Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2304812/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr T Barron | Ernest Bevin College | England & Wales | — |
| 2303617/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr G Andrews (deceased) | Cemex UK Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304073/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Durrant | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400017/2020 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs Beverley Ellery | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111275/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr D Drennan | Jamie Arthur | Scotland | £150 |
| 2304589/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr I Waterfield | East Kent Road Car Company Ltd (t/a Stagecoach South East) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304630/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs R Acquah | BPP University Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314512/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Ms Claire Marcel, Trade Union Representative For the |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| Miss L Broom, Senior HR Advisor |
| England & Wales |
| £10,760 |
| 2304640/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs E Towner | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303101/2017 | 13 February 2020 | — | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1406320/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss J Wall | Carnon Downs Garden Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203015/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr D Seherli | International Luxury Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807529/2019 | 13 February 2020 | — | Dislioglu v Principle Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414564/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr A M Zourmand | Northern Schools Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2305154/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr D Cosovliu | Quicktemp Driving and Industrial Specialists | England & Wales | — |
| 1308372/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Ms M Motika | Mrs Anna Hardy | England & Wales | — |
| 2303824/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr G Sheard | Mitie Technical Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123313/2018 | 13 February 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123313/2018 Mr L Collings | Ambitions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302631/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Ms E Dodoo | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201346/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P Wicker | XPO Logistics | England & Wales | £1,804 |
| 1400904/2017 | 13 February 2020 | Mr Wheatton, of Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2411348/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr J Thelwell | Peninsula Business Sevices Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300715/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs GM Cowie | Pizza Express (Restaurants) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303125/2017 | 13 February 2020 | Mr E Longley | Prager Metis LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1401341/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr R Glew | The Ormsby Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404320/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Ms J Moore | ConMed UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806369/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr T Duncan | Unity Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602990/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr. LT Rehman First | Mitie Limited Second Respondent: Mitie Group plc Third Respondent: Mitie Shared Services Limited Fourth Respondent: Vision Security Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110169/2019 | 13 February 2020 | (sitting alone) Robert Flannigan | Michael O’Shea t/a | Scotland | £14,408 |
| 1601699/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P Thomas | Norgine Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100007/2020 | 13 February 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100007/2020 Miss R Smith | GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited | Scotland | — |
| 2504289/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr J McIntyre | WK2 Limited | England & Wales | £2,345 |
| 3202312/2018 | 12 February 2020 | 1) Miss E Moses 2) Mrs A Cameron | NSL Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400158/2020 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs M Palmer | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2301638/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs J Murray | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 2603339/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. P Makinson | Derby City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402697/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr N McNally | DP Seals Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600459/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss T Simms | Arnold Labour Party Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402521/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr S Doughton | Kier Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806656/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr A Lofthouse | Rakusens Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603306/2019 | 12 February 2020 | — | Bagga v Abellio East Midlands Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603083/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. Z Bhadresa | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602592/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. AR Powley | Kodali Enterprise Ltd | 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 | — |
| 2501803/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr O Acedo & others (see attached schedule) | North Tyneside Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2602090/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. J Kernick | The Logistics People Limited | 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 | — |
| 4111444/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111444/2019 Ms A Durno | Quarriers | Scotland | — |
| 2602602/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss L Newell | The Angel Inn (Blyth) Limited & Mr. A Jepson | England & Wales | — |