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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806715/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Miss C Osborne | Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502492/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs S Gaskin | Solarglide Limited | 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 | — |
| 2406312/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr R Smith | GM Buses South Limited T/a Stagecoach Manchester/Stagecoach Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602739/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr J Parker | Redfern Contract Consultants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403166/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr G Williams | Goldstar Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600938/2017 | 9 January 2020 | Mr S Garvey | Valero Operations Support 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 |
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| 1601330/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Miss J Cheeseman | Lasercare Clinics Harrogate Limited t/a Skin | England & Wales | — |
| 3202498/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Miss S Ulger | Mirjam Rouden Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300888/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr R Lambourne | Proximity London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106007/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr George Nobbs | Represented by: Mr P Deans - Solicitor Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4123310/2018 | 9 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123310/2018 Mr AJ Bates | Carntyne Transport Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1307885/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr A Patel | Kd Kataria Ltd | 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 | — |
| 1401069/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr J Kent | Raw Sports Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404937/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs J Rogers | Defence Equipment And Support | England & Wales | — |
| 2411539/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr B Johnson | Terence Paul (Manchester) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411374/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr S Thompson | New Platt Motors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305997/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs O Uwakwe | Pro Health 24 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805387/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr D Wood | Yorkshire Rescue Service Hud Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401164/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs A Godin | Bread of Heaven Bakery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2418073/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Ms L Hanmer | The Governing Body Of St Hilda's Church of England High School | England & Wales | — |
| 2201329/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Thomas Mallon | Secrets Euston Ltd | England & Wales | £33,887 |
| 2411319/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr T Convery | Summit Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603307/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Y Longden | 1) Whitwell Park Care Home Limited 2) The Westwick Group Of Businesses Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200709/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Miss S Courtney | Dr Frances Penna Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 2303786/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Mrs S Fallon | Strode Park Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2414232/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Ms K Przasnyska | Travelex Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416875/2018 | 9 January 2020 | Ms L Quigley of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302063/2019 | 9 January 2020 | Mr RJ Covill | Metal Work Maintenance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107428/2019 | 8 January 2020 | — | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201349/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr R Alam | Rossmore Hotel Limited | England & Wales | £868 |
| 1801442/2020 | 8 January 2020 | Angela Gates | Thermos UK Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1403383/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr S Mckechan | Wellies of Wellswood Limited | England & Wales | £7,677 |
| 3313291/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr R Sackey | John Lewis Partnership plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303924/2018 | 8 January 2020 | Miss Z Coombs | Croydon College | England & Wales | — |
| 1401319/2019 | 8 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr Towl, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1806332/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mrs E Ehren | Reeds Rains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331580/2018 | 8 January 2020 | Mr Stewart Roxborough | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303598/2018 | 8 January 2020 | Mr DC Sablon | A & A Construction Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403336/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr R Pougiouros | Riverford Organic Farmers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107339/2019 | 8 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4107339/2019 Ms S Thomson | Represented by: Thompsons Solicitor Cornerstone Community Care | Scotland | — |
| 1405325/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Miss M Currant | Frome Care Village Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300882/2018 | 8 January 2020 | Ms E Schroeder | The Environment Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 1806412/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr G Martin | Sharp Business Systems UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806673/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr J Austin (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332172/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Miss S Nethercott, Solicitor For the | Mr T Pimento, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1400751/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr H Dymond | Micheldever Tyre Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805296/2019 | 8 January 2020 | Mr P Crofts | Speciality Steel (UK) Ltd t/a Liberty Steel | England & Wales | — |