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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1311142/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs M King | River Of Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403131/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr K Long | Reays Coaches Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205887/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr M Akkas | PSEV CIC PSEC Ltd Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303294/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr R Akanbi | Kent & Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601977/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr F Oladejo | Premier Security 247 UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403334/2020 | 18 March 2021 | In person, Assisted by her Husband For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4114284/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr G Docherty | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100593/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Ms A Tait | Represented by Ms L Hunter Solicitor Break The Silence |
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.
| 51 |
| 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 |
| Scotland |
| £17,308 |
| 2303762/2018 | 18 March 2021 | Miss P Jeevakumar | Chattar Psal Singh Cheema | 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 | — |
| 2206876/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Ms G Dora | Kenwood Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301987/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Tomasz Tym | KTB Rehabilitation | England & Wales | — |
| 2602980/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr P Murray | British Frozen Food Federation | England & Wales | — |
| 2602541/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr A Docherty | Rolls-Royce Submarines Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305701/2020 | 18 March 2021 | in Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801911/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs S Fletcher | Parkside Residential Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415639/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr Ian Brunt | Core TV Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £16,428 |
| 2204452/2021 | 18 March 2021 | Ms G Soares | Scooters Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603140/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr Barry Heery | Hallaton Manor Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804877/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr C Miller | Nicholas Associates Group Limited HELD by CVP | England & Wales | £4,810 |
| 3303488/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs A Abbott | Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1806275/2020 | 18 March 2021 | 1. Mrs S Ridge 2. Mrs R Grainger | Avery of Loxley Park (Homecare) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603694/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr K Farhadi | De Montfort University | England & Wales | — |
| 1804127/2019 | 17 March 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500097/2021 | 17 March 2021 | Josh Lynas | Lloyd’s Register GMT Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300716/2021 | 17 March 2021 | E Ahamed | Do & Co Event & Airline Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805149/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Mr B Dunne | Rotherwood (1976) Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £25,793 |
| 1803782/2020 | 17 March 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2207248/2020 | 17 March 2021 | — | Watches of Switzerland Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500636/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Ms E Foster | NE Estates | England & Wales | £1,659 |
| 4102672/2020 | 17 March 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 4102672/2020 (V)5 Held remotely on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 18, 19, 23, and February 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mrs L Malpass | ’s husband BASICS Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 3314247/2021 | 17 March 2021 | Ms C Urquhart, Counsel For the | Mr T Hussain, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 3213381/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Mr B Abbott | Metrow Foods Ltd. | England & Wales | £14,799 |
| 3312204/2020 | 17 March 2021 | — | Eriki Ventures Ltd - in voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2408761/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Mr T Cooper | Greater Manchester Buses South Ltd t/a Stagecoach Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 4100022/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Member McPherson Tribunal Member Whistler Mrs L M Sloan | Dumfries and Galloway Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2305667/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Eriarhemhien Fortune Udomhiaye | London General Transport Services Limited t/a Go Ahead London | England & Wales | £400 |
| 3213070/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Mrs Linda Jackson | Sabir 2015 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307798/2019 | 17 March 2021 | In Person For the | Mr T Hussain, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 3321908/2019 | 17 March 2021 | Mr JO Kamil-Djemil | Lee-Warren Fabrication And Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202047/2019 | 17 March 2021 | Ms N Kaseruuzi | Glenavon Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2406116/2019 | 17 March 2021 | Mr E Wolstenholme | Lancashire Football Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602185/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Mr L. Acteson & others | GI Group Recruitment Ltd (R1) Priory Design Services Ltd (R2) Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. (R3) Heard by: Telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2301756/2020 | 17 March 2021 | In person For the | Ms Platt (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201866/2020 | 16 March 2021 | Mr M Macken | Skanska plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2419859/2020 | 16 March 2021 | Mrs S Garnier | The Governing Body of Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 1804636/2020 | 16 March 2021 | Mr M Leader | ES Cleaning Ltd Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1308107/2019 | 16 March 2021 | Mr P Coates | Birmingham Metropolitan College Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 2409499/2020 | 16 March 2021 | Mr M Roberts | Signet Trading Ltd | England & Wales | £894 |