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 15,214 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414388/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr C Arner | Renold plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2405868/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mrs P Saffer | The Merchant Taylors' Schools, Crosby | England & Wales | — |
| 2414505/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr L Murphy | Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416560/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr DA Spencer | G R Bayley ( Electrical Contractors) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300423/2020 | 1 April 2020 | Ms Bryony Bond | Morgan Hodges Ltd | England & Wales | £1,573 |
| 1601031/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Ms K Williams | Bupa Care Homes (Ans) Limited (R1) Bupa Care Homes (Ans) Limited (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601744/2018 | 1 April 2020 | Miss TA Sloane | Bay Court Residential Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305175/2019 |
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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| 1306318/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mrs J Jordan & Others (as per schedule of claimants) | Shaylor Management Services (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305432/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr P Klein | Odeon Cinemas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600226/2020 | 1 April 2020 | Miss A J Williamson | Double Diamond Gaming Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414512/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr M Winciun | Injenius Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603485/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mr S Gul | 1) Pendergate Limited T/A Ridge Crest Cleaning Services 2) Regent Office Care Limited T/A Regent Samsic | England & Wales | — |
| 2411535/2018 | 1 April 2020 | Mr N Maduta | Huntsmere Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302899/2018 | 1 April 2020 | Ms L Dos Santos | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600340/2020 | 1 April 2020 | Mr Terlochan Dhap | Asda Stores Limited Considered on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 2301077/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Ms Kerry Sage | Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303343/2018 | 1 April 2020 | — | Hailsham Accountants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414353/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Mrs C Gill | Christopher Neil Oakes | England & Wales | — |
| 2404718/2019 | 1 April 2020 | Ms G Williams | Bupa Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303032/2018 | 1 April 2020 | Mr J Cobbing | GW Pharma Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600008/2020 | 1 April 2020 | Mr EE Inyang | Enzen Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501192/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Mrs K Matthews | Tees Valley Community Asset Preservation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601705/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr C Tapp | Irvin GQ Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304270/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Ms S Latif | Brighton and Hove City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301914/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr S White | The Police Federation of England and Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 2603622/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr L Attwal | Samworth Brothers Limited trading as Walker & Sons | England & Wales | — |
| 2301735/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr R Osei Kumaning | Mainstay Facilities Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401235/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Ms L Bolton | Progressive Childcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303673/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr M O’Hara | Brighton & Hove Bus And Coach Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600476/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Mrs J Stephens | Insurgo Media Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202537/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr J Scotto | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400647/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Mrs S Skimming | Waterloo Primary Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1600077/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Mr J Hawkins | The Chief Constable Of Dyfed Powys Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1600472/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr K Richards | David Smith T/A Future Joinery & Shop Fitters | England & Wales | — |
| 2301303/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr S Milner | Clarkson Joinery & Furniture Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413556/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr L Harris | 1) Capricorn Security Group Ltd (In Liquidation) 2) William Robinson 3) Dalton Adams | England & Wales | — |
| 2303158/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr J Lowe | Equiniti Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201377/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr G Alimi | Stratford Advice Arcade (A company limited by guarantee) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302303/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Miss A Bailey | London & Quadrant Housing Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1307585/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr A Tonks | Brindley Asphalt Limited Following a Preliminary Hearing by Telephone | England & Wales | £14,592 |
| 2603624/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Miss J Beresford | Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts | England & Wales | — |
| 2400218/2020 | 31 March 2020 | Mrs T Hartigan | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1600345/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr DE Clarke | Mondi CGP UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202026/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr A Mpande | Summercare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331215/2018 | 31 March 2020 | Mr W Mather | Vision Security Group Limited t/a VSG | England & Wales | — |
| 1602390/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mr A Clarke | Mintons Good Food | England & Wales | — |
| 2602173/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Mrs G Ragsdell | Loughborough University | England & Wales | — |
| 4110883/2019 | 31 March 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110883/2019 Mr R Bain | Represented by: Ms I Moretti Solicitor Tayside Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3202088/2019 | 31 March 2020 | Miss C Knight | Keaton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |