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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2411682/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr C Ward | Ashtead Plant Hire Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305474/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs Susan Clarke | Shiraz Hair Ltd | England & Wales | £1,739 |
| 2205104/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr O Nwanokwu | Capital Interiors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416787/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr M Hafiz | Bodrul Ahmed | England & Wales | — |
| 3202107/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Ms A Chatfield | IKEA Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304085/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Ms S Forge | IBM (United Kingdom) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806663/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr M Scott | Source any car Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321998/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr A Cormack | 3 Sun Inspection Services 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 | 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 |
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| 2602440/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr KS Maru | Debenhams Retail Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302524/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss K Alleyne | Ofcom | England & Wales | — |
| 2300700/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs J Sears | Asda | England & Wales | — |
| 2303138/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr. G Young | Gibson’s Farm Shop Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113342/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Ms S Cleary | Represented by Ms L Neil - Solicitor Spark of Genius Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300800/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Mr D Sually, Brother For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305142/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss K Svihrova | Spencer Conday | England & Wales | — |
| 2410718/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs J Lundi | And Creative Support Limited Public Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2300172/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Mr S Lawrence | Quality Drainage Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302401/2018 | 5 February 2020 | In Person For the second Claimant: In Person For the | Mr D Soanes, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2602993/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr A Barnes | Project Better Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203706/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Eurorient Ltd | England & Wales | £20,092 |
| 1601704/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Ms BR Rañales Cotos | Cartrefi Cymru Co-Operative Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414562/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs K Woods | Training Strategies Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 2302995/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr Kwperera, Legal Representative For the | Mr P Bradley, HR consultant | England & Wales | £28,148 |
| 1307340/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr C Wright | Milden Steels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413751/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Ms J Foster | Spyke Enterprise Ltd T/a Bluebird Care Sefton | England & Wales | — |
| 3201244/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr D Savic | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206888/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms L Duckworth | HCA International Limited t/a Roodlane Mutual | England & Wales | — |
| 2203707/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Eurorient Ltd | England & Wales | £16,312 |
| 4113408/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113408/2019 Mrs L Callander-Bone | Scottish Childminding Association | Scotland | — |
| 1400151/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Mr C Cotton | Future 7000 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414413/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Miss R Hussain | Traveljigsaw Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322185/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Miss R Owusu’Agyei (Counsel). For the | Mr N Allen (HR Officer). | England & Wales | £110,360 |
| 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 | — |
| 3200203/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Ms E Volkova | Credit Suisse (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601555/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr R Bishop | Switch Rentals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 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 | — |
| 3200201/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms AM Tremain | Forrest Nurseries Limited T/a Clever Cloggs Day Nursery | England & Wales | £938 |
| 1805305/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr D Blythe | James Brindley Fabrics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600346/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Miss J Saltfleet | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 2300010/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs Y Abisogun-Oriku | North East London Commissioning Support Unit | 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 | — |
| 1400364/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Miss I Sherratt | Performance In People Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300179/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Ms A Adelaine | The Martin James Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2504231/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Duggan v Little Diamonds Childcare Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1403122/2019 | 5 February 2020 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Ms L Garrett (company Secretary) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303861/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr H Carter | Holland & Barrett Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111570/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111570/2019 Ms A Rana | City Of Glasgow College | Scotland | — |
| 2302352/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr T Porter | IKEA Greenwich | England & Wales | — |