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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3335532/2018 | 27 November 2019 | — | Iqvia Ltd and Trudy Stein | England & Wales | — |
| 1600555/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Mrs H Summer | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited t/a Well Pharmacy | England & Wales | — |
| 2203017/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Mr I Al-Ojaili | Incopro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411347/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Mr HA Mohiuddin | Northern Care Alliance | England & Wales | — |
| 1401277/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Miss A F Siddons First | Host Contract Management Ltd Second Respondent: CH and CO | England & Wales | — |
| 1601288/2018 | 27 November 2019 | Mr M Wells | Babcock Aerospace Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410524/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Miss L Isted | Bayview Gardens Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601165/2018 | 27 November 2019 |
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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| 1600240/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Ms A Kaviya | Partnerships In Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2203764/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Levinna Ola | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4100007/2018 | 27 November 2019 | Mrs J Ward Mr E Borowski Ms X | Mr N MacDougall Counsel Ministry of Justice | Scotland | — |
| 3325306/2017 | 27 November 2019 | — | The Forbury Ltd and Mr V Punchaye | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 1601499/2019 | 27 November 2019 | Ms S Baugh | Jayne Haines (R1) NAG Recycling Skip Hire Ltd (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413657/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr J Bennett | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405887/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr P Kneale | A M Seafoods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406272/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr G Hunter | Lakeside Collections Limited T/a The Stables Fitness & Leisure Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2602150/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr. R Parker | Ockbrook & Borrowash Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2602120/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Miss T Austin | AJM Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 1305847/2018 | 26 November 2019 | Ms PM Kirkwood (deceased) | Represented by: Ms E Snowdon - Lay Representative Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2602302/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr S Jones | Bcs Automotive | England & Wales | — |
| 1601098/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr N Harvey | GreenThumb Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503446/2018 | 26 November 2019 | Mr S Corbett | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601693/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Miss S Joyce | Mr M England | England & Wales | £14,109 |
| 2501376/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr C Plummer | System C Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100199/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr J Gardner | Arcus FM Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107861/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Ms J Ford | Represented by Ms E Drysdale Solicitor BFE Electrical Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4111074/2019 | 26 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111074/2019 Miss E Reilly | Russell Hotel St Andrews Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1601095/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Miss S Taylor | Motonovo Finance | England & Wales | — |
| 2402290/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs L Gregory | Britannia Jinky Jersey Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602517/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr L Mishra | Galliford Try Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301418/2019 | 26 November 2019 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600498/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr K Hussain | Wales & West Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 4123362/2018 | 26 November 2019 | No: 4123362/2018 Mrs J McConnachie | Represented by: Mr A Wallace, Solicitor Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2301485/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs. L. Orchard | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301034/2018 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs L Briggs | Leelajay Capital Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301853/2017 | 26 November 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2501926/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr D Howell | G E Oil & Gas Limited (a Baker Hughes Company) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600436/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Ms A Smith | Sinclair Garages (Newport) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406277/2019 | 26 November 2019 | — | Hobs Group Ltd and Hobs Reprographics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306739/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr J Oghide | Rainbow Care Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600262/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr A Carvajal | PCF Print Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405235/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Miss R Fraser | Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council The Governing Body of Alkrington Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2502303/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr D Hopper | Steadfast Security Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805122/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr S Wood | The University of Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 1804061/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs M Hardaker | Embers Installations Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501910/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Miss LE Hodgson | Selina Shearer | England & Wales | — |
| 2502302/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr S Littlemore | Steadfast Security Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804922/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs L Thornton | Kirklees Citizens Advice & Law Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2402844/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mrs C McNeil | CJ Services (UK) Ltd T/a CJ Retail Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 4102578/2019 | 26 November 2019 | Mr S Deafley | Represented by: S Martin – Legal Executive Christie Elite Nurseries Ltd | Scotland | — |