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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302473/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Ms S Burnett | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4109363/2018 | 21 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109363/2018 Mr R Brown | Represented by: Mr D Maguire - Solicitor SCB Vehicle Dismantlers | Scotland | — |
| 2500540/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs S Heslop | Centrex Computing Services Limited | England & Wales | £10,400 |
| 1302152/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr Richard Harper | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1303161/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr T Browning | CBRE Managed Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601552/2018 | 21 October 2019 | — | McCarthy v Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3202583/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr D McCarthy | Balfour Beatty plc | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 4104486/2018 | 21 October 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104486/2018 Held in Aberdeen on and March, 14, and May and June 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members Mrs S Taylor Ms V Lockhart Mr J Horn | Represented by: Mr R Holland - e Solicitor Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2410309/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss B Dobson | Crown Prosecution Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1304510/2018 | 21 October 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106981/2019 | 21 October 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106981/2019 Preliminary Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Raffaele Grasso | Represented by Ms R Mohamed Solicitor John McMenamin Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1601390/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr J Johnstone | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802771/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr J Scott | Pastures Leisure Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600171/2019 | 20 October 2019 | Mr M Desforges-Grey | Glass World (Cardiff) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600172/2019 | 20 October 2019 | Mr. R.A. Evans | Vision Express (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600523/2019 | 20 October 2019 | Mr R Pajimolin | Voltcom Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600437/2018 | 20 October 2019 | Mr R Cordle | Signature Living (first respondent), Lawrence Kenwright (second respondent) & Steve O’Hara (third respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302280/2020 | 19 October 2019 | Mr M Reese | Westgrove Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | £510 |
| 2402171/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Ms Marilyn Knight | Leasowe Community Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 1402931/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr T Pugh | Brent Cars Ltd T/A Carbase | England & Wales | — |
| 3320069/2019 | 19 October 2019 | In person For the | Ms Thorpe, HR director | England & Wales | — |
| 2409979/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mrs Kerry Moston | Mango Pay Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401969/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Miss L Hughes | Progressive Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403601/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr M Lee | Bristol City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2406441/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Ms L Scott | Archdiocesan Parish Centres Management Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410128/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr M Noor | Baxter Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416827/2018 | 19 October 2019 | Mr D Walsh | Scott Health & Safety Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409983/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Miss Amy Whitmarsh | Mango Pay Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327637/2017 | 19 October 2019 | Mrs A Speed-Andrews | Busy Bees Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404652/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Miss Emma Jones | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2406547/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr R Holmes | Fibresafe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201898/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mrs J Camp | Daniel Robinson & sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406375/2019 | 19 October 2019 | — | Ashbrook v Melissa Wilson, MacOuti Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300893/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr H Resber | Rimad Ltd OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2600851/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr. A Bagshaw Mr. Philip Hand Miss. D Heard Miss. S Younger | Avanti Gas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331715/2018 | 18 October 2019 | Jonathan Summers | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1403564/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr O Rees | Leki Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400888/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Miss T Hayes | Margaret Philp | England & Wales | — |
| 4103581/2018 | 18 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103581/2018 & 4108787/2018 Held in Glasgow on October 2019 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Miss K Kelly | Represented byMr S Healey - Solicitor Nestor Primecare Services Limited t/a Allied Healthcare | Scotland | — |
| 1403919/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr J Bienkowski | Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403493/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Ms KA Duguid | Bath Royal United Hospital Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402868/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Miss J Sutch | Isle of Wight Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3201780/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Miss S Hayat | University of East London | England & Wales | — |
| 3331286/2018 | 18 October 2019 | Ms M Maranda | Phoenix Medical Clinic Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302732/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr P Johnson | Dawnay School | England & Wales | — |
| 1401673/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr Thornhill For the | Mr Fuller, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2303744/2018 | 18 October 2019 | Mr R Holmes | Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405129/2018 | 18 October 2019 | Mrs M Waite (nee Vanier) | Blue Flame (Cornwall) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321103/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr I Duncan | Saint Gobain Building Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302834/2018 | 18 October 2019 | Mr A Arif | Manpower UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |