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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6021427/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Ms Kulsum Banu | MILO05 Limited t/a Antipodea Kew | England & Wales | — |
| 6014353/2024 | 18 September 2025 | Ms G Stott | Cheshire Homes Residential Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6005505/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr J Hewitt | Newport City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6008313/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr M Machinyise | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001574/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr E Mathieson | Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 3301481/2025 | 18 September 2025 | Mr J Bexley | Bennetts Car Parts | England & Wales | — |
| 6002895/2025 | 17 September 2025 | Mx J Yeung | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6009387/2024 | 17 September 2025 |
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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| 1804491/2025 | 17 September 2025 | Ms M Lockley | Park Care Homes (No.2) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6009100/2024 | 17 September 2025 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6017753/2024 | 17 September 2025 | Mrs N Khanam | Spring Community Hub | England & Wales | — |
| 6011834/2024 | 17 September 2025 | Mrs J Duffy | Sky Subscribers Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307940/2023 | 17 September 2025 | Mr T Dore | IDS Transport (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305130/2024 | 17 September 2025 | Miss S Rogerson | Antyia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002954/2024 | 17 September 2025 | Mr A Borisov | American International Group UK Limited FULL MERITS HEARING AT LONDON CENTRAL Heard on 12 September 2025 by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3200292/2025 | 17 September 2025 | Mr. Joe Normington | Think Best Practice Limited | England & Wales | £7,512 |
| 6019561/2025 | 17 September 2025 | Mr S Francis Respondent 1: BUKCS Ltd Respondent 2: Jason James John Blake Respondent 3: Bridlington Manor Carehome | BUKCS Ltd and others | England & Wales | £17,410 |
| 2219494/2024 | 17 September 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6018120/2024 | 17 September 2025 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6030566/2025 | 16 September 2025 | — | Ehimen v Minster Home Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6014458/2024 | 16 September 2025 | R Harry | Halfords Autocentre | England & Wales | — |
| 2401148/2024 | 16 September 2025 | Miss A Punter | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £20,001 |
| 3311248/2024 | 16 September 2025 | Mr. Eric Hodges Ms. Suban Gedi | The Ubele Initiative CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1403811/2019 | 16 September 2025 | Dr M Caleap | University of Bristol | England & Wales | — |
| 2409129/2023 | 16 September 2025 | Second Claimant: Ms Georgina Glendinning Ms Kellie Haughan | Direct Rail Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304695/2024 | 16 September 2025 | Mrs J Doswell | The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6009714/2024 | 16 September 2025 | Mr S Lukauskas | BCA Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004369/2024 | 16 September 2025 | Mr Philip Smith | The Governing Body of St Wilfrid’s Catholic School | England & Wales | — |
| 6009650/2025 | 15 September 2025 | Shaheen Miah | Barts Health NHS | England & Wales | — |
| 6018593/2025 | 15 September 2025 | Mr A Awonuga | Pathways To Opportunities | England & Wales | — |
| 1401863/2024 | 15 September 2025 | Ms L Grodecka | University of Southampton | England & Wales | £8,040 |
| 3201032/2024 | 15 September 2025 | Paul Bryant | Group 1 Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6021311/2025 | 15 September 2025 | E Hussain | Netsparker Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400784/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Bashe Jama | Equans Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805616/2025 | 12 September 2025 | Mr A Roach | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2402346/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Mr A Verbitskiy | Alsico Laucuba Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6022990/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Ms Jahmal-Lah Mcfarlane Moore | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 6012113/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Mr C Young | Apple Retail UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6002944/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Mr Willer Lafeuillee | Little And Large Inns Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303433/2024 | 12 September 2025 | — | Butcher v Hozah Parking Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013562/2025 | 12 September 2025 | Mr P Bergman | Arcane Tavern Limited TA The Cornish Arms Inn | England & Wales | — |
| 4103363/2025 | 12 September 2025 | Mrs P Spy | Eternal Balance LLP | Scotland | £3,629 |
| 6009765/2024 | 12 September 2025 | In Person | Ms V. Kendrew, Solicitor PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3202183/2023 | 12 September 2025 | Mr Stewart Latimer | Steer Automotive Group | England & Wales | — |
| 8000931/2024 | 12 September 2025 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000931/2024 Held in Inverness on 25, 26, 27, & August 2025 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members N Quinn S Larkin Mr J Heerlyn | British Broadcasting Corporation | Scotland | — |
| 2217828/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Mrs Silvia de Mentaberry | Ground Truth Intelligence Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001366/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Ms Esma Williams | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6012048/2025 | 12 September 2025 | Rachel Carter | Chelmsford Hair Ltd | England & Wales | £3,556 |
| 2220735/2024 | 12 September 2025 | Mr R Donnan | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6003446/2024 | 11 September 2025 | Mr David Squibb | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | £135 |