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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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6007004/2025 | 2 November 2025 | Mr Dujon Lecointe | Hyperoptic Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2406836/2024 | 1 November 2025 | Mrs D Pascubillo | Barker Care Limited | England & Wales | £1,733 |
| 6002248/2025 | 1 November 2025 | Mr P Lindsay | Yucca Recruitment Agency Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502010/2024 | 31 October 2025 | Mrs A Brown (1) Mrs L Davison (2) | AH Enterprises (Hull) Limited | England & Wales | £21,682 |
| 1301560/2022 | 31 October 2025 | Mr S Stevens | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6012704/2024 | 31 October 2025 | Mr Abdal Miah | London Borough of Hackney | England & Wales | — |
| 6011937/2025 | 31 October 2025 | T Katanda | Clearabee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402683/2024 | 31 October 2025 |
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 |
| Ms K Rowbottom First |
| Second Respondent Syriana One Ltd Mr Khaled Al Sabbah |
| England & Wales |
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| 6020754/2024 | 31 October 2025 | Mr L Hounsome | Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 6009633/2025 | 31 October 2025 | Mr Tapiwa Tatenda Kelvin Chabuka | A-Mat Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1603397/2025 | 31 October 2025 | Ms N Pona | Yo Sushi | England & Wales | — |
| 1304665/2021 | 31 October 2025 | Mrs L Shaw | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400002/2023 | 31 October 2025 | Michael Flint | Albany Apartments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6018986/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Andrew Kieswetter | Debrett’s Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6027208/2025 | 30 October 2025 | Maya Williams Briscoe | Cinch Cars | England & Wales | — |
| 8001903/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Ms M Love | Vascutek Limited t/a Terumo Aortic | Scotland | — |
| 1404969/2023 | 30 October 2025 | Mr S. Wells | Cranatt Construction Limited RECORD OF A FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £72,903 |
| 1400049/2025 | 30 October 2025 | Miss N Frost | Coffee Jazz Limited | England & Wales | £884 |
| 1401934/2021 | 30 October 2025 | Miss Z Csatordai | NHS - Portsmouth (Clinical Commissioning Group) incl. CSU SCW, | England & Wales | — |
| 6019951/2025 | 30 October 2025 | Ms M Olarewaju | Strategic Software Applications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001243/2025 | 30 October 2025 | Miss N D Marshall | Whisky Merchants Trading Ltd (in Administration) | Scotland | £853 |
| 1403133/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Miss M E Roberts | Berkhampstead Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 6009148/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Mr C Ward | Authenticated By Limited | England & Wales | £28,593 |
| 6013385/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Ms M Kosma | Safe and Sound Wiltshire LLP which trades as Bluebird Care (Wiltshire North) | England & Wales | — |
| 6013106/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Phillip Eccles | Four Seasons Fruiterers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002466/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Ms Sumaiya Yasmin | Bank of England Heard: by CVP at London Central | England & Wales | — |
| 1405724/2023 | 30 October 2025 | Dr Z Chibwana (1) Dr B Rizvi (2) Dr S Mukhtar (3) | Isle of Wight NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402539/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Mr D Leslie (1) Ms D Hanson (2) | Aquan Water, F.A.O. Alex Ling | England & Wales | — |
| 2301761/2024 | 30 October 2025 | Mrs Lorraine Hamilton-Julien | Cygnet Health Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004497/2025 | 30 October 2025 | Mr Colden | J & S Marketing Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2301928/2022 | 29 October 2025 | E Staples | P Mercer Held at: London South Employment Tribunal by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4100912/2025 | 29 October 2025 | Mr C Picken | Represented by: Ms L Hogg - Friend Maclennan Distribution Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6002442/2024 | 29 October 2025 | Mrs Tracy Hewitt | Make Waves Swim School Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402681/2024 | 29 October 2025 | Mr Asher Hollins | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600349/2025 | 29 October 2025 | Mr M Henson | Treasure Transport Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000371/2025 | 29 October 2025 | Mr D Morrison | Campers Scotland Limited (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2600336/2025 | 29 October 2025 | Mrs S Rana | B&M Print and Embroidery Limited | England & Wales | £15,562 |
| 6023478/2024 | 29 October 2025 | Simon Clacher | Epic Print Limited | England & Wales | £39,697 |
| 6014347/2024 | 29 October 2025 | Mr Anthony Richards | Lucozade Ribena Suntory Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000745/2025 | 28 October 2025 | Ms L Dillon | Mears Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3305008/2022 | 28 October 2025 | Ms K Hollingworth | Cambridge Housing Society Ltd t/a Cambridge Housing Society Group RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6007584/2024 | 28 October 2025 | Mr K Tolman | Trafalgar House Administration Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6023294/2024 | 28 October 2025 | Mr Shaun Garbett | Euro Foods Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2223288/2024 | 28 October 2025 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102765/2025 | 28 October 2025 | Ms D Bruce | Represented by Mr A Bruce Lay representative Glasgow Life | Scotland | — |
| 6017658/2024 | 28 October 2025 | Mr Justin Cooper | R & M Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | £15,375 |
| 6017069/2024 | 28 October 2025 | Miss R English | Ear Doctors Microsuction Clinic UK Limited | England & Wales | £416 |
| 3308696/2024 | 27 October 2025 | Mr S B A Shah | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600332/2025 | 27 October 2025 | Mr Y Saqib | South Wales Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3303444/2024 | 27 October 2025 | Miss Z Alwan | Resource Experience Ltd | England & Wales | — |