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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 15,215 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2221546/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mr B Akponah | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1311673/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Mrs A Handley | Handley Steel Limited | England & Wales | £24,723 |
| 6014902/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Ms S Barrett | Tamr Inc | England & Wales | — |
| 8000653/2025 | 24 September 2025 | Mr D Corrance | GTC Utility Construction Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3311175/2024 | 24 September 2025 | Miss A Gray | Coronet Flowers Ltd | England & Wales | £20,280 |
| 6012642/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr M Orr | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6013393/2025 | 23 September 2025 | Mr R Dey | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6018922/2024 | 23 September 2025 | — | Spa Medica Ltd | 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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| 6010655/2025 | 23 September 2025 | Mr H Mitchell | Great Glen Pubs Ltd t/a The Italian Greyhound | England & Wales | — |
| 6011627/2025 | 23 September 2025 | IN PERSON FOR THE | Mr Overs (litigation Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 6007094/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr. D. Thompson | Lidl GB | England & Wales | — |
| 3311829/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr T Richardson Miss S Flower | Sherwood Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6022202/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr A Gilbert | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6015493/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr J Knight | Norfolk Broads Direct Limited RECORD OF A PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2401014/2025 | 23 September 2025 | W Poole | Lewis Reed (WAV) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6008037/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr M Mirza | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6003670/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mrs L Preston | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404345/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr N Williams | Counterline Limited HELD AT: Liverpool (in chambers) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303366/2024 | 23 September 2025 | Mr C Bowers | Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304165/2025 | 23 September 2025 | D Chin | Bladon Jets (UK) Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6008747/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Mr E Patrick | 1PWRR British Army On The Papers | England & Wales | — |
| 6015161/2025 | 22 September 2025 | Johny J Dodds | Notch Durham | England & Wales | — |
| 6001737/2025 | 22 September 2025 | Mr N Mansare | Hoxton Hotel Operator Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300016/2025 | 22 September 2025 | Mr L Maguire | West Midlands Accident Repairs Limited Heard: by CVP in Birmingham | England & Wales | £3,192 |
| 1308816/2023 | 22 September 2025 | Mr. GLENN WILLIAMS | Druids Heath Golf Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300596/2024 | 22 September 2025 | (1) Mr M Coltofean (2) Ms M Banasiak (3) Ms E Dos Santos Rocha | Royal Harwich Yacht Club | England & Wales | — |
| 6024622/2025 | 22 September 2025 | Mr C King | Delta Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3311129/2022 | 22 September 2025 | Miss A Brown | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3303007/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Mr A Ifrim | T5 Operating Company Limited | England & Wales | £8,788 |
| 2225883/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Ms M Ogumodede | Churchill Contract Services | England & Wales | — |
| 6002921/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Mr M Reynolds | New Forest Car Sales Limited | England & Wales | £31,408 |
| 1305629/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Mr A Tamm | Advanced Business Software & Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303077/2024 | 22 September 2025 | Mr S. Biss attended without a representative For the | Colour Marketing Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406428/2024 | 20 September 2025 | Andrea Stevens | Wigan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6016156/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Mr Joseph | Vp plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6002790/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Mr P Kedra | Clear AV Limited CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Under | England & Wales | — |
| 4100914/2025 | 19 September 2025 | Miss L-J McNicol | Represented by: In person S.M. Bayne & Company Limited t/a Baynes Family Bakers | Scotland | — |
| 3305285/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Mr A Harris | Enotria Winecellars Limited t/a Enotria & Coe | England & Wales | — |
| 1401686/2025 | 19 September 2025 | Mr J Sibley | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306283/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Mr H Mamoon | OKA Direct Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 8000402/2025 | 19 September 2025 | : Mr J Burnett and Ms C Rochford Mr W Davidson | 15 CCL North Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107719/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Ms S Ellis | Represented by: Mr C Ellis - Lay Representative Deichmann-Shoes UK Limited | Scotland | £383 |
| 1307067/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Mr Anthony Burrell | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005037/2024 | 19 September 2025 | Rupert Beale | Ling Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007738/2025 | 19 September 2025 | Mr S Lewis | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200277/2025 | 19 September 2025 | MR ANDREW BRIDGLAND | Redhead Couriers Ltd | England & Wales | £4,989 |
| 3301481/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr J Bexley | Bennetts Car Parts | England & Wales | — |
| 6014353/2024 | 18 September 2025 | Ms G Stott | Cheshire Homes Residential Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 8001574/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr E Mathieson | Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 6021427/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Ms Kulsum Banu | MILO05 Limited t/a Antipodea Kew | England & Wales | — |