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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4111632/2019 | 22 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111632/2019 Mrs P Stewart | Lord And Lady Crawford | Scotland | — |
| 2402061/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Ms T Marsden | Ignition Pub Management Ltd | England & Wales | £1,068 |
| 2602461/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Miss A James | Firstsource Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303972/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Miss L Carr, Solicitor For the | Miss G Duffy , Consultant | England & Wales | £42,451 |
| 1803641/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Miss G O’Neill | Jet2holidays Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410536/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr C Waters | Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings | England & Wales | — |
| 1403433/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr D Cutter | Somerset County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1803737/2019 |
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 |
| 22 November 2019 |
| Mr C Scott |
| Siemens Mobility Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 1307491/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr D Mason | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3304125/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Ms H Odunsi | 51degrees.mobi Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332260/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Mr S Holloway | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2413535/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr A Till | Tony Pinnington | England & Wales | — |
| 1804441/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr M Foster | Calor Gas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314367/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Ms G Stoten | CSN Care Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403882/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr M Langley | Muller Milk And Ingredients | England & Wales | — |
| 4110897/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr A Sumner | D And E Coaches Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107034/2019 | 22 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107034/2019 Mr G Hopewell | Loomis UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3320660/2019 | 22 November 2019 | James Levy | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304295/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Mr L Boyle | Mountney Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804428/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr M Farrell | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303812/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Mr T Morris | Cut and Pitched Builders Limited | England & Wales | £21,836 |
| 3335550/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Miss Bradbury, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3331849/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Miss R Ricciardi | Oliver’s Cleaning Contractors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107678/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr B Taylor | Borders Biscuits Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2602404/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr M Akinsete | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401342/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs C Griffin | North Bristol NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601044/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr A Abdi | Sidwell Regeneration Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,402 |
| 3313375/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr J Van Heron | Stonegate Pub Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1810738/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs K Dickinson | Inspire Partnership Multi-Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4110398/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110398/2019 Mr D McQue | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2402199/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr CK Njemanze | Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3332063/2018 | 21 November 2019 | — | Healey v The Dept Of Work And Pensions Jobcentre Plus | England & Wales | — |
| 1400714/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr S Withers | Highpoint Implementation & Training Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1805290/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr S Shah | Sekhri Enterprises Ltd | England & Wales | £1,698 |
| 4123626/2018 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123626/2018 Mr K Robertson | Bhc Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2404958/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Miss L Sanderson | Pheonix Family Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418129/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Joanne Withers | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4101542/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101542/2019 Mr W Biggar | Represented by: Ms A Leropoulos - Solicitor The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 3303631/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Ms S Morgan-Gayle, McKenzie Friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2502871/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Miss R Begom | Standby Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £24,871 |
| 4110170/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110170/2019 Miss J Henderson | Sanctuary Personnel Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4101536/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr I Pritchard | - Advocate Western Isles Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1405286/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs S Davies | Portsmouth City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4123859/2018 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123859/2018 Mr G Fraser | RBH Hospitality Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2302576/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr H Krayem | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107337/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107337/2019 Miss G Sutherland | Splashtime Swim Academy Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3334755/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Josephine Ashdown | Bovis Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335333/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs K Boness | Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300999/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs K Peers | Dr K Lewis & Dr Hayley Owers t/a Wingham Dental Practice | England & Wales | £5,271 |
| 3319838/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr C Ward | Noel Ward | England & Wales | — |