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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300793/2021 | 5 February 2021 | Mr J. Burnley | Jonathan Upchurch trading as Upchurch Vehicle Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2403146/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mrs L Cotgrave Mrs L Mellor Mr J Mellor Mr M Oakes | Davida (U.K.) Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £4,348 |
| 2603318/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Miss Anett Miklos in Person For the | Mr Wayne Smith, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2305100/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr C Thomas | Travis Perkins plc Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 2501910/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr A Porter | Paul Pybus Scaffolding Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | £1,695 |
| 1309356/2020 | 5 February 2021 | In person For the | Ms S Lewis, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1802591/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Ms C Moore | Inspire Partnership Multi-Academy Trust |
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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| 3202459/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr M Coventry | Barleylands Glassworks Ltd T/A Ashes into Glass | England & Wales | — |
| 2400006/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr T Lee | Inchcape Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300524/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr A Gloag, of counsel For the | In person UNANIMOUS | England & Wales | — |
| 2414175/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr Liam Myles Deveney | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2603146/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr M Haggis | Wellspring Alternative Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1308211/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Ms C A Grandison | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3303466/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr J Edwards | Londonenergy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202548/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Hingston | Clearspring Ready Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323716/2021 | 5 February 2021 | Mrs Tolseeamah Veeramundar | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806837/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Miss M Gedzheva | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2604378/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Banks | Tiny Buzzer Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200735/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr Dermot Kiely | Malden Marine Ltd | England & Wales | £1,180 |
| 3202451/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mrs T Biswas | Creams Blue Water Foods Ltd | England & Wales | £2,489 |
| 1401964/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr S Dziobek | Geniecare Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500384/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mrs May Kirkland | Mrs Marjorie Allen [First Respondent] Mr Stuart Dixon [Second Respondent] CMD Pubs (Crawcrook) Limited [Third Respondent] Heard: Remotely (by telephone in public) | England & Wales | £8,673 |
| 1802764/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Ms A Rejdych | Polypipe Building Products Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1403162/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr Russell Wincott | CDS (Superstore International) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4113765/2019 | 4 February 2021 | Mrs U Yohana Kisege | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206638/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr D GRAY | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307747/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr. B. Campbell | Bread Ahead Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603608/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr D Robak | Gi Group Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602715/2019 | 4 February 2021 | Mrs. T Oakes | Streamline Press Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805400/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr Paul Robson | Collett Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301346/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Ms A Kovalic | Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2203685/2019 | 4 February 2021 | Mr B Malik, counsel For the | Mr S Moon, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2413469/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Ms W Bertram | Chaseley Care Home CCH Blackpool Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104303/2020 | 3 February 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4104303/2020 Held on and December 2020 (CVP) Employment Judge: J D Young Mr Andrew Kennedy | Messrs. J & T Bell | Scotland | £6,162 |
| 2413981/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr R Whalley | Perspex Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | £9,657 |
| 3201211/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Lucy Sabia | KeolisAmey Docklands Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408988/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Miss J Ball | Alicia Chadwick | England & Wales | — |
| 1311298/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr B Yates | Solo Life Opportunities (trading as Social Life Opportunities) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405212/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr C McDill | Pirelli | England & Wales | — |
| 4103045/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr Michael Hewitt | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3202303/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr David Farr | Cycling Score Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805698/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr Ugur Yaltiligil | Jones Howard Limited | England & Wales | £2,440 |
| 3300150/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Jason Duffell | Prime Plumbing (Cambridge) Limited | England & Wales | £13,412 |
| 4103780/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr D Allan | Represented by: Mr J Gildea - Solicitor Office And Industrial Cleaners Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2203925/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr T SALAMI | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | England & Wales | — |
| 2604023/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr M Bell | Linread Limited t/a Howmet Fastening System | England & Wales | — |
| 2500134/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr Frank Elliot | Tyne Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405030/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr S Reitig-Rosado | Sitel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805452/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr M Thewlis | Iceland Foods Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2413742/2019 | 2 February 2021 | Mr A Black | F&R Gas Ltd | England & Wales | £36,312 |