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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801151/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Ms M Plummer | Helme Hall Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2504226/2019 | 23 September 2020 | Mrs W Johnson | Mr I Johnson (In Representative Capacity on behalf of The General Committee of Brandon Sports Club) (R1) Executive Protection Group-(EPG) Ltd (R2) Executive Protection Group (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800657/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Miss N Thackery | Daynes Monumental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802250/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mrs M Cook | The Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800372/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mr S Rawson | The Committee for the time being of the Wadsley Bridge Working Men’s Club through its Secretary Mrs J Barrett | England & Wales | — |
| 4104209/2020 | 23 September 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104209/2020 Ms B Philliben | Dental Surgery Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300434/2018 | 23 September 2020 | Mr J Davies, claimant’s father For the |
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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| 2303098/2019 | 23 September 2020 | John Konteng | Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd Heard by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2603706/2019 | 23 September 2020 | Ms M Qamar | Nspcc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602505/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Ms LM Rogers | Leicestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2501248/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Miss C Buller | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302258/2019 | 23 September 2020 | Miss M Isaacs | Apple Retail UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600121/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mr N Quinn | Leicester Diocesan Board Of Finance. | England & Wales | — |
| 2602567/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mrs R Bath | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200193/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Miss SJ Tripp | Elite Cleaning Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802169/2019 | 23 September 2020 | Ms K Birley | Wonderland Nurseries Ltd This has been a remote hearing, by cloud video platform (V): A hearing in person was not practicable because of the present restrictions due to Covid 19. | England & Wales | £18,583 |
| 2400758/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr F Lasaitis | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2416786/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Mr S Gregory | Wireless Energy Management Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303904/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Ms B Thompson | Ringway Jacobs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,900 |
| 2406347/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mrs J Geraghty | The North Of England Zoological Society | England & Wales | — |
| 2411295/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Miss D Harwood | Oakhill College (Whalley) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800951/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Ms M Walker | Joalpe International Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304240/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Ms A Benton | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2406056/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Miss A Hughes | Rectella Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411137/2019 | 22 September 2020 | — | Order of The Sisters of St Joseph of The Apparition | England & Wales | — |
| 2304818/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr T Miles | Rapid Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102249/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr Bradley Donaldson | Bear Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3319933/2019 | 22 September 2020 | In person For the | Mr T Brennan, EEF Ltd t/a MAKE UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1406158/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Dr E Le Grove | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | £4,062 |
| 1600297/2018 | 22 September 2020 | Mrs G Tainton | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2602327/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Ms A Grant | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2200333/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr F Ahmed | CassonX Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402313/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr N Brown Respondent Choice Mobility Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413950/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Mrs H Haney | Homecarers (Liverpool) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404306/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Miss C Webb | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2401510/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr R Calandri | The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy | England & Wales | — |
| 1803480/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mrs G Savoini | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2504329/2019 | 21 September 2020 | Mr S Blaylock | Livehere Ltd Trading As Bricks And Mortar Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1403338/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Miss E Brealey | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1803484/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Miss H Cunningham | Aston Barclay Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201849/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Ms Hannah Beetwell | Companion Care (Basildon) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802661/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr C Lazenby | Lakeside Plumbers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802795/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr M Greenall | Spectrum Steel Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200148/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr. Z. Rahman, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600961/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr. P. Edwards | Brecon and Radnor Express and Powys County Times Limited (The) trading as Brecon & Radnor Express | England & Wales | — |
| 1405994/2019 | 21 September 2020 | - MR J DUFFY ( COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500892/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mrs J Avery | Waterloo House Rest Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302467/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr A Wilding | Intech Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200644/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr E Fadehan | Total Resources | England & Wales | — |
| 1802066/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr R Heffron | Mr Tom Crosbee t/a Wet N Warm | England & Wales | — |