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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301984/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Miss S McPherson | Cote Restaurants Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1602127/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr S R L Andrews | Knaul Insulation | England & Wales | — |
| 3312367/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr M Doherty | Securitas Security Services (UK) Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1401958/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs C Sinclair | 1 Sure Healthcare (Group) Limited 2 City and County Healthcare Group Limited 3 London Care Limited | England & Wales | £44,263 |
| 2503757/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr D Gibson | Frank & Bird Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300501/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs L Thomason | Debenhams Retail Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601281/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mr. T. Jenkins | Mair Williams CYF | 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 |
| 2302958/2019 |
| 16 January 2020 |
| Mr S Douglas |
| London Borough of Lewisham |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1800791/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr K Lipton | Rofin-Sinar UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3203016/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr I Danila | Hopp Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402540/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr A Hancox | Ian Williams Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602449/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr S Walker | SIG Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600767/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Ms J Pickering | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1305654/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr Ramsi Seef | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201850/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr L English | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601310/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs H Kalsi | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603146/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs T Pinter | Leedale Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201965/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs R Gritkuviene | Interserve FS (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110434/2019 | 16 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110434/2019 Miss L Atwal | TSB Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 3200621/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr J Whitmarsh | YSL Video Wall Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602628/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Miss E Harrison | Derbyshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2603232/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs C Foster | Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400047/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs Helen Davis and Miss Charmaine Hanlon | Kare Plus National Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303702/2020 | 16 January 2020 | In person For the | Ms A Kent, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2203468/2020 | 16 January 2020 | Mr A Renuka | Jayadev A M Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £117,146 |
| 2304185/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs L Foster | Matalan Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300622/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Miss A Lopez | Dods Parliamentary Communications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402807/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr R Lord | Validus-IVC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806946/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr B Axcell | R1: Plaxton R2: Unite the Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2602269/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr Edward Smith | Hambleton Bard Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2411412/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr A Tomassetti | Yui Nagami Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110193/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr GJZ Hunter | Represented by: Ms A Gordon - Solicitor French Duncan Wealth Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201413/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Miss D Dube | The Centre for Health & Disability Assessment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601174/2017 | 15 January 2020 | Miss L Wills | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2602480/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mrs C Atkinson | Greenwood Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201585/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr L Evans | Cloudfm Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600461/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Ms G Jones | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3202435/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr S. Sammon | Valuation Office Agency People Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1600266/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr R Walters | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302971/2018 | 15 January 2020 | — | Paletta v MacDonald Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103114/2019 | 15 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103114/2019 Mr C Spiers | Heather Ale Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4106466/2019 | 15 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106466/2019 Miss M Shaw | Delvino Events Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600979/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Miss RL Harper | Gift Universe (management) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201334/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr G Duarte | Essex County Laundry Ltd t/a Royal Jersey Laundry | England & Wales | — |
| 3201424/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr R Camargo | Brentwood Homes Ltd - T/a Seven Arches Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1601978/2019 | 15 January 2020 | — | Edwards v Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310986/2019 | 15 January 2020 | In person, supported by her son Mr F Bassi For the | Mr S Swanson, Legal Representative | England & Wales | — |
| 1405441/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr L Spaul | Classic Country Pubs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201714/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr C Bennett | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 3319458/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr David Wignal | British Gas Services Limited | England & Wales | — |