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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1405030/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr S Reitig-Rosado | Sitel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104119/2020 | 2 February 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4104119/20 & 4104158/20 (P) Held on December 2020 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr K Fulke st | Represented by Mr M Briggs, Solicitor Wipro Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 2411556/2019 | 2 February 2021 | Mrs N McGarry-Gribbin | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601164/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr K Frost | Quality Pipe Supports (QPS) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403141/2018 | 2 February 2021 | Dr Ambreen Malik | CAS Behavioural Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
| 2304979/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr M Kumar | The Wok Restaurant Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314357/2019 | 2 February 2021 | Mr Bryant | Independent Commercial Broking Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103780/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr D Allan | Represented by: Mr J Gildea - Solicitor Office And Industrial Cleaners Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2307879/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr G Ablett | Norwegian Air Resources UK Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413742/2019 | 2 February 2021 | Mr A Black | F&R Gas Ltd | England & Wales | £36,312 |
| 2417510/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr D Statham | Iesa | England & Wales | — |
| 2304076/2019 | 2 February 2021 | Mr L Chauhan | ZEDfactory Europe Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £22,669 |
| 4102271/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr K Thornton | — | Scotland | — |
| 2301982/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr T Haynes | DFS Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500134/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr Frank Elliot | Tyne Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601034/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr M Hildred | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301758/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr D Ward | Multitrade Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603778/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Ms C Packer | Grafton Merchanting GB Limited Heard: Remotely (by Cloud Video Platform) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400802/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Ms Dawson , CAB For the | Dawn Run Ltd- Mr Longhurst, director | England & Wales | — |
| 3201385/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr R Omar | Epping Forest Citizens Advice | England & Wales | — |
| 1400892/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr S Hussey | Air Liquide (Home Care) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3324279/2019 | 1 February 2021 | Mrs M Dooley | Mr S Preston | England & Wales | — |
| 1309398/2020 | 1 February 2021 | In Person For the | Ms J Walker (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501869/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Miss A Palmer | Beaumont Accountancy Services Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 3322565/2019 | 1 February 2021 | Mr Lynsey Smith | Abbey Logistics Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301785/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr L Szegedi | Amazon UK & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3327699/2019 | 1 February 2021 | Mr J Redman | Premier Kitchens And Bedrooms (Peterborough) Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,300 |
| 2415720/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr M Davies | Fothergill Coated Fabrics Ltd F.A.O Cheryl Lamb | England & Wales | — |
| 2401188/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mrs C Entwistle | Miller Metcalfe Estate Agents Limited (in creditor’s voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,277 |
| 1602087/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr D Burgess | Cabot Carbon Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314889/2019 | 1 February 2021 | Mrs J Vigne | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1600499/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Miss S Holland | Lumina Investments Limited Heard: via video | England & Wales | £3,693 |
| 1300024/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr R Nalewajko | Harvey & Brockless Limited | England & Wales | £3,277 |
| 2410201/2019 | 1 February 2021 | Mr A M McCann | Acorn Care and Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2604327/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr M Marriott | Icon Clinical Research (UK) Ltd (subsidiary of Icon PLC) | England & Wales | — |
| 1602279/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr D Sullivan | Foundry Engineering and Technical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601031/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Ms E Bradbury | Chaseblue Loans Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400046/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr A Small of Counsel | Gloucestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2601387/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Ms R Patel | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2400505/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mr P Blythe | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202427/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Mrs P Mellor | Canon UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402414/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Sarah Hornblower (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804013/2019 | 31 January 2021 | — | YDLS Commercial Cleaning Ltd (sued as Your Dirty Little Secret) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102241/2020 | 30 January 2021 | Mr John Austin | Wood Group Industrial Services Limited | Scotland | £25,841 |
| 1803756/2020 | 30 January 2021 | Ms A Akhtar | R1. Deborah Morgan R2. Deborah Morgan Publican Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204291/2021 | 30 January 2021 | Mr M Chowdhury | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4114987/2019 | 30 January 2021 | Mrs M Erlank | Argyll & Bute Council | Scotland | £26,574 |
| 4104604/2020 | 30 January 2021 | (sitting alone) Mr Leonard Mowles | DHL Services Limited | Scotland | — |