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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810800/2018 | 29 November 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404213/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Smith | The You Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2424293/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs Mary Ann Eyre First | Harrison Brothers (Furniture) Ltd (in administration) Second Respondent: Wendy Etchells Ltd | England & Wales | £26,937 |
| 3201923/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs K Wyligala | Virgin Active Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402442/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Scull | Howard & Sons Exports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403734/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr T Muzeja | Pinnacle Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300944/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms T. Hudson, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401208/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Sleet | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 2410042/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr Robert Wasowski | Princes Soft Drinks Bradford | England & Wales | — |
| 2413851/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr O Scott | William Hill plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300273/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr C Watson | 1) Yew Tree Lodge Ltd 2) Julienne Orchard | England & Wales | — |
| 1401654/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms C McNamara | Mr. P and Mrs. E Pitt t/a The William IV | England & Wales | — |
| 2303571/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Ms S Dawes | Greenwrite Limited | England & Wales | £526 |
| 1402880/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss K Huntley | Mobile Onboard Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404005/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs T Hammond | Lane Clark & Peacock LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2302247/2019 | 29 November 2019 | — | Mrs M Dabke | England & Wales | — |
| 3201610/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Lancaster | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107547/2019 | 29 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107547/2019 Mr M Anjum | Represented by: Ms H Johnson - Solicitor Shieldtile Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3324911/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Prof P Ewart | The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford | England & Wales | — |
| 2304225/2019 | 29 November 2019 | — | Patel v Equiniti Services Ltd and Ms Lina Brown | England & Wales | — |
| 4110544/2019 | 29 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110544/2019 Mr J Osborne | Represented by: Mr R Eadie - Solicitor Cross Hotels Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2424110/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Mr Philip Mottershead First | Harrison Brothers (Furniture) Ltd (in administration) Second Respondent: Wendy Etchells Ltd | England & Wales | £11,617 |
| 4102857/2019 | 29 November 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4102857/2019 Miss S McLeish | Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2410550/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs S Henderson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405445/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Connell | Darwen Windows Ltd | England & Wales | £4,920 |
| 1403936/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Green | Paulette Blackmore | England & Wales | — |
| 1303263/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr Robert Harding | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 1403469/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs K Jenkins | Addaction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302152/2019 | 29 November 2019 | (1) Mrs P Ross (2) Mrs C Greenhill (3) Mrs T Neale | Shepherd Neame Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403875/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr P Goodwin | Milestone Garage (M C Hauffe & Sons) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303994/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr J Duckworth | Hampshire Demolition and Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104956/2018 | 29 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4104956/2018 Mr R Hurson | Represented by: Ms L Beedie - First Employment Law SCARF | Scotland | — |
| 1802922/2019 | 29 November 2019 | In person | Babs Baps Ltd | England & Wales | £3,918 |
| 2404919/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss M Wilson | Tiger Curry House Ltd t/a Purple Rooms Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 3322482/2016 | 29 November 2019 | Mr S Liberadski, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804906/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Miss L Ellis | Darcy Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202341/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs L Gillott | Factor Follow Ltd T/a Hospitality Av | England & Wales | — |
| 3312413/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Miss E Staszak | Travelodge Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202191/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr E Bantar | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102991/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Member J McCullagh Tribunal Member J Burnett Mr H Rae | Ramsay and Mrs Arabella Ramsay | Scotland | £8,242 |
| 2410542/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Ms Dawn Knowles | W G Ross & Company Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3201722/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr N Perry | Hr Go Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303310/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr K Hill | Kona Partners LLP | England & Wales | £15,791 |
| 2503594/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr M McKeswick | Bolton Brothers Ltd | England & Wales | £32,312 |
| 1805458/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs K Pottage | Andrea Ubhi Dentistry Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302650/2017 | 28 November 2019 | Mr D Martin | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2421210/2017 | 28 November 2019 | Mr B Ansell | Mitie PFI Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3347665/2016 | 28 November 2019 | Miss Tewkesbury For the | Mr Brotherton | England & Wales | — |
| 4110492/2019 | 28 November 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110492/2019 Mr M Y Alkozay | Dunblane Enterprise Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4107691/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs J Purvis | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |