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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3334163/2018 | 31 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr Bansal (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 4114127/2019 | 31 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114127/2019 Mr R Martin | Mitie Security Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1300670/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mrs S McConomy | Imend.com Global Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1810749/2018 | 31 January 2020 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300669/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr P Hamilton | JM Waste | England & Wales | — |
| 2602745/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mrs L Stooke (Toomey) | T J Morris Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603313/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr C Doherty | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2302847/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mrs A McEvoy | BBA Reman Ltd |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1807152/2019 | 31 January 2020 | — | Baer v Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307252/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr J Taylor | Livewell Southwest CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1806781/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr A Balmforth | Next Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300379/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Ms S Maini | Robinson Webster (Holdings) Limited (Jigsaw) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302193/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr A Palmer-Johnson | Ashleigh And Burwood | England & Wales | — |
| 4109135/2019 | 31 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109135/2019 Mrs D Keith | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor Care Visions Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1405262/2018 | 31 January 2020 | — | Waitrose & Partners (John Lewis Partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 1302031/2019 | 31 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr C Edwards, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2301079/2018 | 31 January 2020 | Mr P Vernon | Centronic Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807062/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr K Gaunt | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406036/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr J Whiffen | All Trade Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405822/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr D Terry | SSGC Ltd | England & Wales | £1,965 |
| 2502693/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mrs Alicia James | Roundel Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300182/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr B Strong | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304506/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mr A Clarke | LG Electronics UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502551/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr K Carr | GlaxoSmithKline Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807140/2019 | 30 January 2020 | In person | D P Ingram (Engineering) Ltd | England & Wales | £13,327 |
| 3320858/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr JL Phillips | HAL Utilities Limited | England & Wales | £4,496 |
| 4108129/2019 | 30 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108129/2019 Mrs A Watt | Represented by: Mr C de Vere Private Individual Adam McNee Interior Design Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301208/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mr L Roberts | Rachelle Solan | England & Wales | — |
| 2300323/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr J Young | Harris Windows & Joinery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502651/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs Z Willis and Mrs L Steele | Grovewood House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804359/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr G Finlay | Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1303522/2019 | 30 January 2020 | No Attendance For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2411457/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Ms L Heaton | Beechwood Cancer Care Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1601407/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss N Corria | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1403613/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr T Treseder | Heartlands Trust (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3320857/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr KL Keeble | HAL Utilities Limited | England & Wales | £4,496 |
| 2405591/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs M Williams | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3203098/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr L Ollomani | Suc.exc.uk.ltd T/a E One Haulage | England & Wales | — |
| 2401768/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr P Rothwell | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2303953/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mr S Bari | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300689/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr S Bodlaender | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805235/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs T Meyer | Timand Ltd | England & Wales | £1,020 |
| 2300115/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Ms M Clarke | Marden Fruit Show Society | England & Wales | — |
| 2302901/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs S Song | St Christopher’s School St Christopher’s School (Canterbury) Ltd David Evans Paul Kundu | England & Wales | — |
| 1402848/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr P Scott | Fern-Howard Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307345/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss J McFarlane | Smart Move Supported Housing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300804/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss E Carter | Hobbs Parker Ventures Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301541/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mr S Sivananda | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301322/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr C Brooks | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403703/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss J Wingett | Nichares Hairdressing Limited | England & Wales | — |