Limited t/a Wetsuit Outlet | England & Wales | — |
| 2302738/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Wesley Macarty | CPP-LM Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320580/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr S Saeed, Solicitor For the | Ms B Omotosho, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2600235/2021 | 19 March 2021 | Mr. D Cooper | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804923/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Miss S Taylor | K Fresh Ltd This has been a remote hearing, by cloud video platform (V): A hearing in person was not practicable because of the present restrictions due to Covid 19. | England & Wales | £2,774 |
| 4105623/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Ms M Mitchell | Geeza Break | Scotland | — |
| 2305582/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Dodds | Genial Associates Limited & Ors. OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1806660/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Miss Z Brown | London North Eastern Railway Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206683/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Miss J. Fay | Michael Conn Goldsobel | England & Wales | — |
| 2305573/2019 | 19 March 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3212974/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Burris and others (as set out in the schedule attached). | Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401122/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Ms S Davies | HM Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2305656/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Peter Lapage | Burgess Hodgson | England & Wales | — |
| 3305221/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr J Gudka | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1309119/2020 | 19 March 2021 | — | 24.7 Recruitment Services Ltd | England & Wales | £6,882 |
| 2300140/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Carew | Pure Gym Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401202/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Roy Franklin | Muller UK and Ireland LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1303502/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Nike Hasaj | Biba’s Landscaping Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305555/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr G Pond | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 4100360/2021 | 19 March 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100360/2021 Mr P Splawski | Paradise Cuisine Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4114284/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr G Docherty | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804877/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr C Miller | Nicholas Associates Group Limited HELD by CVP | England & Wales | £4,810 |
| 2303294/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr R Akanbi | Kent & Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303762/2018 | 18 March 2021 | Miss P Jeevakumar | Chattar Psal Singh Cheema | England & Wales | — |
| 1806275/2020 | 18 March 2021 | 1. Mrs S Ridge 2. Mrs R Grainger | Avery of Loxley Park (Homecare) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302874/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr C Ononye | And 1 Man Commercial Protections Limited 2 Amazon UK Services Limited Held by CVP on 18 March 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2600790/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs Frost in person For the | Mr Warner, Director | England & Wales | — |