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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3334674/2018 | 10 January 2020 | Ms B Grossman (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806743/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr C Earnshaw | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804710/2019 | 10 January 2020 | In person | Goldenfry Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306619/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Miss B Blake | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301265/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr JH Kim | GHR UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405192/2018 | 10 January 2020 | Dr I Ogilvie | API Communications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301079/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr M Thomas | Blagden Specialty Chemicals Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303724/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Ms M Scott-Barnes | Amey 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 | 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 |
| 1806835/2019 |
| 10 January 2020 |
| Miss N Sharpe, Solicitor (Best Solicitors) |
| Dexel Tyre Company Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 3333898/2018 | 10 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4107904/2019 | 10 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107904/2019 Mr J Black | Gates (U.K) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302287/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr. F Agbonkhese | Apcoa Parking Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302069/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr A Lasisi | JRC Wembley Trading Limited t/a JRC Global Buffet Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301924/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr M Rahman | BP Express Shopping Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806640/2019 | 10 January 2020 | — | Sheffield Bath Company Ltd | England & Wales | £41,890 |
| 2414150/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr J Jones | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402020/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Miss J Dyson | Royal College of Nursing | England & Wales | — |
| 1601043/2019 | 10 January 2020 | In Person For the | Janina Massey T/a Hair 2 Go | England & Wales | £1,295 |
| 3202293/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Miss S Ulger | Mirjam Rouden Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300785/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr S Ranadev | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601493/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr J Ashman | Linear Insulation Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1306629/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr R Lakin | Asda | England & Wales | — |
| 4113101/2018 | 10 January 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113101/2018 Hearing at Edinburgh on 6, 7, 8, 9, and August 2019, and Members’ Meeting on October 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: M McAllister Tribunal Member: J Chalmers A | Represented by Mr R Clarke Solicitor B | Scotland | — |
| 2303991/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr O Adeyemo | Epsom And St Helier University NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2414223/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mrs J Ellison-Adams | Independent Office for Police Conduct | England & Wales | — |
| 1601690/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mrs N Watkins | HLJ Foods | England & Wales | £8,945 |
| 2411536/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr G Bruce | In Touch Networks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302277/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mr E Nassiri Basti | PJH Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602570/2018 | 10 January 2020 | Mr Andrzej Tomala | Crown Promotional Packaging UK Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2202699/2019 | 10 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302635/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Mrs F Neel | Prospect Legal | England & Wales | — |
| 1804562/2019 | 10 January 2020 | Ms S Harwoood | Anchor Hanover Group AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2406312/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr R Smith | GM Buses South Limited T/a Stagecoach Manchester/Stagecoach Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200709/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Miss S Courtney | Dr Frances Penna Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 2203737/2019 | 9 January 2020 | No appearance For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602739/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr J Parker | Redfern Contract Consultants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300460/2014 | 9 January 2020 | Mr P M Abdel-Mawgoud | Your Healthcare Community Interest Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2302262/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr T Lagunavicius | Suttons Tankers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401164/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs A Godin | Bread of Heaven Bakery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201329/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Thomas Mallon | Secrets Euston Ltd | England & Wales | £33,887 |
| 1806676/2019 | 9 January 2020 | In person | Sheffield Bath Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418073/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Ms L Hanmer | The Governing Body Of St Hilda's Church of England High School | England & Wales | — |
| 2500896/2019 | 9 January 2020 | (1) Mr James Buglass (2) Mr Phillip Hopper | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £25,196 |
| 2411539/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr B Johnson | Terence Paul (Manchester) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123595/2018 | 9 January 2020 | — | Kibble Education and Care Centre | Scotland | — |
| 2300987/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Mr K Perera, Legal Assistant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3315894/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr M Catherall | Blue Arrow Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802052/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs R Adegbulugbe | Food Standards Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2401921/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr P Carson | Blessed Sacrement Catholic Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 4107335/2019 | 9 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4107335/2019 Mr D Mizera | Represented by: Mr M Allison Solicitor Kettle Produce Limited | Scotland | — |