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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301211/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs Hemangini Solanki | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred | England & Wales | — |
| 2414955/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Mr S Hitchmough | Empire Security Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301141/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs D Tompkins | Burlington Residential Lettings Limited | England & Wales | £10,707 |
| 1304227/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr M King | JLB Shipping & Logistics Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2202674/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Mr Ben Amunwa For the | Mr Graham Vials | England & Wales | — |
| 2414193/2020 | 9 February 2021 | in person For the | Mr J Hudson (Head of HR) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303660/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Miss Susan Mayes | Hoyl Corporate Management Limited | England & Wales | £3,925 |
| 1402221/2020 |
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 |
| 9 February 2021 |
| Mr L Davis |
| Switch International Trailers (UK) Limited |
| England & Wales |
| £23,023 |
| 2410765/2019 | 9 February 2021 | in person For the | Mr Ashwood (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2415315/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs B Blackman | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414577/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr P Lamb | Braithwaite Construction Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1309303/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs C Yemidale | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3200422/2021 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs M Bata | Elior UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2411568/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Mr R Dennis (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202750/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Dr N Couvaras | The Fine Clinic Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400959/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr M Duggan, leading counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805251/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr Frederick ( Solicitor) For the | Mr Morton ( Solicitor) Note: This has been a remote hearing. The parties did not object to the case being heard remotely. The form of remote hearing was V-video. It was not practicable to hold a face-to-face hearing because of the Covid19 pandemic. | England & Wales | £2,360 |
| 1405538/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Ms Danielle French | Health-on-Line Company UK Limited (AXA PPP) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305016/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mrs Sally Freelander | South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2409575/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr D Ramsay | Aviagen Turkeys Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306046/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Mr G Gorski | Metal Assemblies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804991/2020 | 9 February 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600080/2021 | 8 February 2021 | Miss D Sindimwo | Western Park View Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 4106684/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Ms Sharon Davis | W H Malcolm Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 1300053/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr W Zhu First | Mr X Zheng Second Respondent: Dekon Company Limited Third Respondent: Dream in Reality Limited (company dissolved) | England & Wales | £55,070 |
| 2600196/2021 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs L McLean | Centre4 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400941/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Manmeet Singh Saini | Tata Consultancy Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300199/2020 | 8 February 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400867/2020 | 8 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr David Rogers - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1805348/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr A Bean | William Hare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3220394/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs J Fogg | Howard Tenens | England & Wales | — |
| 2413581/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr S Bundu | Vodafone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415386/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Ms B Chapman | Hammond Camper Beds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805174/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Philip Staines | North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2203468/2021 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs. Samia Abed | Capital City College Group Hearing: Final Merits Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2304479/2018 | 8 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3323551/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr M Finnerty | St Mungo’s Community Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3202301/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr Sean Dubarry | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304150/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs G Brown | (R1) Miss Verity Edley (R2) Governing Body of St. Mary’s Church of England (VC) Infants School | England & Wales | — |
| 1601878/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Did not attend For the | Ms Laura McCarthy, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 3321111/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr H Elhalabi | Avis Budget UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311997/2020 | 7 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3335271/2018 | 7 February 2021 | Ms Z Sadriyeva | Mr M Megahed | England & Wales | — |
| 3319413/2019 | 7 February 2021 | Mr J Davis, Solicitor For the | Mr J Munroe, Employment Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2400894/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr A Butt | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501886/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Miss R Eves | International House Newcastle Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | £2,191 |
| 2602682/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Cheung First | Horizons Limited Second Respondent: Orb Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308211/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Ms C A Grandison | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1309356/2020 | 5 February 2021 | In person For the | Ms S Lewis, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2604378/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Banks | Tiny Buzzer Ltd | England & Wales | — |