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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3202574/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr A Higgins | St George City Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200621/2018 | 14 January 2020 | Mr J. Neckles, trade union representative For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1804667/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr D Cox | Bradwell Skip Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307237/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Miss L Salter | Worcestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1806816/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Ms D Dunne | Neom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503761/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mrs SL Richmond First | Benchmarx Kitchens and Joinery Limited Second Respondent: Travis Perkins plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2503726/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mrs Sophie McLaren | Services Sound & Vision Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 4114263/2019 | 14 January 2020 |
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 |
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| 1803689/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr E Fitzmaurice | Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602320/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Ms J Finch | Shakuntla Maru - t/a Shakuntla Beauty Hair Bridal | England & Wales | — |
| 1807282/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr S Thompson | Weidmann Whiteley Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202289/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mrs S Ridley | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3329025/2017 | 14 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr N Johnson, Solicitor | England & Wales | £2,047 |
| 3400464/2017 | 14 January 2020 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2200279/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Ms L Hatch, of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602960/2018 | 14 January 2020 | Mr L Harris | Paragon Interiors Group plc (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201712/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr R O’Dair, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4107162/2019 | 14 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107162/2019 Mr M Spicer | Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3201928/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr I Itang | Prospero Teaching Limited trading as Prospero Teaching DEFAULT | England & Wales | £620 |
| 2406041/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mrs K Dixon | Blackburn Distributions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602178/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Ms KM Fisher | Dr Janarthanam A Babu T/a Beechfield Medical Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2411355/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Miss G Buckley | Rochdale Association Football Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415065/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr C Zara | Landfill Projects Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602240/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr RE Braddock | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406132/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr R Smith | WPM Sports & Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1305596/2019 | 13 January 2020 | In person For the | Mrs Kent, solicitor | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1405753/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr J Liebenberg | Pivotal Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2301527/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss Jamreleigh Phillips | Arden Maidstone Limited TELEPHONE CASE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION | England & Wales | — |
| 1301176/2019 | 13 January 2020 | In Person For the | DA Civils Ltd | England & Wales | £17,640 |
| 2411304/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss H Daniels | HFS Tarporley Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418029/2018 | 13 January 2020 | Ms A Lewington-Hill | Chase Search and Selection Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206951/2018 | 13 January 2020 | Mr S Gorton QC (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413748/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss O Ellis | Mr Phil Hart | England & Wales | — |
| 1403615/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr A Banner | Sweetnam & Bradley Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807268/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr S Thompson | Valet Spa Worldwide Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203601/2019 | 13 January 2020 | In person For the | Not present or represented | England & Wales | — |
| 1805384/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Ms B Sim Second Claimant Ms K Attenborough | Dr S Barnsley PRIVATE PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1601712/2018 | 13 January 2020 | Miss N Sheppard | British Gas Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302368/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr W Brown, solicitor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405101/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr A. Anderson | Allvotec Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600851/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss H Williams | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807326/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss S Wilson-Ryder | Dorothy House/The Firs Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 2202622/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Miss S Raftery | Horizon Medical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413982/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr A Mansur | ASC Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411165/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mrs T Pritchard | Loft Film Productions Ltd (In Voluntary Creditor’s Liquidation) | England & Wales | £10,897 |
| 4110607/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr W Hobbs | Elite Energy Limited | Scotland | £3,738 |
| 1403417/2018 | 13 January 2020 | Mr M Addis in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203768/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr C McKenzie | Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government | England & Wales | — |
| 2304394/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr A Rampersand | Alum Care Ltd | England & Wales | £831 |
| 2603364/2019 | 13 January 2020 | Mr N Toure | Ken Wilkins Print Limited | England & Wales | — |