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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501508/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mr D Highgate | Burn Brae Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2202655/2019 | 13 November 2020 | (Day 1 am only Mr W Brown solicitor); then Claimant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402535/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Ms G Newman | HM Land Registry | England & Wales | — |
| 2413949/2019 | 13 November 2020 | Mr A Flood | Pennine Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104839/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mr G Shilliday | By Telephone East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3202096/2019 | 13 November 2020 | Ms Lucy MacKin | SFJ Tanning (Formerly known as MegaSun International Tanning Ltd.) | England & Wales | £8,895 |
| 1402608/2019 | 13 November 2020 | Mr R Hignett (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2207376/2020 | 13 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales |
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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| 1802232/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Miss Jasmine Fuller | Mr. D and Mrs L Smith t/a Preceptory Lodge | England & Wales | — |
| 1403946/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mr C Gates | QinetiQ Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303463/2018 | 13 November 2020 | Miss T Murray | Turtle Bay UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2601506/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mrs L Cunningham | McCrory Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603166/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mrs A Bricknell | Custom Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300540/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Sarah Perryman | RSL Awards Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302964/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mr L Evelyn | Euro Garages Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107238/2020 | 12 November 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107238/2020(P) Held on May 2021 Employment Judge: J M Hendry Mr C Eyre | Represented by Mr A Roberts, Solicitor Helix Offshore Crewing Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2305262/2019 | 12 November 2020 | Mr R Mohammed | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3201746/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Ms Evgenia Yordanova | Hillgate Investments Ltd t/a Alex Neil | England & Wales | £1,350 |
| 1401924/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Miss L Thomas | Devon county Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402996/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr D Clark | Vicki Garrett Transport Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401462/2018 | 12 November 2020 | Miss W Butler | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804963/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr B Moya Rubio | Kapow Gifts Ltd HELD by telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 3200189/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Ms S Phillips | Community Transport Waltham Forest Ltd | England & Wales | £873 |
| 1400523/2019 | 12 November 2020 | Mr D Conway | Niall Catlin Plumbing and Heating Ltd Heard by video platform | England & Wales | £1,300 |
| 1601929/2019 | 12 November 2020 | Mr M Anderson | Brenntag UK Limited Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4100882/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Miss H Liblik | Taam Hotel Limited | Scotland | £4,576 |
| 1804791/2019 | 12 November 2020 | Mr J McGill | VGC Leeds Limited HELD By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404368/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr D Poulter Mrs T Poulter | 1 Amelia House Ltd 2 Mr & Mrs Nuala Baxendale (trading as Amelia House Residential Home) | England & Wales | — |
| 2503661/2019 | 12 November 2020 | Mr J Hall | Newcastle University | England & Wales | — |
| 2302151/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr M Barlow | DP Fuel Tank Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1804834/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr C Willers | Super Car Prestige Limited | England & Wales | £6,038 |
| 1403878/2019 | 12 November 2020 | In person For the | Mr Paul Isherwood and Mrs Sue Isherwood T/a Four Seasons Cafe | England & Wales | — |
| 3202997/2019 | 11 November 2020 | Mr A Brown | Grove F & B Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803744/2019 | 11 November 2020 | Miss A Timmins | ASD UK Trading Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £3,487 |
| 1403117/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Mr T Compton | Blue Jasmine Food Ltd C/O Phoebe Zhao | England & Wales | — |
| 4102156/2020 | 11 November 2020 | — | Voice Technologies Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102958/2020 | 11 November 2020 | E.T. Z EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102958/2020 (V) Held by video on November 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr C Juweh | Wilson James Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300003/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Miss Thurdy Campbell | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3202456/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Mr S Williams | ABP (London) Investment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602227/2019 | 11 November 2020 | — | Alter Rock Ltd | England & Wales | £2,538 |
| 1801646/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Mr P Connell | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | £14,714 |
| 2203275/2020 | 11 November 2020 | — | Dolce & Gabbana UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205133/2019 | 11 November 2020 | Mr D Brown, Counsel For the | Mr G Burgess, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2203266/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Mr D A Simpson | W H Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305096/2019 | 11 November 2020 | Mr S Sinnathamby | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301682/2018 | 11 November 2020 | Mr P Piggott | Abacus Stone Ltd (In liquidation) | England & Wales | £23,202 |
| 2405550/2020 | 10 November 2020 | Mr S Alexander | Mersey Care Foundation Trust PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2303801/2018 | 10 November 2020 | Mr A Montasir | NHS Business Services Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 1804782/2020 | 10 November 2020 | Mr P Redshaw | McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited | England & Wales | — |