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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802893/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr D Doughty | Harsco Metals Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403338/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Miss E Brealey | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2200148/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr. Z. Rahman, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804962/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr VG Josephs | DePaul UK | England & Wales | — |
| 3201849/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Ms Hannah Beetwell | Companion Care (Basildon) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405994/2019 | 21 September 2020 | - MR J DUFFY ( COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102212/2020 | 20 September 2020 | Mr A Kelly | Represented by:10 Mr Bryce - Solicitor B&M Retail Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3324857/2019 | 20 September 2020 | Mr S Raja | Mitie Care and Custody Limited | 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 |
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| 2300952/2020 | 19 September 2020 | Miss N H | A Company | England & Wales | £5,213 |
| 1803778/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr G Owen | Capita plc [1] Shahzad Saleem [2] Susan Taylor [3] | England & Wales | — |
| 1403152/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr Ryan Nicholson | Trizo Limited | England & Wales | £16,289 |
| 2600394/2019 | 18 September 2020 | Mr A Arundel | PCPM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204906/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr T Walker (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801682/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Ms G Outlaw | The Trustees of Long Preston Village Hall (charity No: 702315) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100046/2020 | 18 September 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100046/2020 Mr G Lamond | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor MVV Environment Baldovie Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1801796/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr R Fawcett | Wesco Aircraft EMEA Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601309/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr R Delaney | Clean Slate UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413975/2019 | 18 September 2020 | (1) Mrs D Guttentag (2) Mr RJ Guttentag (3) Mrs A Muller (4) Mr J Miller | Whitefield Hebrew Congregation | England & Wales | — |
| 4100566/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Ms S McAvoy | Blue Triangle Housing Association | Scotland | — |
| 1405976/2019 | 18 September 2020 | - MR R MURAWIAK FOR THE | - Mr F Currie | England & Wales | — |
| 3201805/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr M Artun | Emerging Markets Bond Exchange Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400689/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Miss N Kumari | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600669/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Miss L Houldsworth | The Stoneygate Eye Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 1800653/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr G Hemingway | Ford Retail Limited T/A TrustFord | England & Wales | — |
| 2600555/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Ms D Bowskill | Nottingham College | England & Wales | — |
| 3334678/2018 | 18 September 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201704/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr M Abdi | Dahabshiil Transfer Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2602459/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr CV Precop | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201233/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Miss P Garara | Jones Lang Lasalle Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202410/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mr Kamour Raji | West Ham United Football Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406396/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Miss D Cook | The Edinburgh Woollen Mill (Group) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404563/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mr S Loveridge | 1 XJC Jets Ltd 2 Mr S Carruthers 3 Mr C Phillips 4 XJC Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303470/2018 | 17 September 2020 | Mr A McGrath, Counsel For the | Mr M Cameron, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2410027/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mr E Joseph | Kingdom Security Limited | England & Wales | £23,053 |
| 2603236/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr K Patel | Brettex Contract Manufacturing & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1800402/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr S Ashmore | Dibco Precision Engineering Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £1,255 |
| 1802862/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Miss N Davies | Nadine Blakey | England & Wales | — |
| 3318778/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mrs B Joshi | The Teaching Supply Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 3202077/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mr R Smith | Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402765/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mrs H Reeves | Mr Barry Deane AJ Convenience Superstore Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403434/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mrs M Forbes | University of Plymouth | England & Wales | — |
| 2409042/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Dr S Patel | Ofsted | England & Wales | — |
| 1804373/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mrs P Gilmer | Elite Office Furniture (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324729/2019 | 17 September 2020 | — | Khosla Wines Ltd and Mr R Kumar Khosla | England & Wales | — |
| 1803475/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr C Claydon | Robert Watson & Sons (Hauliers) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801688/2020 | 17 September 2020 | in person (with assistance from Mrs Winn, his wife) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801809/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mrs D Sugden | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501018/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr R Biernat | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust VIDEO PRIVATE PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804654/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr C Harding | R. O. Arnold Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308941/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Miss L Mays | Field Systems Design Ltd | England & Wales | — |