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Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4111215/2019 | 22 November 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111215/2019 Mrs L Scott | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4107767/2019 | 22 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107767/2019 Ms L Randall | United Maxis Taxis (Wishaw) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1306059/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr Michalik | HRB Hotel Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110897/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr A Sumner | D And E Coaches Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1403634/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mrs C Buckley | St Mungo's | England & Wales | — |
| 3320846/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Miss A Seaman | Norfolk County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3335550/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Miss Bradbury, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403882/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr M Langley |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
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| 2303812/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Mr T Morris | Cut and Pitched Builders Limited | England & Wales | £21,836 |
| 2413535/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr A Till | Tony Pinnington | England & Wales | — |
| 1403433/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr D Cutter | Somerset County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3332260/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Mr S Holloway | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3331849/2018 | 22 November 2019 | Miss R Ricciardi | Oliver’s Cleaning Contractors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500521/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr Shaun Burgess | James Jones and Sons (Pallets and Packaging) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410536/2019 | 22 November 2019 | Mr C Waters | Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings | England & Wales | — |
| 1405286/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs S Davies | Portsmouth City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2300940/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Ms I S Sesay | Strong Tower Education Ltd t/a Strong Tower Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 2410868/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr A Wright | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2404958/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Miss L Sanderson | Pheonix Family Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101536/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr I Pritchard | - Advocate Western Isles Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1401342/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs C Griffin | North Bristol NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3304255/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs S Bibi | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601044/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr A Abdi | Sidwell Regeneration Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,402 |
| 1810738/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs K Dickinson | Inspire Partnership Multi-Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400714/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr S Withers | Highpoint Implementation & Training Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2601614/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs J Blankley | Boots UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335561/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs L Medus | East and North Hertfordshire NHS 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 |
| 1401300/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Miss S Holland | 1) Blue Diamond Limited 2) Milton Park Dorset Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101520/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101520/2019 Mr J Dunlop | : William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3334755/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Josephine Ashdown | Bovis Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206953/2018 | 21 November 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,750 |
| 2402199/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr CK Njemanze | Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4123859/2018 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123859/2018 Mr G Fraser | RBH Hospitality Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4110398/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110398/2019 Mr D McQue | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4103338/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103338/2019 Ms J McCarthy | Money Matters Money Advice Centre | Scotland | — |
| 1805290/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr S Shah | Sekhri Enterprises Ltd | England & Wales | £1,698 |
| 4110170/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110170/2019 Miss J Henderson | Sanctuary Personnel Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2411865/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mr JP Morley | Ab Inbev UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305636/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs S Dreelan | Connect Catering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502871/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Miss R Begom | Standby Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £24,871 |
| 4123626/2018 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123626/2018 Mr K Robertson | Bhc Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2403925/2017 | 21 November 2019 | Ms K Annand (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332063/2018 | 21 November 2019 | — | Healey v The Dept Of Work And Pensions Jobcentre Plus | England & Wales | — |
| 2418129/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Joanne Withers | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600819/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr W Fox | Linx Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303535/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mr P Cox | Surrey County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4110553/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110553/2019 Mr G Maguire | NorthSea Power Solutions Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1402404/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr G Davies | Triumph Aerospace Operations UK Limited (t/a Triumph Integrated Systems – Actuation & Control) | England & Wales | — |
| 3319838/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr C Ward | Noel Ward | England & Wales | — |