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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3314200/2019 | 12 November 2019 | Mr A Page | Gullivers Removals And Storage Ltd | England & Wales | £544 |
| 2300821/2019 | 12 November 2019 | Mr J Kemp | Cabot Financial (Europe) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300079/2019 | 12 November 2019 | Mrs S Lowther | John Nike Leisuresport Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106965/2019 | 12 November 2019 | “D” | Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1804245/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr D Snell | Ainscough Crane Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201665/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Miss J Robinson | Financial Conduct Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 3201435/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss K Baker | Blackberry Bakery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314177/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss L Arnold |
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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| 2302210/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Ms S Girjob | Tailored Franchises Ltd T/A A Suit That Fits | England & Wales | £8,526 |
| 3303499/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr D Berry | RAK Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301922/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss J O’Shea | Health Education England | England & Wales | — |
| 2414925/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr A Roberts Mr S McCune Mr E Leatherland Mr R Kevan | WFL (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321690/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss A Moikeenah | Topsco Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804011/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr C Burr | Ongo Heating And Plumbing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3100962/2010 | 11 November 2019 | Mr KM Quaid & 280 Others First | IBM United Kingdom Ltd Second Respondent: IBM United Kingdom Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401540/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs K Frodsham | Roger Little North West Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301182/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr E Owens | Taylor Wimpey UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304226/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Ms S Zhou | St George’s, University of London | England & Wales | — |
| 3201788/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs L Wood | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303261/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Ms M Marriott | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3202284/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs L Connor Mrs C Dixon | Carpetright plc (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601828/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Carl Telford | Adam Whitehead | England & Wales | £2,500 |
| 3320208/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss Reynolds, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3335468/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr Burrows (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401809/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs D Griffey | Claire Symons trading as Claire’s Flying Start, Claire’s Newport Nursery, Claire’s Children’s Nurseries | England & Wales | — |
| 1303094/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr N Khan | The Reeve Metal Finishing Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3335583/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr B Ceesay | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2317817/2010 | 11 November 2019 | — | IBM UK Ltd and IBM UK Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206085/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Poseidon Human Capital and Government of Bahrain | England & Wales | — |
| 2304545/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr J Sim | Autotask (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306082/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr A Overbury | Department of Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 2501322/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr J Shield | BPDTS Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406464/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Ms E Wolstenholme | ABC Pre-School Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410489/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Miss A Taylor | Cygnet NW Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601106/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr D Kenniford | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1804006/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Ms G Hinshelwood | The Wright Financial Advice Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302674/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs C Arthur | User Voice | England & Wales | — |
| 2601180/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss P Weston | Unique Entertainment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302011/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Miss M Moverley | Ascenti Physio Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404768/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs S Dyson | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300237/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr M Black | Hyde Park Residence | England & Wales | — |
| 4107082/2019 | 11 November 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107082/2019 Held in Glasgow on 28, and October 2019 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr C Devlin | Represented by: Mr R Wood - Trade Union Representative British Telecommunications plc | Scotland | — |
| 2200937/2019 | 11 November 2019 | In person For the | Ms A. Niaz-Dickinson | England & Wales | — |
| 1804178/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Miss L Tanner | WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410108/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr C Banks | Elis UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1804076/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr J Tune | Larchwood Care Homes (North) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300968/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Miss KL Belsey | Rough Common Pre-School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410135/2018 | 11 November 2019 | — | Lee v Hartley Botanic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304730/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Mr P Sauberlich | Oxford Precision Components UK Ltd | England & Wales | £79,380 |
| 1300434/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mr L Zawierucha | Midland Stairs and Joinery Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,339 |