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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502695/2019 | 21 February 2020 | — | Rowburn Construction and Rowburn Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £8,589 |
| 3314111/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Mr B Cassama | Jump Up Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804643/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Mr G Brigham | Centrica Storage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406131/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Miss C Ward | The Governors of Brook Acre Community Primary School & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1402717/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Mr K Bailey | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806948/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Ms D Bentley | Daniel J Ingram Farmers | England & Wales | — |
| 3202227/2019 | 21 February 2020 | Prof. K. Khan | Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | England & Wales | — |
| 2402363/2019 |
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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| 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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| 1302661/2016 | 20 February 2020 | Mr P. Genockey | DHL Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3203093/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr J Vannuffel | The Crouch Harbour Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 4110830/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr C M MacDonald | Glen Moray Distillery Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3324326/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Miss C Batica Fereira | R1 : Atalian Serverest R2 : IJ Facilities Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1308035/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mrs E Fox | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2304054/2018 | 20 February 2020 | Miss S Sullivan | Exhibition Freighting Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307883/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr S Kleins | Palethorpes Pork Farms | England & Wales | — |
| 2500997/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Miss J Cocoran | Student Loans Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302881/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Miss C Tellam | Harris Federation-Paul Tunnicliffe | England & Wales | — |
| 1805292/2019 | 20 February 2020 | In person | Mr Hick, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1403065/2018 | 20 February 2020 | 1) Miss S Stanley 2) Miss J Stanley | Atlantic Dry Cleaners & Tailors | England & Wales | — |
| 3202104/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr E. Robinson | Costa Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601711/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr R Owen | Monger Caravan & Resorts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303701/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr A Gray | APA Concrete Repairs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203167/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Ms R Jessop, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | £4,128 |
| 2202427/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr Z Lambrou First | Louis Vuitton UK Limited Second Respondent: Harrods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104522/2017 | 20 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104522/2017 Mr A McClung | Carntyne Transport Co Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2414498/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Miss L Innes | Manchester Metropolitan University | England & Wales | — |
| 2201949/2019 | 20 February 2020 | — | Strand Palace Hotel and Restaurants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4111246/2019 | 20 February 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111246/2019 Mr A Bell | Parkdean Resorts UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1300548/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr R Lal | Kanes Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804159/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr M Johnson | Encase Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203343/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr E Knoesen First | Universal Music Holdings Limited Second Respondent: Paramjit Jassal | England & Wales | — |
| 2401810/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr G Cunningham | Royal Mail Group Ltd CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 1309104/2019 | 20 February 2020 | — | St. Paul's Community Development Trust and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1402680/2019 | 20 February 2020 | - MR S DAVENPORT (C2) FOR THE | - Ms K Zakrzewska | England & Wales | £8,946 |
| 3201247/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Ms L. Bailey | London Borough of Hackney | England & Wales | — |
| 1305569/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr MT Law | The White Lion Bar & Kitchen Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401893/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Miss G Grant | Home Fundraising Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302540/2017 | 20 February 2020 | in person For the | Mr D Soanes, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3306983/2018 | 20 February 2020 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1309146/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr P Armsby | Bridgestone UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203021/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr M Akindutire, Lay Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202012/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr KI Hoque | Mazars LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2300372/2018 | 20 February 2020 | Mr A Oke | King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303985/2019 | 20 February 2020 | In person For the | Mr P Merrett T/a MPD Transport | England & Wales | £4,267 |
| 1306596/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mrs S Moore | West Bromwich Building Society | England & Wales | — |
| 4107094/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr RA McFarlane | Represented by Mr T McGrade - Solicitor AB 2000 Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1305951/2018 | 20 February 2020 | Ms J Miller | Shakespeare Martineau LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3202628/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr C Coelho | Dura Composites Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601590/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr M Osborne | Caerphilly County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2402873/2019 | 20 February 2020 | Mr C Houghton | Stateside Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |