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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401204/2018 | 24 October 2019 | Ms R Leonard | Lloyds Banking Group | England & Wales | — |
| 4103645/2019 | 24 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103645/2019 Mr M Pritchard | Represented by: Mr R Lawson - Solicitor Atalian Servest AMK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804662/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Ms K Scott | Ramsdens Financial Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410199/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs G Lowe | Julian Wadden & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401546/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs P Thorpe | The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1301006/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mr W Brown | Adstone Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401676/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs R Benjamin | C & J Clark International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107472/2019 |
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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| 1403144/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Miss L Phillips | ISS U.K. Financial Services and Retail | England & Wales | — |
| 2417897/2018 | 24 October 2019 | Mr C Brodie | Hermes Parcelnet Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404686/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs I Patel | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601336/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mr M Gott | Lincolnshire Field Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400328/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mr G Macey | Wightlink Guernsey Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100024/2019 | 24 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100024/2019 Ms A Orchowska | Represented by: Mr B Thornber - Solicitor Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 1803399/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mr G Clayton | Wolseley UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314446/2019 | 24 October 2019 | — | Orsel v Airport Motors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107418/2019 | 24 October 2019 | (sitting alone) Ms Jennifer Mathieson | Represented by: Ms F Meek Solicitor The East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1405197/2018 | 24 October 2019 | Mr D Ap Dafydd | Brockenhurst College | England & Wales | — |
| 2302384/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs P Heathfield | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1804493/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Ms S Hutchinson | Scarsdale Grange LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1804725/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs C Morfitt | Blue Arrow and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2301432/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr G Buckle | Tarmac Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803752/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr I Fothergill | Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804491/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Miss T Williams-Gordon | Brentwood Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1810603/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Miss R Batty | Community Furniture Store (York) Ltd Community Furniture Store (Ryedale) Ltd Community Furniture Store (Selby) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403688/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr J Howe | Tiverton Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314139/2020 | 23 October 2019 | Ms Ferber, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803616/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr A Cawood | A Rhodes Haulage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302084/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Ms C Knox | London Borough Of Croydon The Governing Body of Greenvale Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2301077/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs J Shah | George P Johnson (United Kingdom) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805096/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs A Richiardi | Compass Group London Markets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402528/2019 | 23 October 2019 | in person The | Mr S Jagpal - Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2601851/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Innocent Mushambapode | The Governing Body of Fulhurst Community College | England & Wales | — |
| 2401458/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr D Gregory | Cheshire Aggregates Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401299/2018 | 23 October 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400907/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr F Khan | Amulet (churchill Security Solutions) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300420/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Miss D Ashby | Screwfix Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600623/2018 | 23 October 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1811023/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs L Dawes | A1 Towbars Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400897/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr P Chapman | Truro Sawmills Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103308/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Ms Alison Fergie | TUI UK Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804355/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Miss D Byrne | Roger Taylor on his own behalf and on behalf of the executive committee of Elsham Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1403149/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs JS Townsend | Invinsec Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405752/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs G Gordon | Escade Shared Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300488/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr A Serban | Canford Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 2404920/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Miss S Webster | Bahman Rashidi | England & Wales | — |
| 2502233/2019 | 23 October 2019 | — | Duggan v Little Rascals Playtime Childcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201434/2019 | 23 October 2019 | — | Victoria Beckham Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302491/2018 | 23 October 2019 | Ms R Price | SJN Privett T/A Tollgate Service Station | England & Wales | — |
| 2601531/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mr R Tilley | The de Ferrers Trust | England & Wales | — |