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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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6009349/2024 | 17 November 2025 | Miss S Taylor | Gursirat Supermarket Ltd | England & Wales | £5,010 |
| 6002018/2025 | 17 November 2025 | S Walsh | Frank King (Wigan) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6006807/2024 | 17 November 2025 | Miss Lauren Campbell | The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Merton | England & Wales | — |
| 3301105/2024 | 17 November 2025 | Mrs Louise O'Riordan | Stonbury Limited RECORD OF A PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6019715/2025 | 17 November 2025 | Mr C McCutcheon | Crucial Solutions (NE) Limited – In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | £32,758 |
| 1603693/2024 | 17 November 2025 | Ms M Tams | HM Prison and Probation Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2307066/2023 | 16 November 2025 | Mr Beresford Walker | Wincanton Group 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 | 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 |
| 2500585/2025 |
| 15 November 2025 |
| Miss K Rowley & Miss B Myers |
| Jacob Bordon |
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| 2402393/2024 | 14 November 2025 | Mr M Armstrong | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 6000589/2025 | 14 November 2025 | Miss Jing Zhang | Asda Express Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200225/2024 | 14 November 2025 | Mr A M Said | The Department of Health and Social Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1604382/2024 | 14 November 2025 | Mr M Thomas | Cardiff Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3303084/2024 | 14 November 2025 | Ms S Maskell | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | England & Wales | — |
| 3303005/2024 | 14 November 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402452/2024 | 14 November 2025 | - NO ATTENDANCE FOR THE | Sol Attendance Limited | England & Wales | £88 |
| 2302158/2023 | 14 November 2025 | Mr I Ul-Haq | Transport UK London Bus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002859/2025 | 14 November 2025 | M Hawley | Galloways Society for the Blind | England & Wales | — |
| 3304968/2023 | 14 November 2025 | Stuart Graham | Covea Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6026556/2025 | 14 November 2025 | Mr D Roberts | Ceir PG Cars Limited | England & Wales | £31,117 |
| 2600001/2023 | 14 November 2025 | Mrs Limara Davies | Active 8 Managed Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8002351/2025 | 14 November 2025 | Mr C Wallis | Venesky-Brown Recruitment Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 3304181/2024 | 14 November 2025 | In person For | Non-attendance | England & Wales | £7,862 |
| 6006901/2024 | 14 November 2025 | Mr B Jameson | Enterprise Rent A Car UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403718/2024 | 13 November 2025 | Mrs D Devin | Call US Dental Spa Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2307639/2023 | 13 November 2025 | Mr M Baptiste | Countrywide Estate Agents Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002564/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Mr J Richardson | 1st and last gaming event | England & Wales | — |
| 4101308/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Mrs P Fascia | Gordon MacNeil Solicitor | Scotland | £21,539 |
| 2411365/2023 | 13 November 2025 | Wendy Lock | Sopra Steria Limited RECORD OF A PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2301201/2024 | 13 November 2025 | (1) Mr N Ikeh (2) Mr E Obaseki | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309014/2024 | 13 November 2025 | Mr Frame (Solicitor) For the | Mr Witte (Director of Respondent) | England & Wales | £0 |
| 6006580/2024 | 13 November 2025 | Miss L F Weineck | Gogo Gadget Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6012916/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Mr N A Djondo | Tandoori Catering Consultants Ltd t/a Burger King | England & Wales | — |
| 3300003/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Mr Hallstrom, Counsel For the | Briggate Service Garage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401582/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Miss M Ismael | St Mungo Community Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3306284/2024 | 12 November 2025 | In person (assisted by Mr W Rugarabanu) For the | Ms J Whiteley, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 6023103/2025 | 12 November 2025 | Mr J Blake | ISS UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100837/2025 | 12 November 2025 | Ms L McCulloch Hood | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £0 |
| 3304936/2022 | 12 November 2025 | In person For the | Ms Bastin, legal representative | England & Wales | — |
| 2403581/2023 | 12 November 2025 | Miss K Wellens | Ruskinvest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303966/2024 | 12 November 2025 | Ms E Johnson | 1GR-Anthony Smith (Lee Goleby) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004594/2025 | 12 November 2025 | Ms P Tate | Happy Drinks Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407352/2023 | 12 November 2025 | Mr M Imms (1) Mr R Latham (2) | A One Distribution (UK) Limited HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 6004278/2025 | 11 November 2025 | Mr Reuben Quashie | London & Quadrant Housing Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2306123/2024 | 11 November 2025 | Mrs N Duric Ristovski | AGO – UK1 MANAGEMENT 1 Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £11,739 |
| 6002703/2024 | 11 November 2025 | Mr A Cole | The PIPE Company OU (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £63,604 |
| 6014717/2025 | 11 November 2025 | Adrian Tuakli | Opia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303165/2022 | 11 November 2025 | Mr R Walkden | Hex Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1604373/2024 | 11 November 2025 | Miss D Rogers | Lexon (G.B) Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004507/2025 | 11 November 2025 | Ms J Maciel | Crouchers Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6018181/2024 | 11 November 2025 | Mr Mark Hehir | Metroline Limited | England & Wales | — |