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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 15,214 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1805305/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr D Blythe | James Brindley Fabrics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113408/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113408/2019 Mrs L Callander-Bone | Scottish Childminding Association | Scotland | — |
| 4111570/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111570/2019 Ms A Rana | City Of Glasgow College | Scotland | — |
| 3201922/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr W Nolan | Keolis Amey Docklands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801216/2017 | 5 February 2020 | Ms R Martin-Long | Bebabo Ltd | England & Wales | £1,938 |
| 1600346/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Miss J Saltfleet | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 2411456/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr S Gracey First | Irwell Valley Housing Association Ltd Second Respondent: Irwell Valley Homes | 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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| 2203707/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Eurorient Ltd | England & Wales | £16,312 |
| 3322185/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Miss R Owusu’Agyei (Counsel). For the | Mr N Allen (HR Officer). | England & Wales | £110,360 |
| 1400364/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Miss I Sherratt | Performance In People Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201903/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs A Patrick | Taphon Limited | England & Wales | £5,392 |
| 3201244/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr D Savic | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600949/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs L Briones Khan | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110491/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110491/2019 Ms M MacDonald | Church Of Scotland Presbytery of Hamilton | Scotland | — |
| 4113049/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113049/2019 Miss S Mackie | Represented by: Mr P Lefevre Quantum Claims Autoquick Ltd t/a Autosave Components | Scotland | — |
| 2414413/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Miss R Hussain | Traveljigsaw Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413751/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Ms J Foster | Spyke Enterprise Ltd T/a Bluebird Care Sefton | England & Wales | — |
| 1600017/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs J. Climer-Jones (C) | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board (R1) Ms L Peregrin (R2) Ms J. James (R3) Ms A. Williams (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 1307340/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr C Wright | Milden Steels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302995/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr Kwperera, Legal Representative For the | Mr P Bradley, HR consultant | England & Wales | £28,148 |
| 2504231/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Duggan v Little Diamonds Childcare Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2302314/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms L Millin of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203706/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Eurorient Ltd | England & Wales | £20,092 |
| 3332654/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Mr A Smith, Counsel (FRU) For the | Ms A Esmail, Solicitor Interpreter: Ms S Butcher, Turkish speaking interpreter | England & Wales | — |
| 2402278/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Ms Z. Irving | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1804223/2019 | 4 February 2020 | — | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403970/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr A Peck (Counsel) For the | Ms Y Montaz (tribunal advocate) | England & Wales | £4,532 |
| 2410037/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr C Peet | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314836/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Miss L Springett | Bright Horizons | England & Wales | — |
| 1403873/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr A Beevers | Larkstone Supported Living Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411528/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr AD Coffey | Alliance Healthcare Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2202251/2019 | 4 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 2202251/2019 Mr J Finlay | Sodexo Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1601762/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr M Eade (CAB Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300281/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr P Stevens | Mears Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303915/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Miss A Burghelea | Hays Recruitment Experts Worldwide | England & Wales | — |
| 2303355/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs T Foyster | Vatech Dental Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302485/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Ms N McLaren | Greenwich Care Ltd T/a Home Instead Senior Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2304176/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs M Walker | Andra Jewels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201936/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr A Hunt | Tate and Lyle Sugars Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301600/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr Prince Serebour Larbi | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410328/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr AJ Holmes | Planixs GRP Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402433/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr M Arif Sheikh | Sea View Coaches (Poole) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413662/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Miss A Hare | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1307904/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr M Jurik | Geodis UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313304/2019 | 4 February 2020 | In person For the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304149/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Miss C Howard | Countrywide Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1402623/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs C A Hobbs | Avon Care Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800177/2020 | 4 February 2020 | Miss M Licartovska | John Qates | England & Wales | — |
| 2416732/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr E Wallace | Clare Earnshaw T/A Fresh | England & Wales | — |
| 1403437/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr P Neampan (second claimant) For the | Mr N Talukdar (Director) | England & Wales | £5,546 |