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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501803/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr O Acedo & others (see attached schedule) | North Tyneside Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4107313/2017 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs F S Paton Mr D Frew Ms Lorraine Thomson | Represented by: Mr G Booth - Consultant The Board of Directors of St Mary’s Kenmure | Scotland | — |
| 1806963/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr S Thorns | R1: Selby Engineering and Lifting Safety Limited (03013233) R2: Selby Engineering and Lifting Safety Services Limited (05879913) R3: David Atkinson R4: Jodi-Mai- Atkinson | England & Wales | — |
| 2301638/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs J Murray | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 2602343/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. G Lowambo-Samba | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603635/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss S Braithwaite | Cutting Edge | England & Wales | — |
| 4103193/2019 | 12 February 2020 |
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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| 1602206/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs H Naish | Aneurin Bevan Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 4110010/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110010/2019 Mr H Hounat | Capita Life and Pensions Regulated Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2504288/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr A McMahon | WK2 Limited | England & Wales | £6,116 |
| 2603306/2019 | 12 February 2020 | — | Bagga v Abellio East Midlands Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806960/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs A Scott | Sulzer Pumps (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501830/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr Paul Rutherford | SITS Group Ltd | England & Wales | £309 |
| 2602090/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. J Kernick | The Logistics People Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603171/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss S Zakaria | Jubilee House Christian School (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600665/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs M Owczarzak | Norton House Hotel (R1) Ancer Recruitment (R2) Mr A McCabe (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602602/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss L Newell | The Angel Inn (Blyth) Limited & Mr. A Jepson | England & Wales | — |
| 2600459/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss T Simms | Arnold Labour Party Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302830/2019 | 12 February 2020 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603369/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss J Reid | Bambino Childcare | England & Wales | — |
| 2414331/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss M Perrin | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2603334/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss T Stickley | Nottingham Industrial Cleaners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602303/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. M Dalby | Mecc Alte (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202312/2018 | 12 February 2020 | 1) Miss E Moses 2) Mrs A Cameron | NSL Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603534/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. T Morris | The Little Food Kitchen | England & Wales | — |
| 2603083/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. Z Bhadresa | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1403169/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr M Rees | The Agency Global Limited t/a Agency UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1600627/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr VJ Parry | Intereserve (Facilities Management) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602541/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss M Creanga | United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1805382/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs L Rycroft | Duttons (Yarns) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602592/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. AR Powley | Kodali Enterprise Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404466/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs M Balderstone | St Ann’s Hospice | England & Wales | — |
| 3305876/2018 | 12 February 2020 | In person assisted by Ms G Pringle (Friend). For the | Ms G Duffy, Peninsula Representative. | England & Wales | — |
| 1402697/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr N McNally | DP Seals Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3334763/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr R Brown | ISG (Group Services Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 1804390/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss S Forsyth | Cavalier Marketing | England & Wales | — |
| 3313741/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss Hollie Lennon | Gelsomino Picciuto | England & Wales | — |
| 2411549/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Ms O Freeman | Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4111444/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111444/2019 Ms A Durno | Quarriers | Scotland | — |
| 4100131/2020 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100131/2020 Mr A McNeil | Rathbone Brothers plc | Scotland | — |
| 4100027/2020 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100027/2020 Mrs L Hendry | Forum Energy Technologies (uk) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4110200/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Ms C Penders | Represented by: Ms E Drysdale - Trainee Solicitor Garnock Social Trading Ltd | Scotland | £35,970 |
| 1303590/2018 | 12 February 2020 | in person | — | England & Wales | £1,749 |
| 4114220/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114220/2019 Ms K Ramsay | Shaftesbury Care Grp Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1801820/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs W Austin | Mr James Bottomley acting by his deputy Hugh Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 4112034/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112034/2019 Mr S Johnstone | Communisis UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2504289/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr J McIntyre | WK2 Limited | England & Wales | £2,345 |
| 4113414/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113414/2019 Mrs V Logan | Orkney Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1601042/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr E Sarantopoulos | The Metropole Hotel And Spa | England & Wales | — |
| 2301560/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs S Child | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd | England & Wales | £55,999 |