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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1305972/2018 | 3 August 2020 | — | Blodwell v DBS Law Ltd (in Liquidation) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2202239/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr J Horvat | M & G Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200611/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr S Carbutt | Chelmsford City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1303819/2018 | 3 August 2020 | Mrs H Woolgar | Brintons Carpets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405429/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr D Doran | Unique Solutions Central Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802802/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mrs L Thompson | Rise Festival Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416647/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr M Popa Ms E Cazan | Headset Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306113/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr A Sandhu | Yodel Delivery Network Ltd |
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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| 1300665/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr G Cheadle | Goals Soccer Centres plc (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303782/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Miss Duane, Counsel For the | Mr Soanes, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1300085/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Miss K Martin | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4101058/2020 | 3 August 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101058/2020 Miss R Williamson | Represented by: Mr W McParland Solicitor SSE Services plc | Scotland | — |
| 2603673/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr T Watson | Traffic Safety & Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410885/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Miss P Blahova | Lavahouse Associates Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2205079/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr S Ahmad | Automobile Association Developments Ltd OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING (held remotely) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408662/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Ms M McNicholas | Silverchip | England & Wales | — |
| 1305026/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr J Sidley | Inn Express Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2417093/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr R Catlow | Burnley Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801363/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Miss A Pearman | Engaging Education (a company limited by guarantee) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200551/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Ms A Falana | Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4101463/2020 | 3 August 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101463/2020 Ms E King | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2603055/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr C Chatterie | E S Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202697/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Mark Henry Nellist | The White Hart Inn Public House Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405781/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr K Cooper | 3P Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302109/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr D Perry | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309214/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr A Langdale | Traffic Safety & Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201274/2020 | 3 August 2020 | — | Ocean Communications Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2302202/2019 | 3 August 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302336/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr JM Tansell | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500413/2021 | 2 August 2020 | Mr I Scott | Insight Safety Limited Heard: Remotely (by video) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500120/2021 | 2 August 2020 | Mrs L Ayre | DMA Law Limited Heard: Remotely (by video) | England & Wales | — |
| 2205774/2020 | 2 August 2020 | Mr I Mohammed | Rendall and Rittner | England & Wales | £500 |
| 3303093/2021 | 2 August 2020 | Mr J Logo | Payone Gmbh | England & Wales | — |
| 6011839/2025 | 2 August 2020 | MR AMAR ZAMIR | Mondelez Europe Services Gmbh | England & Wales | — |
| 2301266/2022 | 2 August 2020 | Miss E Raftery | Young & Co.’s Brewery plc Dominic’s Pub Company Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2301475/2021 | 2 August 2020 | Ms J Prendergast | Royal Borough of Greenwich Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1804276/2020 | 2 August 2020 | Mrs R Wilson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312894/2022 | 1 August 2020 | Ms. Nakra | Breezemount Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6024743/2025 | 1 August 2020 | Mr G Irikefe | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis D | England & Wales | — |
| 1802870/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Miss S Abban-Mensah | Pavers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601415/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Miss M Novellino | Kenneth DF Jacques-Rankin | England & Wales | — |
| 2303152/2019 | 31 July 2020 | Miss J Wyatt | Diasorin SpA UK Branch CASE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION BY TELEPHONE/CVP VIDEO LINK | England & Wales | — |
| 2401806/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Mr E Yahaya | Single Resource Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601360/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Mrs S Basilisco | The Baby Shower Company | England & Wales | £1,067 |
| 2410516/2019 | 31 July 2020 | Mr R Cooney | Mr A Calvert and Mr D Johns, acting as Trustees for and on behalf of Roose Conservative Working Mens Club (an unincorporated association) | England & Wales | £5,513 |
| 2602152/2018 | 31 July 2020 | Mrs L Hayes | Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1406031/2019 | 31 July 2020 | Mr K Patel | High-Tech Windows Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304687/2019 | 31 July 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403922/2019 | 31 July 2020 | Mrs J Ingle | Lovett International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201437/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Ms C McCann, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |