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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400610/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mr Z Chmielinski | Carter Brothers (Rochdale) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403946/2019 | 23 December 2020 | Miss E Taylor | Domino’s Pizza West Country Limited | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 3201844/2019 | 23 December 2020 | Ms M Erbil Mr S Seyhan | Blake – Turner 2 Limited (T/a B – T2 Solicitors) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501523/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mr Gerard Hogg | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201273/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mr George Angeli | Enlight Facilities Management | England & Wales | — |
| 4100946/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Ms D | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 2404959/2019 | 23 December 2020 | Anthony Willan | Sky In-Home Services Ltd | England & Wales | £225 |
| 2411399/2018 | 23 December 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 |
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| 1600552/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mrs Greenall | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201348/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mr Michael Hannant | Hambling Utility Services Limited | England & Wales | £3,838 |
| 2406397/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Miss E Davies | CBRE Managed Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601952/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr. H. West | Sofidel UK Ltd HELD BY: Telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2201752/2020 | 22 December 2020 | in person For the | Ms C Musgrave | England & Wales | — |
| 4100885/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr John McKechnie | , Advocate M&D Green Dispensing Pharmacist Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3212894/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr S Houdoire | The British Electrical & Manufacturing Company Ltd T/a Bemco | England & Wales | — |
| 2402756/2019 | 22 December 2020 | Mrs P Gray | Independent Financial Matters Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,473 |
| 2303313/2019 | 22 December 2020 | in person For the | Mr S Wysall, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1601954/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr. E. Ameyaw | Viola Money (Europe) Ltd (R1) Viola Group Ltd. (R2) HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3323500/2019 | 22 December 2020 | Mr P Jones For the | Mr J Wilson | England & Wales | — |
| 1806583/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr A Ryan | Emerald Construction (North West) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600207/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr A Leeman | Kebab Specialist Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306007/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr O Loveland | Rivus Fleet Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 1300243/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr M Dabbs | Walsall NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502087/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mrs I Taylor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103748/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Ms D Mwamba | No appearance and No representation Medica Skin Clinic | Scotland | — |
| 2604306/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr T Smith | Jaines Seafood | England & Wales | — |
| 4104125/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Miss L Stokes | Represented by: J MacDonald Scottish Midland Cooperative Society Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3324837/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Ms Ismail (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201153/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr K Zaman | Catherine Chan | England & Wales | — |
| 1600190/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Ms J Crank | Bangor & District Women’s Aid Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303090/2019 | 21 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403561/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr O Brown | Elstat Electronics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100880/2020 | 21 December 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 4100880/2020 (V) Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 2, and November 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn | Ms Lynn Haugh | Scotland | — |
| 2304755/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs C Howie | Holloways Of Ludlow Design & Build Ltd | England & Wales | £1,027 |
| 4100900/2020 | 21 December 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4100900/2020 (V) Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh on th November 2020, th and th February 2021 Held via the Cloud Based Video Platform (CVP)10 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr G Ross | Represented by:- Mr S Smith, Solicitor Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1807557/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Mr M Haynes | Sky UK Limited Heard by CVP at Sheffield | England & Wales | — |
| 3202267/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs A Hillsley | Home-Start Colchester | England & Wales | — |
| 2300268/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Miss A Chambers | Mayor and Burgess of the London Borough of Merton | England & Wales | — |
| 2403948/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs Deborah Birch | Schofields Ltd FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £2,754 |
| 1806618/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr K Moore | Builders Merchant Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602296/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Ms K Leamon | Sunnyleigh Limited and Trosmaen Limited (trading as The Bridges Dental Surgery) Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4104968/2020 | 21 December 2020 | 16 A EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104968/2020 Mr A Edghill | Adcentiv Media Retail Ltd | Scotland | £8,043 |
| 1801137/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs J Dickson | Barchester Healthcare Limited AT A REMEDY HEARING | England & Wales | £23,773 |
| 1800170/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr A Bettley | Perry’s Motor Sales Limited | England & Wales | £26,705 |
| 2501005/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr Gary Usher | Polyfoam XPS Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602386/2019 | 19 December 2020 | Mr K Smith | Dan-Y-Craig Labour Club and Institute Limited | England & Wales | £236 |
| 2500918/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr A Dawson | Roseberry Grange Community Golf Club Limited | England & Wales | £587 |
| 1404878/2018 | 19 December 2020 | Mr S Andrews | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | England & Wales | — |
| 2603441/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr S Ladwa | Tanber HR 168 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307346/2019 | 19 December 2020 | Mr Kaysor Ahmed (family friend & union official but acting as a lay representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |