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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806765/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr P Stevenson | Mr J Hunt T/a Granelli’s | England & Wales | £9,328 |
| 1404356/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr A Genidy | Stay Original Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305512/2024 | 2 November 2020 | Ms M Eemann | Quickfit Safety Belt Services Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1404242/2018 | 2 November 2020 | Mr R Wakeling, Solicitor For the First | Freshways Dairystix Ltd (In Voluntary Creditors’ Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202143/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mr AU Sheikh | Mr P Singh T/as Papa Johns | England & Wales | — |
| 1406136/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr D Barrett | Kuehne and Nagel Drinks Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201733/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mrs Y Barwick | Dr A Qureshi | 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 |
| 3201951/2019 |
| 2 November 2020 |
| Ms Yasemin Ozcan |
| Turkish Bank (UK) Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2401209/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mr C Woodthorpe | AFC Fylde Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113111/2018 | 2 November 2020 | Mr F Shields | Thomas Smith | Scotland | — |
| 2601181/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mr PJ Ujma | Tulip Ltd T/A Dalehead Foods JUDGEMENT The claim is struck out. | England & Wales | — |
| 1804372/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Ms A Curry | CH & CO Catering Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402651/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr S Nikolov | Sunseeker International Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2405516/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Ms T Carter | Vision Bus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406284/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr S Onwudiwe | Sector Security Services Ltd | England & Wales | £94 |
| 1404059/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mr F R Simpson | Titan Leathercraft Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111247/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr S Chisholm | City Gate Construction (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | £3,634 |
| 3300166/2017 | 1 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2200639/2021 | 31 October 2020 | Ms C Dynott | KMS (Scotland) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103605/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr Daniel Linney | Represented by:15 Mr Thornber, Consultant Stuart Niven & Son | Scotland | — |
| 1300453/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr R Ennis – Solicitor For the | Mr J Hart - Director | England & Wales | £4,000 |
| 1601119/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Ms T. Curnock | Bridgend County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3201255/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr D Stewardson | Royal Mail Group Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4103821/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr C Adams | Porta vadie Marina | Scotland | — |
| 3200748/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr Thileephan Sri Kathirgama Sampanther | Excellent Entertainment Ltd | England & Wales | £18,269 |
| 3332495/2018 | 30 October 2020 | Mrs Jennifer Hamilton | Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2206347/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr P Ward, Counsel For the 2nd claimant: Representing herself For the | Mr L Davies, Solicitor PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3304542/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr F Bollom | The Bull Hotel And Vaults Bar (King Arthur Inns Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 3327110/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mr C. Fifield | Nestlé Purina Petcare (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303467/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Ms E Baker | Aegis Moto Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302552/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mr A Korn (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100386/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Member R Martin Tribunal Member E Coyle Mr B Hunter | Represented by: Self Golf Inn @ Ladybank Ltd | Scotland | £954 |
| 4111815/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Member Taylor Tribunal Member Coyle Mr B Fitzsimmons | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | £17,635 |
| 1406367/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mrs S Rogers | Gurney Harden Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601565/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mr C Williams | Mr A Gallagher and Mrs D Gallagher (a partnership trading as ‘A Gallagher & Son’) | England & Wales | £3,456 |
| 2603167/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Miss K Brown | Hearn Care Homes Ltd Considered on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 2305119/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mrs C Cretan | Mr A Al-Chalabi | England & Wales | — |
| 4103391/2020 | 29 October 2020 | — | Therapy Essentials Ltd | Scotland | £4,584 |
| 1308416/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Ms. R. Sterling | Britchem Products (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £4,371 |
| 2201435/2020 | 29 October 2020 | — | Cavendish Engineers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302045/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr D Bunting – Counsel For the | Mr R Bhatt - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 4112262/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr C Baird | Represented by:15 Ms Morrison – Strathclyde Law Clinic SBT Builders | Scotland | — |
| 1805248/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr M Ajala | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603136/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Miss S Akhtar | Palletforce Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1309315/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Miss J Griffiths | Advance Health Care UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102683/2020 | 29 October 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102683/2020 Mrs G Dove | Balhousie Care Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102575/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr W Stafford | Hill Glasgow Ltd | Scotland | £23,332 |
| 2602619/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr S Anderson | R&S Construction Waste Disposal Limited | England & Wales | £653 |
| 1301603/2017 | 29 October 2020 | MRS J LUCAS | John Kyrle High School and 6th Form Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1602353/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr J Belle | Lonsdale Vehicle Contracts Limited | England & Wales | — |