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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 2603439/2020 | 18 January 2021 | — | Jones v Tuensa Ltd | England & Wales | £2,167 |
| 2501608/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr G Lovell | Peratech Holdco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2604489/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr N Baker | Experian Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414707/2019 | 18 January 2021 | Mr C Armstrong | MDD Catering Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401744/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr R Taylor | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2202619/2020 |
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 |
| 18 January 2021 |
| Mr Arben Dushku |
| Bilberry Entertainment Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 4106980/2020 | 18 January 2021 | — | Shawfield Mot Centre | Scotland | £4,698 |
| 1602407/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr. D. Lindley (C1) Mrs. A. Lindley (C2) | SED Conveyors Ltd, including when trading as RTI Conveyors and as RTI Western (R1) RTI YK Services Ltd (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501903/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr S Lee | Barrier Ex Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321956/2019 | 18 January 2021 | Mr D Lyons | Interserve Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303663/2019 | 18 January 2021 | Ms A Beech, Trade Union Representative Interpreter for Claimants: Ms Pardington (Portuguese/English) For the | Mr T Jerman, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 1601989/2019 | 18 January 2021 | Ms E Williams | Cavali Investments Ltd | England & Wales | £57 |
| 1601153/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Ms K. Zaworotko | United Welsh Housing Association Ltd. HELD BY: CVP/video and telephone/audio | England & Wales | — |
| 2604002/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Ms D Moore | Vale Garden Houses Ltd & Architectural Bronze Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800992/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr. Paul Evans (1) Mrs. Tina Cahill (2) | Central Point Recruitment Limited Heard by CVP On: 17 & 18 December 2020 | England & Wales | £15,880 |
| 1402336/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr G Harrison | Bromford Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1805641/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mrs L van Riel | Zhi Solutions Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408538/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mrs Y Tipton | United Payroll Ltd | England & Wales | £5,340 |
| 1304974/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr Robert Ellis | Dynamometer World Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302649/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr O Kightley | SIKA Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603996/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Miss Y Dalton | Professional Reviews Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201672/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr C Pamment | Renewi UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304089/2018 | 18 January 2021 | Mr D Ruddock | Leon Gaume Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201146/2020 | 18 January 2021 | Mr M Castle | Positive Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502005/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mrs P Sharpe First | Michael Edmonson Second Respondent: Back Page Shops Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301432/2018 | 15 January 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300084/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr B Adjenak | McCarthy Court Management | England & Wales | — |
| 1802630/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr K Manton | Next Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601896/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mr D. Birtwistle | JH Willis Ltd HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2201584/2021 | 15 January 2021 | Claire Parker-Paphitis | Knight Classical Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3303397/2021 | 15 January 2021 | In person For the | Mr Jetani, Managing Director Interpreter: Miss L Onica, Romanian speaking | England & Wales | £218 |
| 4104915/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr M. Hall | Mr M. Basi t/a Professional Gardening Services | Scotland | — |
| 4103730/2020 | 15 January 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103730/2020 Preliminary Hearing at Dundee on December 2020 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Paul Randall | David Ritchie (Implements) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2502880/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mr S Davis | Helen Geldard Heard by CVP at: Newcastle upon Tyne | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2401789/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr T Abdallah | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4114216/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Ms Gwendo Minto | Instructed by Messrs Kippen Campbell Perth and Kinross Council | Scotland | — |
| 2602543/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mrs JM Sparks | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2304821/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Ms Mankai | Intercash (Croydon) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601933/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Ms. E.J. Rowlands | Ms. G. Hartford | England & Wales | — |
| 3202338/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Glenn Armstrong | Towerfield Plating Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803004/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr C Vincent | International Automotive Components Group Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2200611/2021 | 15 January 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400633/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Miss J Fisher | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1801195/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Ms Johnson (counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3321264/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mrs M Gilicze and Mr I Gilicze | Letting Base Ltd (Debarred) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404979/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | NHS West Sussex CCG | England & Wales | — |
| 2407320/2021 | 15 January 2021 | Mr N Duke | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405625/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mr M Simpkin | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |