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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2410205/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs J Akrigg | Hyndburn Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1803974/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs L Knight | Cameron Beaumont Opticians Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200665/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr JD Santos Susarte De Me | 2 Sisters Poultry Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500857/2016 | 29 October 2019 | Mr P Johnson | JFS & Associates Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £4,890 |
| 2405987/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs N Glen | Matalan Retail Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2406337/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr A Fairless | Rymack Sign Solutions Limited trading as Pfi Sign Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 1600371/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss K Shord | Ludlow Street Healthcare Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3303851/2019 |
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 |
| 29 October 2019 |
| Mr D Burley, Husband |
| — |
| England & Wales |
| £4,152 |
| 2402031/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr D Whitehead | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107510/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr Richard Murphy | Lawhill Services Ltd | Scotland | £8,009 |
| 1601629/2018 | 29 October 2019 | Mr G McDonald | W&M McDonald Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601481/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr A Bugler | Tallis Amos Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201779/2018 | 29 October 2019 | Mr J Gallant | The Governing Body of Rushmore Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 4105398/2017 | 29 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105398/2017 Mr T Hugues | Amey Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1601027/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss R Bending | Cardiff And Vale University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1600882/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs K Hall | Hall & Roche Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410124/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr I Macey | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 4106869/2019 | 29 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge N M Hosie Case No: 4106869/2019 Mr G Hodgson | GeoAmey PECS UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1303793/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr Z Iqbal – Claimant’s Brother For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801026/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr B Williams | Velux Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405405/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr R Cooper | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601080/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs M Markey | Copthorne Hotel (cardiff) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400210/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs A Brown | Warrington Community Living | England & Wales | — |
| 2301451/2019 | 29 October 2019 | — | Age UK Lewisham and Southwark | England & Wales | — |
| 2300404/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr M Rust | Lions Hastings Pier Ltd | England & Wales | £5,533 |
| 2200785/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs B Lad | Cqs (uk) LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3201345/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss M Olubodun | Abacus Build Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601887/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr JA Staniforth | Vacancy Filler Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3330787/2018 | 29 October 2019 | David Langwallner, Counsel For the | Louise Carr, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3300064/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr R Garner | Dignity Funerals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601882/2018 | 29 October 2019 | Mr D Johnson | Disability Derbyshire Coalition for Inclusive Living Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401324/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr J Brisbane | Equinox Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803526/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss N Jahan | Ashiana Sheffield Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601707/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs A Crawford | Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe | England & Wales | — |
| 4110407/2019 | 29 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge J M Hendry Case No: 4110407/2019 Miss E Davy | The Play Barn at Greenfields Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1803727/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss HW Mortimer | Queen Margaret's School York Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414888/2018 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs A Roche | Tameside & Glossop CCG | England & Wales | — |
| 2405878/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr D Garvey | A. Atherton Heating Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2302374/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mrs S Wolczynska | Wimbledon Automobiles Ltd | England & Wales | £16,955 |
| 1601809/2018 | 29 October 2019 | Miss C Dower | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201473/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr A Herrera | Enhance Office Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201546/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr T Rockliff | London Borough of Havering | England & Wales | — |
| 2400217/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss N Rigby | Fielding Leisure Ltd trading as Little Saints | England & Wales | — |
| 1600796/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr R Moorcraft | CPS | England & Wales | — |
| 2406198/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss D Swarbrick | Cardzone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102972/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr C | Represented by: Mr G Bathgate - Solicitor West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2411068/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Mr M Connor | Andrew Lyndon Dykes/Lydon Dykes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600685/2019 | 28 October 2019 | Miss P Phillips | Coral Racing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123858/2018 | 28 October 2019 | Member S Gray Tribunal Member W Muir Mr L Anderson | Represented by Ms C Cruickshank-Gray Fife Health Board | Scotland | £10,209 |
| 2601869/2019 | 28 October 2019 | Mr D Scott | Premier Foods Group Limited | England & Wales | — |