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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4103571/2020 | 6 November 2020 | Mr J Lindsay | - Solicitor CITB | Scotland | £125,210 |
| 2410430/2019 | 6 November 2020 | Miss A Savage | Joe Davies (Manchester) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413367/2018 | 6 November 2020 | Ms G Hyde | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2414400/2019 | 6 November 2020 | Mr J Knowles | Securitas Security Services Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3324737/2019 | 6 November 2020 | Did not attend (written representations). For the | Reverend J Boyd and Mr M Stevenson, Treasurer. | England & Wales | — |
| 3302818/2020 | 6 November 2020 | Miss C Voong | Progress Staffing & Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £5,308 |
| 4114512/2019 | 5 November 2020 | Miss J A Henderson | - Solicitor Melissa McAllister t/a The Empire Bar | Scotland | — |
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 |
| 2206663/2020 |
| 5 November 2020 |
| Mr W. Davey |
| Harrods Ltd. |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1402779/2020 | 5 November 2020 | Mr Andrew Denman | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2303324/2017 | 5 November 2020 | Mrs Kathleen Greenidge | Economic Skips Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303561/2018 | 5 November 2020 | Mrs W Pointer | Kent Old People’s Housing Society Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600728/2020 | 5 November 2020 | Mr. M Munyoro | Priory Group (R1) Lansdowne Road Limited (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2415099/2019 | 5 November 2020 | Mr C Thacker | Chrisalis Worldwide Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413778/2018 | 5 November 2020 | Mrs K Hughes | Vale Mill (Rochdale) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301923/2020 | 5 November 2020 | In Person For the | Goals Soccer Centres plc (in administration) | England & Wales | £20,143 |
| 1309673/2020 | 5 November 2020 | Mr S Shaw | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804901/2019 | 5 November 2020 | Mr B Aked | Peter Thompson Joinery Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1601109/2019 | 5 November 2020 | Mr R Proctor | Warwick Estates Property Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306025/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr N Wallbanks | Core Fulfilment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201080/2020 | 4 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401898/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr Daniel Swain | Mercedes Benz South West | England & Wales | — |
| 2400149/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Mr P Alder | Quality Protects Children Ltd (Lawrence House School) | England & Wales | — |
| 3304155/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr Jones, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1309313/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Mr H Parmar | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402099/2021 | 4 November 2020 | Mr S Colbert | Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4104792/2020 | 4 November 2020 | — | Bennets Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3325724/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Mr D Frame For the | Mr James Lamb and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2408494/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr G Bell | Julie Forde | England & Wales | — |
| 3334503/2018 | 4 November 2020 | Mr J Wilkes (solicitor) on 24 August 2020 Mr R Bhatt (counsel) from 26 August 2020 For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403484/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr G Stewart | P & A Projects Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308047/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Ms F Williams | NFU Mutual Service Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319994/2019 | 4 November 2020 | (1) Mr J Hayes (2) Mr J Turbett | Sky Cabs Corby Limited Heard by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 4101138/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mrs M Mitchell | Club | Scotland | — |
| 2203754/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Ms T Facey | Fitness First Clubs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2504354/2019 | 3 November 2020 | Miss M Jones | Cygnet (OE) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203356/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs M Smith | Healthwatch Camden | England & Wales | — |
| 2600670/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr L Johnson | DB Cargo (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302919/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr David Fysh | Carter Accommodation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203713/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Ms Chinkuli | One Housing Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602941/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs T Beasley | Fairgrove Homes Limited | England & Wales | £11,403 |
| 2602684/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Ms N Elliot | Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2304342/2019 | 3 November 2020 | Mr John Craig | Abellio Limited | England & Wales | £1,852 |
| 2402332/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs C Oldenburg | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1402995/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr J Chianalino | First MTR South Western Trains Limited t/a South Western Railway | England & Wales | — |
| 2601927/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs A Clinton | (R1) Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (R2) Solo Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305640/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Vasilica Maria Chis | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201446/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Ms C Hilton-Tomlinson | No Ordinary Designer Label Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404356/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr A Genidy | Stay Original Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201733/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mrs Y Barwick | Dr A Qureshi | England & Wales | — |
| 3305512/2024 | 2 November 2020 | Ms M Eemann | Quickfit Safety Belt Services Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |