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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804479/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs J Milewski | Kingswood Learning & Leisure Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4111866/2019 | 19 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111866/2019 Mr A Hastie | British Gas Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302085/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr S Drummond | All Access Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303917/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Mr R Johnston | Salop Caravans (Cosford) UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602499/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr P Bugg | Pork Farms Caspian Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405929/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Miss E Mace | CPM Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405683/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr D Halpin | Euro Car Parts Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302772/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs J Taylor |
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 |
| Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust |
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| 2301300/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Mr JF Nelson | Peter Norris (haulage) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300248/2019 | 19 December 2019 | In Person For the | Mr S Joshi, solicitor | England & Wales | £350 |
| 1804116/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr A Lydon | HG Kippax & Sons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414080/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Miss E Harkin | Barclays plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4107280/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr R McAuley | Sandvik Materials Limited t/a Kanthal | Scotland | — |
| 3201492/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Mr C Watson | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110891/2019 | 19 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110891/2019 Mr C McLeish | Coneworx Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1806459/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Miss S Crowe | Reg Greenwood (Tyres & Exhausts) Limited Stuart Clarke Mark Brain | England & Wales | — |
| 2502260/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Miss G Kelly | Creative Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304566/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs M Capon | SJN Privett T/A Tollgate Service Station | England & Wales | — |
| 2601410/2020 | 19 December 2019 | Mr M FENTEM | Outform Emea Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416511/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr Martin Reeves | The Committee of Garswood and Simms Road Labour Club t/a Garswood Sports and Social Club | England & Wales | £2,482 |
| 2304161/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Mr D Harvey | Honeywell Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802029/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs W Tokarska | Clancy Docwra Ltd & Mark Pemberton | England & Wales | — |
| 2602208/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Ms Lolita Boiko First | MRN Recruitment Ltd (In Liquidation) Second Respondent: Capital Outsourcing Group Food Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301858/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Ms C Maile | Kantar UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331565/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs C Horne-Seabridge | Pipers Corner School | England & Wales | — |
| 2300142/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs E West | Generals Meadow Residential Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 4110300/2019 | 19 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110300/2019 Mr V Voronosvskij | Represented by: Amazon UK Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2400207/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs D Anker | Medmigration Limited | England & Wales | £7,325 |
| 3335121/2018 | 19 December 2019 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302522/2018 | 19 December 2019 | Miss H Barrett-Smith | PJ (SPAR) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501377/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mr L Allman | Sky Subscribers Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201838/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Mrs T Trueblood | Colchester Institute Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 1403997/2019 | 19 December 2019 | Miss H Ouaaoub | Geronimo Web Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400579/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mr J Meads | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322183/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Miss M Mura | Sook retail Ltd | England & Wales | £2,299 |
| 1811639/2018 | 18 December 2019 | Mr T Semple of Counsel (instructed by DAS Law) | Implant Dental Limited | England & Wales | £9,248 |
| 2300549/2018 | 18 December 2019 | Mrs T Collinson | CG & SA Levett, t/a Hartley Coffee House & Farm Shop | England & Wales | — |
| 1405968/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mr E Gonsalves | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107520/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mr CG Gordon | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3201981/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mrs L Jarrett | Care UK Clinical Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402220/2018 | 18 December 2019 | Mr R Dunn | Aggregate Industries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417167/2018 | 18 December 2019 | Ms L Drahan | The Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404757/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Miss Roberta Balkyte | AND More Seafood Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803420/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mr Malik, Lay representative Interpreter: Ms S Tahmasebinejad | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401746/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Mr A Watkins | Coastguard Road Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805423/2019 | 18 December 2019 | In person | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400200/2019 | 18 December 2019 | in person (with Court Provider Interpreter Ms Santoro) For the | Mr & Mrs Mead (Mr Mead being the named Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202473/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Miss Z Zheleva | Cna Catering Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303050/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Ms B Cluffer | London South Bank University | England & Wales | — |
| 3306646/2019 | 18 December 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | BSH Distribution Centre | England & Wales | — |