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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2406039/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Mrs D Gallagher | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1405645/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Mrs E Gargaro | Michelle Rook | England & Wales | — |
| 1405904/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Miss L Brewer | Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3213297/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Miss P Gavriel | Café17 | England & Wales | — |
| 4104844/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Mr Christopher Vlassis | Smart Metering Systems plc | Scotland | — |
| 3314803/2019 | 27 January 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 3314803/2019 Held via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 10, and November 2020 Employment Judge J D Young Mr G Ramsey | Novograf Limited | Scotland | £2,083 |
| 1400315/2019 | 27 January 2021 | Mr M Carroll | Cape Industrial Services Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | 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 |
| 27 January 2021 |
| Mrs Z Cockles |
| Devon Partnership NHS Trust |
| England & Wales |
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| 3301837/2020 | 27 January 2021 | — | Islington LBC | England & Wales | — |
| 1807291/2019 | 27 January 2021 | In Person | Mr. Whittle, Operations Manager | England & Wales | £787 |
| 1807117/2020 | 27 January 2021 | Mrs C Hancock | Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403938/2018 | 27 January 2021 | - MR J MCMAHON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806594/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Miss J Osborne | Reg Vardy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2604024/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Ms L Carr | Adept Care Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106034/2019 | 26 January 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106034/2019 (V) Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform on January 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Miss Ashleigh Reid | Sainsbury’s Bank | Scotland | — |
| 2413948/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Mr J Griffiths | Mobica Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600392/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Mr L de Rose | Coleg Llanymddyfri (Cymru) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413404/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Ms C Edwards | Il Cortile Restaurant | England & Wales | £158 |
| 1805273/2020 | 26 January 2021 | In person For the | Mr Lomas | England & Wales | £3,858 |
| 3220663/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Miss NS Moseley | Siamo Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3203034/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mr M Udebhulu | Governing Body Of Belmont Park School | England & Wales | — |
| 2202294/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mr R R Cherian | SOF-10 Starlight 12 Operations Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 3201968/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Ms Courtney Mullins Mr Lewis McLuckie | Mannion Group Ltd | England & Wales | £10,218 |
| 3313742/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mr Simon Morley | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Heard: By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2203682/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Mr S Sanders, counsel For the | Mr S Joshi, solicitor | England & Wales | £15,359 |
| 2406305/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Miss S Collins | The Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust | England & Wales | £22,982 |
| 3322493/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mr M Pendino | BDS Audio Visual Limited | England & Wales | £9,947 |
| 3324880/2019 | 26 January 2021 | In person For the | Clare Nicolaou, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2305614/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Miss D Wright | Arriva London South Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411598/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Ms R Fitzpatrick | Totally Local Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409488/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Mr D Needham | Driscoll Brothers Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603636/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Mr K Hatchard | TecQuipment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100406/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Member J Lindsay Tribunal Member G McKay Mr M Harkness | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3321321/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mrs M Walford | Leisure Training Corporation Limited | England & Wales | £28,684 |
| 1803434/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Ms Brigita Stankova | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205787/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr M Parekh | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2413407/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Ms S Harrison | Eaton Golf Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202382/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr Duyel Miah | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1802857/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mrs S Mogane | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £19,046 |
| 2400194/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr J Pullen | Able Skip Hire Heard by CVP | England & Wales | £411 |
| 2601744/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mrs C Hughes | Burton and South Derbyshire College | England & Wales | — |
| 2415203/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Miss K Weeden | Ms L Traynor t/a Gemini Grooming | England & Wales | — |
| 2405786/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Mr W Johnson | New horizons | England & Wales | £338 |
| 1404596/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Mr PJ Lavender | John Reid & Sons (structsteel) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305499/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Mr O Adeshina | Corps Security (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304199/2018 | 25 January 2021 | Mr. S Devis | IBM United Kingdom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502217/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Mr C. Paling | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2408698/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr J Hurst | Cableworld Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502583/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Ms A Limmer | Ncfe | England & Wales | — |
| 1404492/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr N Cowling | Prestige Wheels Refurbishments Ltd | England & Wales | — |