Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2403297/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr A Mitchell | BSL Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402650/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Ms K Westwell | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307642/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mr Y Ilyas | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806369/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr L Pugh | Prodigium Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500770/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mrs K Collins | Isocom Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2415777/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Ms H Hadfield | Andrew Colvin | England & Wales | — |
| 2400167/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Miss M Roach | Liverpool First Collaborative Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2415440/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr B Charlton | Neighbourhood Food Larder |
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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| 1402629/2019 | 13 December 2020 | Mr Passman (Solicitor) For the | Miss Irvine (Solicitor) Page 2 of 2 | England & Wales | — |
| 3307104/2020 | 13 December 2020 | Mr D Moore | Stonegate Pub Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304161/2016 | 13 December 2020 | In Person plus on day 1 as notetakers Mr Tierney and Mr Connel. On day 2 morning only Mr Tierney For the | Ms R Azib, barrister at law | England & Wales | — |
| 2500934/2020 | 13 December 2020 | M Austin | A1M Retro Classics Limited Heard by CVP at: Newcastle Upon Tyne | England & Wales | £28,560 |
| 2301446/2019 | 12 December 2020 | Ms G Churchouse, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303314/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Mr N Davies, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302403/2017 | 11 December 2020 | Mr J Neckles (Union Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | £250 |
| 3200743/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Abdoul El Gorrou | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | £42,142 |
| 2300351/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Jennifer Ndhlovu | Hestia Housing and Support | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 2501968/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Ms N Lumley | North Yorkshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1309221/2019 | 11 December 2020 | No Attendance For the First | Mr B Jones - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2404656/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Ms C Morris | The Endeavour Learning Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601514/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Ms McDonald | Dolwen Limited | England & Wales | £3,032 |
| 3325499/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Mr Joyce, Director STRIKE OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 1601239/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Mr A Priddle | Trendaset Limited Heard: by video | England & Wales | £5,906 |
| 3203160/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Mr A Hussain | London General Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | £786 |
| 2200516/2020 | 11 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2416553/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Mr D Nickson | Cricketers Inns Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305093/2018 | 11 December 2020 | Mr Faisal Nazir | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800668/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Mr. M Yasin | Albert Farnell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409381/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Ms J Graham | Lakeview Rest Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602226/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Mr D Hossain | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105493/2020 | 10 December 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105493/2020 Mr A McDonald | Shopfitting Partners LLP | Scotland | — |
| 1601708/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr K D’Errico | Amazon Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104898/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr S Maguire | Moffat Electrical Services Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £1,215 |
| 3314053/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Mrs R Garnett | Rothalcourt Ltd | England & Wales | £5,310 |
| 2303117/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Mr M Pollard | Aquinas Church of England Education Trust, | England & Wales | — |
| 2601439/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr S Wawrzyniak | Carlisle Staffing plc t/a Guidant Global | England & Wales | — |
| 1309059/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Ms L Moses,Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202381/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr. D Osmanski | V Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | £3,454 |
| 1309126/2019 | 10 December 2020 | In Person For the First | Miss I Ferber - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1300968/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Mr A. Parr, in person For the | Ms A. Neukirch, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2200385/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr A. Williams | The Westbury Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202735/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Miss F Liburd | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | £14,010 |
| 2500373/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Mr P Szanowski | Truck Technics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107855/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Mr H D Williams | Represented by Ms L Neil Solicitor Scottish Water | Scotland | — |
| 2204078/2020 | 9 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201392/2019 | 9 December 2020 | Ms J Brown | Deerlands Day Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £2,420 |
| 1405723/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Mr J Wencius | Atlas Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801414/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Miss C Blakeston | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (sued as Department for Work and Pensions) HELD by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2402200/2019 | 9 December 2020 | Miss A Parfitt | Intalekt Holdings (Nelson) Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £34,555 |
| 4103330/2020 | 9 December 2020 | Mr T Vizoviczki | Represented by: Mr S Wilson - Solicitor Tapa Capulus & Pistrino Limited | Scotland | £11,394 |