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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300723/2021 | 2 March 2021 | Mr J Humphreys | London Breads and Cake Co | England & Wales | — |
| 2300873/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr M Lambert (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | £738 |
| 1804981/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr E. Ekakitie | Bookachemist Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300015/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr R Tim | Mr D Gallagher | England & Wales | — |
| 2306231/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr S Tremblay | Savills (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £9,767 |
| 1801271/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms H Pawley | Hanley's Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501763/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms S L Bleanch | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,641 |
| 2501592/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr R U Ahmed | Newcastle City Council VIDEO PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: Remotely (by video link) |
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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| 2415887/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr J Hutchinson | Century Motors Farnworth Ltd | England & Wales | £177 |
| 1800007/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr Eugene Kurangwa | Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400363/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr S Renz | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2500074/2021 | 1 March 2021 | Ms J Walduck | Mr J Higginson | England & Wales | — |
| 2501732/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr A G Eastwood | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,260 |
| 3202994/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mrs Anjum Sarah | Aetos Capital Group (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £7,443 |
| 2501736/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms A Charlton | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,403 |
| 2501751/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms E L Huscroft | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,941 |
| 2200497/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr M Wiencek, consultant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300194/2021 | 1 March 2021 | Mr J Page | Carebright Evesham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200493/2021 | 1 March 2021 | Mr M Walters | Leaways School | England & Wales | — |
| 2604485/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr D Hayes | Littlefish Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3327815/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mr J. Taylor, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2206167/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr A Shabir | CBL Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405750/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Miss F Davis | Computer Planet Limited | England & Wales | £3,600 |
| 2300501/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms Josefa Orellana | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1806465/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr. Stephen Lake (Litigant-in-Person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2501744/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr P Flemming | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,805 |
| 2501752/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr L Daniels | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £20,167 |
| 2603599/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr C Jones | The Social Kitchen Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401235/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mrs P Gover | The Ceder School | England & Wales | — |
| 2501742/2020 | 1 March 2021 | — | John v Kingly Solicitors Ltd T/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,003 |
| 2402614/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr T Beades | NWMS Southern Division Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300096/2020 | 28 February 2021 | Din not attend, nor represented For the | Mr C Johnson, Tribunal Advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 4104412/2020 | 27 February 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4104412/2020 (V) Held remotely on 9, and February 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms F Paton Tribunal Member Mr J Burnett Mrs S Saine | Represented by: Mr R Clarke – Solicitor Twechar Community Action | Scotland | £1,155 |
| 4105316/2020 | 27 February 2021 | Mr S Brown | John Robertson & Sons Hamcurers Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4122408/2018 | 27 February 2021 | Mrs H Morrison | Represented by: Mr D Hay - Counsel Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103293/2020 | 27 February 2021 | Mr Alan Gordon | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2503746/2019 | 27 February 2021 | Mr A Lee | Focus(mdc) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100402/2020 | 27 February 2021 | Mr G Baker | Eric Wright Water Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3306436/2020 | 27 February 2021 | in person For the | Mr Mortin | England & Wales | — |
| 2403138/2020 | 26 February 2021 | Mr C Higgins | Espack Eurologistica Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403979/2018 | 26 February 2021 | Mr James Samuels | Claritum Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603872/2020 | 26 February 2021 | Miss. J Dodds | LCS Mortgages Limited | England & Wales | £1,963 |
| 3202640/2020 | 26 February 2021 | Mr Richard Lewis | Harbrine Limited | England & Wales | £8,994 |
| 3306077/2020 | 26 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr P Knight (Director) | England & Wales | £2,004 |
| 1405069/2019 | 26 February 2021 | Mr R. Lyford (lay representative) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201850/2020 | 26 February 2021 | Mrs J Brewster | Woodlands School Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206265/2020 | 26 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3333542/2018 | 26 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300482/2019 | 26 February 2021 | Dr K Fogg | The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | England & Wales | — |
| 2601991/2020 | 26 February 2021 | Mrs K Rees | The Maltings Dental Practice PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |