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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 15,215 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,397 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301224/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Mr J Smithers | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501633/2017 | 8 October 2019 | Mr M Young | Hill Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301795/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Ms Elizabeth Grace of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332136/2018 | 8 October 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201684/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr A Copley | The Chief Constable Of Essex Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 4112621/2018 | 8 October 2019 | — | John Rae Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £67,129 |
| 4102994/2019 | 8 October 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4102994/2019 Mrs S Smith | Mr B McLaughlan Larchwood Care Homes (North) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3325279/2017 | 8 October 2019 | Mr M Hart | And R1 – The Abbeyfield (Maidenhead) Society R2 – David Martin Cager R3 – David George Yates R4 – Shirley Fairley R5 – Donna Bristow Hearing |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 4107093/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Ms L Wheatley | Rradar Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1300418/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mrs P Horsnall | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3303419/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr R Gould | Furniture Centre Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3330757/2018 | 8 October 2019 | In person For the | Mr Roddy, Para-legal | England & Wales | — |
| 1301064/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mrs S Davies | Bull Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201745/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr R Burton | Owen Lyons Estate Agents | England & Wales | — |
| 1601830/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Miss H Westlake | Torfaen County Borough Social Care & Housing | England & Wales | — |
| 4101646/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Ms McAllister Mr Docherty Miss H McSorley Tooltime UK Ltd | Represented by: Mr D Hutcheson | Scotland | — |
| 1401088/2019 | 8 October 2019 | In person For the | Mr A Burgess (Consultant) | England & Wales | £7,107 |
| 2405982/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Miss FG Wood | Merseyrail | England & Wales | — |
| 1301285/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr B Goncalves | Trelawny SPT Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601152/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mrs A Carrick | University Hospitals Of Derby & Burton, NHS Foundation Trust and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1800950/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr M Hoggart | Explorer UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403014/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Mr J Lewis-Bale of Counsel For the | Mr C Johnson, Tribunal Advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 2601981/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Miss T Smith | Diamond Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | £5,588 |
| 4122649/2018 | 8 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122649/2018 Mr K Sinclair | Krystal Hosting Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2502032/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr S Farrelly | Glendale Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 3201390/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr S Keita | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403964/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Miss G Avon | Andrew Peters T/A Green Park Express | England & Wales | — |
| 1804177/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mrs Z Allen | UK Greetings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1810232/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Mr S A Barker | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3303449/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801314/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mrs E Murzynowska | Kingston Cleaning Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1300552/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Mr S Laight | Natrionworld Ltd., Incorporating Aspray Transport Ltd & Aspray Logistics Lts. | England & Wales | — |
| 4107353/2019 | 8 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge J M Hendry Case No: 4107353/2019 Mr R McIsaac | Represented by: Mr P Lefevre, Quantum Claims Oceaneering Mobile Workforce Ltd. | Scotland | — |
| 4103116/2019 | 8 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103116/2019 Mr J Wilmot | Represented by: Ms K Sutherland - Solicitor J Gas Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302594/2018 | 8 October 2019 | In person For the | Mrs C Beamish (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302784/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Mr A Boye Aidoo | London & South Eastern Railways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417848/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Miss E Anderson | Vitality Corporate Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4121485/2018 | 8 October 2019 | Miss F Greasley | Common Thread Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201651/2019 | 8 October 2019 | Miss R Thomas | Cohesity International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802234/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Mr I Jones | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2201347/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Miss D Husbands- Brown | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303492/2018 | 7 October 2019 | Ms H Phillips | Keys Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600299/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Mr P F McNamara | Wales Council for Deaf People | England & Wales | — |
| 2600828/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Mr N Codd | Qila Biogas Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £30,891 |
| 2601993/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Mr J Barnes | Gist Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302178/2018 | 7 October 2019 | Miss R Hodge | Digital Pipeline | England & Wales | £5,500 |
| 1406027/2019 | 7 October 2019 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | Sol Attendance Limited | England & Wales | £14,059 |
| 3200062/2019 | 7 October 2019 | Ms J Ubhi-Matharu | Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3201953/2018 | 7 October 2019 | Mr OI Gbeleyi | Kingdom Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107761/2019 | 7 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107761/2019 Mr D Pollock | — | Scotland | — |