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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301239/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mr S Dolcey | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800829/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs R Dixon | Swiftrapid Limited t/a Immediate Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2500102/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss K Duncan | Snowdrift Dry Cleaners Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501034/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr N Carr | Barry Wright t/a G. W. Wright Agricultural Merchants | England & Wales | — |
| 2503466/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs D Aves | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1805172/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs A Mather | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300381/2019 | 19 November 2019 | In person For the | Mr Carr, solicitor | England & Wales | £3,500 |
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 |
| 1803712/2019 |
| 19 November 2019 |
| Mr R Gill |
| City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Ltd, t/a PTS Plumbing Trade Supplies |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2500101/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs J Hall | Snowdrift Dry Cleaners Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4103064/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103064/2019 Mr C Ferguson | University of the West of Scotland | 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 | — |
| 2600675/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs Marylyn Smith | The Governing Body of West Gate School (R1) Leicester City Council (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800549/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr S Foulger | Sky In-home Services Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £6,015 |
| 4107686/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107686/2019 Mr I Hunter | Bilanco Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1804425/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss S Rashid | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302101/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Paddick | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3306447/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr Simon Hazel | Asphaltic Services Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £41,186 |
| 2300236/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Ballardie | Sports Brands Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417846/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Miss E Wright | Warm Hearth Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303317/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mr M Forster (Solicitor) For the | Mrs G Williams (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301670/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr G Bruccoleri | EJ Barton | England & Wales | — |
| 2411502/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss F Williams | Westmoreland GP Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 3306443/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs Nina Camp | Asphaltic Services Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £11,190 |
| 2405164/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr A Smith | Production Print Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335281/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs J Kayongo | Regency Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402760/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr A Hussein | Maria Mallaband 16 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411190/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss L Unsworth | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601788/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs E Wilcox | Print Inc. & Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107653/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr Robin Allison | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 2410439/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mr P Simon | Integrity Property Management Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501033/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Miss J Carr | Barry Wright t/a G. W. Wright Agricultural Merchants | England & Wales | — |
| 2501060/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr T Coyle | Frutarom UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602237/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Ms. MK Sandhu | Bray & Bray Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2413741/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs A Badea | The Queen Cester OPCO Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406434/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr T Myles | Leadec Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500100/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Davidson | Snowdrift Dry Cleaners Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201426/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs L Haigh | Medisafe UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201515/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs CL Tanton | Brightlingsea Primary School And Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 2300183/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs | Wilbourne | England & Wales | — |
| 1401211/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Miss K Vosper | Dr Klare Davis | England & Wales | — |
| 2411185/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mr J Mistry | Hills Biscuits Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301398/2018 | 18 November 2019 | Mr B Leman | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319931/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs F Williams | Erika and Matteo Volpi | England & Wales | — |
| 2401313/2016 | 18 November 2019 | Mr S Chadwick | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410890/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Miss C Delgado | Jamie Rust | England & Wales | — |
| 3333473/2018 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs L Augustin | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310850/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mr Frane, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406545/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs BM Peacock | Anchor Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201289/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs Maureen Blankson | Engie Services Limited | England & Wales | £463 |
| 4123881/2018 | 18 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge J M Hendry Case No: 4123881/2018 Mr A Birnie | Represented by: Mr R A Falconer, Solicitor Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |