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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600643/2020 | 4 October 2020 | Ms K Sharif | Cardiff University | England & Wales | — |
| 2417086/2019 | 4 October 2020 | — | Carr v Keoghs LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1600882/2020 | 4 October 2020 | Mr J Pritchard | R Williams & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200068/2019 | 4 October 2020 | Miss C Hodgkins | St Botolphs Ltd T/A Hawaii Five O | England & Wales | — |
| 1600647/2020 | 4 October 2020 | Mr J Evans-Jones | Jelf Insurance Brokers Ltd Trading As Marsh Commercial | England & Wales | — |
| 1600089/2020 | 4 October 2020 | — | Walters v Gregory Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413941/2019 | 4 October 2020 | Mr AY Yem | CSM (United Kingdom) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402661/2020 | 4 October 2020 | Mr M Ford |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 2413898/2019 | 4 October 2020 | Mr I Haddington | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 3201266/2020 | 3 October 2020 | Ms G Cresswell | The Grange Management (holdings) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3324555/2019 | 3 October 2020 | Mr R Rawlings | Pro Cam CP Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202121/2019 | 3 October 2020 | Ms M Skalic | Booking.com Customer Service Center (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200205/2020 | 3 October 2020 | Mrs H Bankwala | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201661/2020 | 3 October 2020 | Mrs S Warman | Longthorne Pharmacies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307800/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Mr I Blount | Stafford Constitutional Club Ltd | England & Wales | £3,029 |
| 1804335/2019 | 2 October 2020 | No attendance | White v Manor Estate Social Club 2017 Ltd (in receivership) | England & Wales | — |
| 3313303/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Mr Georgiou, Husband | — | England & Wales | £9,243 |
| 1307762/2019 | 2 October 2020 | In Person For the | Mr J. Buckle - Solicitor Case No.1307762/2019 | England & Wales | — |
| 3326449/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Miss T Mundy | Work Works Training Solutions CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1304341/2020 | 2 October 2020 | In Person For the | Mrs R Cairney (Solicitor) Interpreter: Mr M Adam-Weclawiak (Polish) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300042/2019 | 2 October 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302026/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mr F Arcin | Impact Food Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805160/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mr A Rocha | Bruno Saverio | England & Wales | — |
| 2402334/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mr T Rudman | Burnley Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1804724/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mr I Price | Total Polyfilm Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3328257/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Mrs A Stempien-Wyrwal For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801997/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Ms D Rhodes | Myrtle Park Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 4113029/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Mr Lee Gibson | Represented by J Friel - Relation Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 3323406/2019 | 2 October 2020 | In person For the | Mr S Margo - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3200021/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mr A Lewis | London Fire Commissioner UPON APPLICATION made by email dated 15 October 2020 to reconsider the | England & Wales | — |
| 2401804/2020 | 2 October 2020 | Mrs D Todd | ACC Liverpool Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806306/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Ms S Lodge | Avon Care Ltd PUBLIC HEARING Heard: BY CVP On: 1- 2 October 2020 | England & Wales | £18,164 |
| 1404292/2019 | 2 October 2020 | Mr B Large (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £6,313 |
| 3312626/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Mr J Debont | Icomm Communications Limited | England & Wales | £421 |
| 1400610/2020 | 1 October 2020 | 1.Mr C Lewis 2. Mrs J Fluery 3. Mr CS Lewis 4. Miss C Cleaveley 5. Mr J Robbins | M. J. & L. C. Simmons t/a Westward Travel | England & Wales | — |
| 2201766/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Mr T Czaplewski | Ms A Kowalik | England & Wales | £4,988 |
| 2402771/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Miss K Slattery | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4102523/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Mr Edward Johnston | MPMH Construction Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1403854/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Miss A Partridge | Forward Futures Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300784/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Mr R Paterson | Sky UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300004/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Ms J Boyle, Nucleus Legal Advice Centre For the | Ms F Fernandez | England & Wales | £25,360 |
| 2405545/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Mr M Salam | Robinson Way Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402605/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Mr A Butler | Marstons plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4107728/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Personal representatives of Miss LA Findlay (Deceased) | Tennent Caledonian Breweries (UK) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1400572/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Ms N Duke | Radstock Town Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1307827/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Ms B Turner | Automobile Association Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100397/2020 | 1 October 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100397/2020 Hearing by CVP at Edinburgh on September 2020 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: L Grime Tribunal Member: C Buon Mr Terry Ryan | Gambrinus Scotland Limited | Scotland | £2,549 |
| 1803363/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Miss L Enderwick | Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1801440/2020 | 1 October 2020 | In person | David Bull T/a The Davy Lamp Company | England & Wales | £9,143 |
| 1402223/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Miss L Fazackarley | Jobsite UK (worldwide) Limited | England & Wales | — |