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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1405482/2019 | 21 October 2020 | Mr T McGovern | Heritage Automotive Limited | England & Wales | £12,134 |
| 3334390/2018 | 21 October 2020 | Mr Z Iqbal | Jacarem Ltd | England & Wales | £12,000 |
| 4103039/2020 | 21 October 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103039/2020 Mr R Watt | Dalton Recycling Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2304902/2019 | 21 October 2020 | Mrs G Lomotey | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4112157/2019 | 21 October 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112157/2019 Mrs P Fitchet | Represented by: Ms A Sneddon Solicitor Prisitne Clean Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1306110/2020 | 21 October 2020 | Mr J Norris | Rwt Commercial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202075/2018 | 21 October 2020 | Mr R Hastings-Prosser | Home Office | 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 |
| 2411617/2019 |
| 21 October 2020 |
| Mr L Townsend |
| Department of Work and Pensions |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2300089/2020 | 20 October 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102872/2020 | 20 October 2020 | — | Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2408724/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr M Kadenge | RCCN Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303874/2018 | 20 October 2020 | Ms Gibson (daughter) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103280/2020 | 20 October 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103280/2020 Mr M Cunningham | Diageo Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304577/2018 | 20 October 2020 | — | Toolstation | England & Wales | — |
| 2207626/2021 | 20 October 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3324946/2019 | 20 October 2020 | Mr A Jones | Dapper Sandwich Company Ltd | England & Wales | £2,146 |
| 2601462/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Miss A Sulieman | Domestic and General Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3319919/2019 | 20 October 2020 | MR HAYLEY-BELL | Arriva London North Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800213/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr S Cross | Das Engineering Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414428/2019 | 20 October 2020 | Mrs A E Nicholls | Mandy Tidy | England & Wales | £100 |
| 1803787/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mrs A Braithwaite | National Fostering Agency North | England & Wales | — |
| 1801134/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Ms M Boatswain-Tomkin | Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205768/2019 | 19 October 2020 | In person | Mr S Flynn - Counsel REMOTE OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING VIA CLOUD VIDEO PLATFORM | England & Wales | — |
| 1807146/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mrs D Taylor | Astrea Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3202070/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mr B Thomas | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1404613/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mrs A Taylor | The Macular Disease Society | England & Wales | — |
| 2300538/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr N Toms of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3314540/2019 | 19 October 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £1,504 |
| 2501148/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Lorraine Gordon | Student Loans Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200548/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mrs E Disney | Personal Security Service Limited T/a Personal Security Service Secure Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 2414695/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mr J Nester | Heywood Electrical & Sons Ltd | England & Wales | £67 |
| 2304411/2019 | 19 October 2020 | In Person For the | Mr B Dunster and Mr M Simson (Directors) (RNR) | England & Wales | £10,196 |
| 2304107/2018 | 19 October 2020 | (1) Mrs Nina Julian (2) Miss Poppy Keam (3) Mrs Lewis Edmunds (4) Mrs Michele Holland | St Christopher’s School (Canterbury) Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £21,204 |
| 3306179/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr L Harvey | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302582/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr A Wilkins | CV Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306835/2018 | 19 October 2020 | Mr I Komusanac, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300167/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Ms N Aytekin | London South Bank University | England & Wales | — |
| 2301132/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr M Waqas | Simon Byrne | England & Wales | £3,658 |
| 2601215/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mr W Cyll | Murfins Transport Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2204744/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr F Venosi | UKRO Ltd | England & Wales | £3,636 |
| 2503450/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mr P James | Capita Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202255/2019 | 17 October 2020 | Mrs A S Koffi | Permanent | England & Wales | £101,853 |
| 1804860/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Mr PA Kuras | Hurst Doors | England & Wales | — |
| 2300961/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Ms M Desantos | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403105/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Mr P Harris | Bradfords Building Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325765/2019 | 16 October 2020 | Mr P Matthews | Kuehne+nagel Drinks Logisitcs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4114760/2019 | 16 October 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114760/2019 Expenses Hearing per Written Submissions Employment Judge: M A Macleod Gillian Wilkinson | Parity Professionals Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1801907/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Mrs M Plonska | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603507/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Miss K McDade | Aurthur Holland | England & Wales | — |
| 2201865/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Miss K Kennedy | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |