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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302483/2022 | 30 September 2025 | Mrs Cyril Nzouakou | Kent Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4106635/2024 | 30 September 2025 | Member Mr I Ashraf Tribunal Member Ms M McAllister Mr A Fraser | Represented by: Ms S Mechan - Lay Representative Wesleyan Financial Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1308765/2023 | 30 September 2025 | Mr M Wilkes | Veolia | England & Wales | — |
| 6009623/2025 | 30 September 2025 | Mr W Murray | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004184/2025 | 30 September 2025 | Muhammad Uz Zaman | Home Telecom Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014890/2024 | 29 September 2025 | Mr Kieran Youens-Byrne | The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police HELD AT: Manchester (by video over CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310765/2024 | 29 September 2025 | Mr Lincon Waltress | National Probation Service |
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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| 6006348/2024 | 29 September 2025 | Mr M J Wetherell | Single Source Regulations Office | England & Wales | — |
| 3310054/2023 | 29 September 2025 | Amy Stewart | MCE Insurance Ltd (In Creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £20,039 |
| 2309200/2024 | 29 September 2025 | Paul Andrew Harald Everington | M S Instruments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6013157/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Muhammad Ahmad | East London Bus & Coach Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6017580/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Mr J Mola | Barworks Ltd | England & Wales | £2,128 |
| 8000560/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Member Mr Ashraf Tribunal Member Mr Haria Mrs T Shaw | Funeral Services Limited t/a: Co-Op Funeralcare | Scotland | — |
| 3202082/2023 | 26 September 2025 | Mr J Penfold | Department of Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 6014142/2024 | 26 September 2025 | Mr Christopher Mundy | Medaax Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400497/2024 | 26 September 2025 | Mrs S Mannion | Redbridge Associates Limited (trading as Smart Dental Care) HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | £5,919 |
| 6006148/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Mr E Ogbebor | Rendall and Rittner | England & Wales | — |
| 2409484/2023 | 26 September 2025 | A Connolly | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3308751/2024 | 26 September 2025 | Ben Russell | Cavalry Claims Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002326/2023 | 26 September 2025 | Mr Jesse Powers | Rosedale Care Services Limited Record of an Attended Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 6001430/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Mr P Green | One Beyond Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6018563/2025 | 26 September 2025 | Miss Samantha Price | R1 Greater Healthcare Services Ltd R2 Beyond Care Solutions Ltd HELD AT: Newcastle/ CVP | England & Wales | £10,920 |
| 1307045/2024 | 26 September 2025 | Mr P Western | Cheshire Curtainsiders Ltd | England & Wales | £42,405 |
| 3305884/2021 | 26 September 2025 | Mr A Annunziata | Milton Keynes City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6016771/2024 | 25 September 2025 | C Roles | Calder Peel Partnership Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4101057/2025 | 25 September 2025 | Mr J McTaggart | Bars Holding Ltd | Scotland | £7,093 |
| 1400318/2025 | 25 September 2025 | Ms Y N L Lamptey Respondent Gloucester Care Services Ltd t/a Caremark Cheltenham Gloucester and Tewkesbury | — | England & Wales | £12,737 |
| 1300050/2025 | 25 September 2025 | Mr A Mercedes | Artdotbarbers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014390/2025 | 25 September 2025 | Ellis Carey | Electrical Power Engineering Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302621/2022 | 25 September 2025 | Ms C Maynard | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6020820/2024 | 25 September 2025 | Mrs F Kamiloglu | Redstor Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6008750/2024 | 25 September 2025 | Mr N Fortes | Desira Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1304264/2024 | 25 September 2025 | Dr Marianthi Gkreka | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £1,745 |
| 3201807/2023 | 25 September 2025 | Mr Owusu | Chariot Clean FM limited | England & Wales | £26,047 |
| 1401765/2022 | 25 September 2025 | Mr J Matthews | Vitality Corporate Services Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6019002/2024 | 25 September 2025 | Mr Beaumont | JW Distillers Ltd | England & Wales | £13,746 |
| 2310193/2024 | 25 September 2025 | Mr. M. Leader | Howden Joinery Limited PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1311673/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mrs A Handley | Handley Steel Limited | England & Wales | £24,723 |
| 6024357/2025 | 24 September 2025 | Zoe-Louise Frith | Circle Health Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2221546/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr B Akponah | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014578/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr Christopher Gilbert | TEC Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 3201281/2023 | 24 September 2025 | Mr Imran Siddique | London Domestic Appliances (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £5,222 |
| 6022075/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr S Smith | CA Seafoods (Norfolk) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,909 |
| 6007732/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr S Lewis | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 6008673/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr Steven Snaith | Aurorium UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301663/2025 | 24 September 2025 | Mrs E S G N Jauad Taborda | Ness M Care Services Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 6013543/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Dr May Al-Sakkal | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2403473/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr D Stenson and others | Smart DCC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000653/2025 | 24 September 2025 | Mr D Corrance | GTC Utility Construction Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3303597/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Ms N Saunders | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |