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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300462/2020 | 16 December 2020 | In Person For the | Mrs S Furber (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601411/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Miss Jamie Leigh Merrick | Ellegance Limited | England & Wales | £1,867 |
| 3307484/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr K MacPherson | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2202317/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr R Sullivan | Almas Industries UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304858/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Ms J Hadley | Wilson’s Express Sameday Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203444/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr R Lewis | Incentive Lynx Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203924/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Ms M Robu And | 70 Caffe Vergnano 1882 | England & Wales | — |
| 3203155/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Ms Anna Gut | Community Foods Limited |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 2303464/2018 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs J Sullivan (Mother) For the | Mr K Davis (HR Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2604167/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Miss K Mills | Network Plus Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601061/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr J Walsh | Bryan Tree | England & Wales | — |
| 2400205/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr G Williams | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2405798/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr L Carberry | Integrity Pub Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303686/2018 | 15 December 2020 | No appearance or | Mr G Mcketty legal manager | England & Wales | — |
| 1803483/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs. L Craven | E B Bradshaw & Sons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415245/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr D Jackson | Auberge Brasserie | England & Wales | — |
| 2602492/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr S Bhana | Sturgess of Leicester & Sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415583/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs S Rowlinson | Goodwin Construction Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100212/2020 | 15 December 2020 | — | Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (Scotland) | Scotland | — |
| 2401731/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr Lucian Degrassi | Walsh & Evans Plastering Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200853/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr S Babaei | Final Post Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307294/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Miss K Youngs | Jemma Winzor-saile t/a The Cottage Hair Beauty | England & Wales | — |
| 2303670/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr S Bile | Ward Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200978/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs S Birch | HSBC Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4102201/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Miss Z McGurn | Asda Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2415123/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs J Cooper | Vur Village Trading No 1 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601310/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Ms A Ellis | For Under Fives Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804869/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr K Daniel | Cardinal Shopfitting + Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £1,110 |
| 2600104/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr P Bual | Utopia Tableware Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2604288/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr M Allen | NEP Midlands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300316/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr Lyndon Webber | Lex Leisure CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2603104/2020 | 14 December 2020 | In person For the | Ms K Sherratt, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1806369/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr L Pugh | Prodigium Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601059/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Hong Wen Li | Myddelton College Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104199/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr Akhilesh Sharma | Serco Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1305866/2019 | 14 December 2020 | John Martin First | Prudential Distribution Limited Second Respondent: David MacMillan Third Respondent: Robert Hickson Fourth Respondent: David Ellis | England & Wales | — |
| 1600482/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr A Quirolo Mr J Rees | JBT Aerotech UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400167/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Miss M Roach | Liverpool First Collaborative Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3324090/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mrs Toni Towell | Kirby Homes Sunningdale Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £38,268 |
| 3201762/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr Michael Acheampong | Supporting Young Futures | England & Wales | — |
| 3323500/2018 | 14 December 2020 | Mr P Jones For the | Mr J Wilson | England & Wales | — |
| 2203565/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mr S Taylor | Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation | England & Wales | — |
| 3201883/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Ms B Loots | The Governing Body of St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2415440/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr B Charlton | Neighbourhood Food Larder | England & Wales | — |
| 1804829/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mrs E King | Dr Marcus Julier, Dr Manjit Purewal, Dr Maria Carmen Ruiz-Huertas and Dr Nadia Anderson (a partnership trading as North Leeds Medical Practice) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804421/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr S Quinn | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202310/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Ms B Odukoya | London General Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500770/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mrs K Collins | Isocom Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3327860/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mr H Israel | Connect Care and Support Ltd (t/a Encore Health and Coghlan Lodges) | England & Wales | £26,281 |
| 1309573/2020 | 14 December 2020 | In person For the | Miss S Smith, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |