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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3320799/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs T Chaplin | Oakview Health Limited Upon the parties having agreed terms of settlement and by consent | England & Wales | £1,642 |
| 2601681/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs L Karkach | Louisa Tinker | England & Wales | — |
| 4103634/2020 | 29 September 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103634/2020 Mr K McKaig | Represented by: Mrs J Rawlings Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2200346/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr A Akerele | ICTS (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404225/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr J Casas | Midshires Care Ltd, Aka Helping Hands Homecare | England & Wales | — |
| 1803591/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs J Lodge | Switalskis Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405582/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Miss S Robe | Adp Call Centres Ltd T/a All Day Pa |
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 |
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| 2602536/2020 | 29 September 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401843/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr T Sharp | Egertons Recovery Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402801/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mr G Adamson | Royal Mail Group Limited UPON APPLICATION made by a letter dated 17 August 2020 to reconsider the | England & Wales | — |
| 2401792/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Miss T Foster | Helen Coward | England & Wales | — |
| 3302024/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs G Willett | Meditransport Ambulance Service Ltd | England & Wales | £3,479 |
| 1602137/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Ms Greville | Gravells Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413776/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Miss S Holland | Smart Energy Review Limited | England & Wales | £19,290 |
| 3320800/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mr T Branham | Oakview Health Limited Upon the parties having agreed terms of settlement and by consent | England & Wales | £3,341 |
| 2400529/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr K Casserly | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403093/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr L Zdroana | PMP Recruitment Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2406092/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr B Kerr | Concentrix CVG Intelligent Contact Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601117/2018 | 29 September 2020 | Mr C Kolade | Trivallis Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600422/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs T Ward-Smith | Miresh Property Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305621/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mr K Jackson, Lay Representative (claimant’s father) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2409494/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Miss K Swift | Foodpro Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602581/2020 | 29 September 2020 | In person For the | Mr A Rowell, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2305457/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Dr P Orji | University of Brighton | England & Wales | — |
| 4112339/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr O Al Manasrah | Scottish Court and Tribunals Service | Scotland | — |
| 2410276/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr J Barraclough | ‘Johnnie’ Johnson Housing Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201911/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr D Woodhouse | Etag Fixings UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203693/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr R Bowley | Rio Tinto London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303852/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mrs S Lewis | Lanyon Bowdlers Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1304863/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr G Cooper | Pentalver Cannock Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300202/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr F Ahmed | Heron Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803070/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr P Verboci | RTI Extrusions Limited [1] Howmat Limited [2] TELEPHONE PRIVATE PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2408729/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr S McNulty | Apt Security Shutters Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308796/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr M Samuels | Uzin UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404736/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Miss S Hornblower of Counsel For the | Mr N Henry, Consultant | England & Wales | £26,579 |
| 1800945/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mrs J North | Lincolnshire Craft Beers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409084/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr C Dowling | Cheshire Moving and Storage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303270/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Miss S Napleton | GSI Wealth Management Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 2400796/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mrs L McInnes | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803889/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr Y Mahmood | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council TELEPHONE PRIVATE PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1303811/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr B Fox | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301295/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mrs T Bakshi | Npower Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406410/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr M Caulfield | W. Hall & Son (Holywell) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2104767/2010 | 28 September 2020 | Mr D McCauley | Granby Toxteth Development Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601697/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr A Hubbard | Aberystwyth University | England & Wales | — |
| 1804771/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr P Pitman | Moores Furniture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800491/2020 | 28 September 2020 | — | Swift Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416516/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr J T Butler | Saica Flex UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601155/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Mr M Cuddy | DAR Wales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600320/2020 | 28 September 2020 | Miss A Jones | Mr E A Jones & Mr R J Pittman (a partnership) Heard: via video | England & Wales | — |