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Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,995 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,117 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,589 | |
| 2026 | 2,415 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600257/2025 | 3 December 2025 | A J Watson | Darley Abbey Village Stores Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200486/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Melissa Marshall | Voiceability Advocacy | England & Wales | — |
| 6013342/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mrs Adiela Barnes | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007075/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr Andrea Scaburri | Hackett Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001277/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mrs Joanne Hance | D and G Café Ltd | England & Wales | £7,506 |
| 6017118/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Ms D Jakus-Szampor | Lee-Anne Plumb R1 Alexanderplumb Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) R2 | England & Wales | £8,054 |
| 1800309/2025 | 2 December 2025 | 1. Miss S Ali 2. Mr A Choudry | W Brook & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313411/2020 | 2 December 2025 |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| Mr M Strutt |
| Royal Mail Group Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 1602114/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr K Edwards | Stark Building Materials UK Ltd t/a Jewsons | England & Wales | — |
| 6002667/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr Bilal Mohammed | AD&SB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6023363/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Ms K Hering née Ahonle | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6005904/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Kanwaljit Bal | The Sofa and Chair Company (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,236 |
| 6020123/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Mr J Walker | Great Places Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 6030526/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Gavin Jenkins | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2304174/2024 | 2 December 2025 | Mr O. Hassan | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £39,300 |
| 6024865/2025 | 2 December 2025 | Mr J Crabtree | People Asset Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601372/2023 | 2 December 2025 | Mr K Sargeant | Chinook Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6026888/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Mr Y Sharma | UCEA Capital Partners | England & Wales | — |
| 6005699/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Amber Lloyd Williams | Global 4 Communications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005080/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Mr J Alom, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6019915/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Mr M Mahim | HW Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6020979/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Ms S El-Raie | Cranfield Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406257/2023 | 1 December 2025 | Mr A Carter | Atelier Homes Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £16,676 |
| 6019894/2025 | 1 December 2025 | C Anderson | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6020832/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Miss C Stapleton | Northcoders Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313013/2023 | 1 December 2025 | Mr S Atkinson & Mr R Atkinson | Bond Freight Trading Ltd V | England & Wales | — |
| 3304625/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Mr A. Fernandes For the | Mr A. Ross | England & Wales | — |
| 6009528/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Ms Finney | Aristos Aristodemou Heard By: Newcastle Employment Tribunal By: Cloud Video Platform (CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 6039320/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Phyllis Sullivan | Capita plc | England & Wales | — |
| 8001701/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Mr Ricky Steven Gwiazda | KBB Distribution Ltd | Scotland | £8,498 |
| 2219507/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Mr Luke Joseph Decker | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP | England & Wales | £8,371 |
| 6002782/2024 | 1 December 2025 | Ms Ninka Duval | The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery or Goldsmiths of the City of London, commonly known as The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths | England & Wales | — |
| 6001836/2025 | 1 December 2025 | Mr C Letch | Go South Coast Ltd t/a Morebus | England & Wales | — |
| 2601789/2024 | 29 November 2025 | Mrs Iona Stancu | The Recruitment Group Limited (R1) Diam UK Limited (R2) Record of an Attended Preliminary Hearing at the Employment Tribunal Audio Recorded by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 6019256/2024 | 28 November 2025 | in person For the | Mr C Taylor (Director) | England & Wales | £5,395 |
| 2403444/2022 | 28 November 2025 | (1) Ms N Ridley-Laing (2) Miss L Mason | The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3204197/2022 | 28 November 2025 | Ms Joanna Boswell | Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302122/2022 | 28 November 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1305068/2023 | 28 November 2025 | Ms C Johnson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301839/2025 | 28 November 2025 | Mr J Anderson | G P Homecare Limited t/a Radis Community Care | England & Wales | — |
| 3309711/2023 | 28 November 2025 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401440/2025 | 28 November 2025 | C Pritchard B Webb | Hoptimistiq Ltd | England & Wales | £2,064 |
| 6021818/2024 | 28 November 2025 | Ms C-J Lennard | Joint Pub Ventures Ltd | England & Wales | £6,940 |
| 2404385/2024 | 28 November 2025 | Mrs P Smith | North West Ambulance Service Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6003833/2025 | 28 November 2025 | Mr A Garcia | Essendi UK Hotels 1 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404169/2023 | 28 November 2025 | In Person | — | England & Wales | £14,224 |
| 2303129/2024 | 28 November 2025 | Ms L Benn | Professional Game Match Officials Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306538/2024 | 28 November 2025 | Miss T. Mlambo | Kokio Health Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313271/2023 | 28 November 2025 | Mr S Gill | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305094/2023 | 28 November 2025 | Mr C Irish | West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |