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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600086/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr R Woodward | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 3322227/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr P Goncalves | Russell Finex Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414038/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs J McAllister | DAC Beachcroft Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410471/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs J Bryant | Cascade (Charlton House) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401530/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr R Stringer | Renewi UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410674/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr B Fraser | Rawcliffe Hall Country Club And Caravan Park | England & Wales | — |
| 2301732/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr P McCarney | Needafixer Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411006/2019 | 20 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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| 4107352/2019 | 20 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107352/2019 Mr T McInally | O-I Glass Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3303766/2019 | 20 November 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4123631/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Ms E Baker | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2402257/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Miss N Hargreaves | State Bidco Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803988/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs C Webster | Moorside Surgery | England & Wales | — |
| 1403833/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr D Gray | Paul Belton Construction Limited | England & Wales | £722 |
| 1600219/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Jade Destro | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405347/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Ms E Paczes First | Plympack Ltd Second Respondent: Secretary of State for BEIS | England & Wales | — |
| 1305873/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr A Smith | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405935/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Miss J Thompson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406169/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr P Crouch | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106968/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr Shael Webster | Interplex PMP Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2406490/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr W Watkinson | Kingsley Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201336/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr S Rodgers | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401168/2019 | 20 November 2019 | In person For the | Ms D Hummerstone of the Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 2302239/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr G Melia | Photo-Me International plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4107096/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs L Mortimer | Represented by Ms D Yates Solicitor Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4107540/2019 | 19 November 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107540/2019 Mr V Donnan | Represented by: Mr J Lawson Trainee Solicitor SSE Contracting Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3319552/2019 | 19 November 2019 | — | Giordano v Walstead Bicester Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405164/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr A Smith | Production Print Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302101/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Paddick | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1803712/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr R Gill | City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Ltd, t/a PTS Plumbing Trade Supplies | England & Wales | — |
| 3300381/2019 | 19 November 2019 | In person For the | Mr Carr, solicitor | England & Wales | £3,500 |
| 2410294/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss T Brangman | NCO Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500100/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Davidson | Snowdrift Dry Cleaners Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3306652/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Sana Zafar | ENA Care Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805172/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs A Mather | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800829/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs R Dixon | Swiftrapid Limited t/a Immediate Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 1804425/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss S Rashid | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3333856/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Cox | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503495/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs A Wilson | Snowdrift Dry Cleaners Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4106063/2015 | 19 November 2019 | — | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 4107653/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr Robin Allison | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 4106421/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106421/2019 Mrs L Somerville | Menzies Distribution | Scotland | — |
| 4102617/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102617/2019 Miss L Oliphant | Annandale Distillery Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4104816/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss L Dunn | Supermarkets plc | Scotland | £5,125 |
| 4110700/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110700/2019 Mr A Peat | XPO Supply Chain UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300126/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Wood | Canon UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300236/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Ballardie | Sports Brands Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801781/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr B Taylor | Niftylift Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600675/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs Marylyn Smith | The Governing Body of West Gate School (R1) Leicester City Council (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602237/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Ms. MK Sandhu | Bray & Bray Solicitors | England & Wales | — |