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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401583/2020 | 29 January 2020 | Mr L Kenealy, Solicitor For the | Dial A Carer (South West) Ltd | England & Wales | £8,640 |
| 4123062/2018 | 29 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123062/2018 Mr S Wylie | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103139/2019 | 29 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103139/2019 Mr J Robinson | Represented by: Mr G Bathgate Solicitor Tayside Public Transport Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302316/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr L Gorman | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300875/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr S Sage | Asda | England & Wales | — |
| 2302207/2018 | 29 January 2020 | in person For the | Mr H Robson solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1403548/2019 | 28 January 2020 | 1.Mr PA Bordinc 2. Miss GP Dorobantu | Caskade Caterers Limited | 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 |
| 2203289/2019 |
| 28 January 2020 |
| Mr N Shears |
| Clearstructure Financial Technology Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1601561/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr C Jones | JES Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301655/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs K Prattley | Flowserve GB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304399/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr A Selagea | The Best Connection Employment Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303086/2017 | 28 January 2020 | In person for evidence Ms Godwin - Solicitor (submissions only) For the | Ms J Coyne – Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 4109594/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs N Kaminska | Represented by Mr C Moran, Solicitor Your Group Limited | Scotland | £67,918 |
| 2402504/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss L Fell, Mr W Jones, Mr C Johnstone, Mr N Skelton, Mr S Sisson, Mr JW Bil First | Tzar Developments Limited Second respondent: Richmond Lodge and Park Homes Limited (in voluntary liquidation) c/o John Paul Bell, Liquidator, The Pinnacle, Third Floor, 73 King Street, Manchester, M2 4NG | England & Wales | £53,692 |
| 3319597/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr C Shanks | Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 1807598/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr J Power | Speedboat Acquisition Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804423/2019 | 28 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400552/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr J Ross | Argos Ltd t/a Sainsbury’s Argos | England & Wales | — |
| 3352958/2017 | 28 January 2020 | Mr A Elesinnla, of counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3320783/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs P Quinlan | Waitrose plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301654/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr W Miller | Church & Dwight UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402850/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr C Bendon | B & H Services Air Conditioning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411520/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr C Watson | Heineken UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302436/2019 | 28 January 2020 | In Person | Envirotec Integrated Service Ltd | England & Wales | £180 |
| 1800726/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr J Singh | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403449/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr T Aplin | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402420/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Ms H Crawford | Bedales School | England & Wales | — |
| 1803517/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss E Parkin | Hull Kingston Rovers Community Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302215/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss E McCarthy | Dtsn Limited t/a The Fordwich Arms | England & Wales | — |
| 1402617/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr B Smith | Swindon Town Football Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807082/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Ms Mellor, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603418/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss Z Balint | Rockpecker Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2300930/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Mr E Oyedeji | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2410486/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Ms L Reynolds | One Electrical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201815/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Miss J Mahnaz | The Essex Community Rehabilitation Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602198/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss. R Simon | NJUK Hair & Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | £4,199 |
| 1403869/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr D Ashford | Valmar Pallets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403420/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Mr T Melvin | IBM United Kingdom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206602/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Ms P Seymour | Informa UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305090/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Mr S Susak, Counsel For the | Miss S Murphy, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2301312/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss K Maxwell-Simpson | The Nehemiah Project | England & Wales | — |
| 3325093/2017 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs A Zdrowowciz | Azelis UK Life Sciences Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414421/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr P Thiara | Princes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601533/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr P Wright | Bell Wright and Company Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,954 |
| 4112144/2019 | 28 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112144/2019 Mr R McCann | Devro (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300171/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs S | E Tucker | England & Wales | £15,940 |
| 3330671/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Mr D Mouskides | L & A Automotive Limited t/a Demetris Motor Repairs | England & Wales | — |
| 1402486/2019 | 28 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405133/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr K Bonsu | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4111377/2019 | 28 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111377/2019 Mr M Dominikovich | Represented by: Mr G Sutherland - Solicitor Sodexo Remote Sites Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |