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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601727/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr A Hughes | G. F. Tomlinson Building Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |
| 1400239/2019 | 21 January 2021 | Miss M Nowak | South Coast Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | £4,529 |
| 1805014/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr R Nowaczyk | Next plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1302064/2019 | 21 January 2021 | In Person For the | Mr S. Liberadzki - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1804879/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr C Taylor | Monarch Art Stone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2420722/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Miss H Grogan | Greenbrow Social Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4121879/2018 | 21 January 2021 | Member Lawson Tribunal Member Watt Mr A Shah | Represented by: Mrs D Reynolds Solicitor Dunfermline Mosque & Islamic Centre | Scotland | £28,427 |
| 2206125/2020 |
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 |
| 21 January 2021 |
| Mr Thomas Borzecki |
| Let’s Construction Limited ANNEX TO THE |
| England & Wales |
| £9,928 |
| 2203102/2019 | 21 January 2021 | Mr J Susskind, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2404939/2019 | 21 January 2021 | Mrs A Fitzgerald | Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2500940/2021 | 21 January 2021 | Ms K Barrow | North East Autism Society | England & Wales | — |
| 4104264/2020 | 21 January 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4104264/2020 (P) Held at Edinburgh on and January 2021 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mrs J Rosiczka | Represented by: Ms A Kozlowska - friend Interpreter – Ms M Karwacka Mrs A Tadysz t/a Cappadocia | Scotland | £1,403 |
| 1309174/2019 | 21 January 2021 | Mr C Hands | -v- Nova Express Ltd FINAL MERITS HEARING Heard: at Birmingham via the Cloud Video Platform On: 18 to 21 January 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 4101462/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mrs M Grygiel | Damian Gasiorowski (Deceased) | Scotland | £8,203 |
| 3301597/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr D Geal | And Step by Step Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803600/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mrs C Sumner | Advanced Security Partners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301746/2017 | 21 January 2021 | Mr J Pritchard | Carillion Integrated Services Ltd (in liquidation) Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | £10,755 |
| 3213380/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr C Lander | The Estate of Christopher Huckle | England & Wales | — |
| 4101831/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr H Rae | Represented by: Ms M Gribbon - Solicitor Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300571/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Mr J Opoku | Associated Continuity Teams Ltd | England & Wales | £865 |
| 1406057/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr E Omali | Howard Tenens Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807038/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mrs K Monkman | Shane Spencer trading as Gold Pot Cafe | England & Wales | — |
| 4103392/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr Fraser Rolley | Eros Retail Ltd | Scotland | £10,300 |
| 2406160/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Miss L Reside- Robb | Breathe Therapies Eating Disorder Help & Wellbeing Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1405366/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Miss E Hackett | The Old Bank Swindon | England & Wales | — |
| 3201439/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr C Lewis | Railscape Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408820/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr A Partington | Golf Depot Limited | England & Wales | £17,185 |
| 2304721/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Mr S Buhlman, Claimant’s friend/Lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603582/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr J Lawrence | NIC Services Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300795/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Mr D Mohamuud Jimale | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603452/2019 | 20 January 2021 | “A” | British Broadcasting Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 1403921/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Ian Gilmore | Streetscene Addiction Recovery | England & Wales | — |
| 1309554/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Ms S Said Mr I Bojang | Kembrooke Clothing Manufacturers Limited | England & Wales | £2,584 |
| 2302700/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Miss A Byrne | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308212/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Mr G Ahmed | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603587/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr P Woolven | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802907/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Ms. P Hussain | Calderdale College | England & Wales | — |
| 1805255/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Ms J Carr | Stoelzle Flaconnage Ltd TELEPHONE PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3302523/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Ms W Eluhu | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205907/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Miss C Gavriliuc | London Villa Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501123/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Mr B Davis | Vantec Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401248/2019 | 19 January 2021 | Mr Probert (Counsel) For the | Mr Henry (professional representative) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401168/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Mr G Hampson | Protect My Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802717/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Mrs A Niksic Respondent (1): Town and Country Financial Services (UK) Ltd Respondent (2): Town and Country Insurance Brokers Ltd Heard: By CVP | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306620/2020 | 19 January 2021 | In person For the | Ms K Jackson, Litigation Executive | England & Wales | — |
| 3202062/2019 | 19 January 2021 | Ms N Hamilton Watson | Countrywide Estate Agents Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201449/2019 | 19 January 2021 | Mr R DAWSON | Turner & Townsend Contract Services Limited | England & Wales | £15,000 |
| 1801712/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Miss Coralie Tooke | Dr Andrew Bradley and Mrs Kairen Bradley t/a Capella Home and Gift | England & Wales | — |
| 2604234/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Mrs P Darlison | Fresh Logistics Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413558/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Mr S Hesketh | St Helens Mobility Shop Limited t/a Aline Mobility | England & Wales | — |