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 15,215 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201285/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Ms F Lee | The Godolphin And Latymer School | England & Wales | — |
| 2402373/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr S Bailey | UK Debt Help Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801014/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Ms R Chunara | The City Medical Practice, Whetley Medical Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 4120662/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mr Kyle Johnston | SLK Scaffolding Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3352956/2017 | 19 September 2019 | Mr K Duffy | Bollore Logistics UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400685/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr R Lines | Edens Landscapes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303492/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs Catherine Marks | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803281/2019 | 19 September 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 |
| Mrs S Jones |
| The Governing Body of Tankersley St Peter’s Primary School |
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| 3335577/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs B Mustill | Abbey College Ramsey | England & Wales | — |
| 3325580/2017 | 19 September 2019 | Mr R Lakhoo | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University Of Oxford | England & Wales | — |
| 2405144/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr W Judson | Superbike Factory Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2417323/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Ms R Harvey | Equilibrium Healthcare Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602927/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mr C Yeoman | Flogas Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302448/2018 | 19 September 2019 | In Person For the | Mr J Brotherton, NPS | England & Wales | — |
| 3304783/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mr D Lord | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403414/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs E Obert | Care Quality Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 2300266/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Miss M Clail | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301346/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Miss C Rye | Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited t/a HMV Bluewater | England & Wales | — |
| 3313422/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mrs C Haynes | Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416919/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Mr CA Griffiths | Greene King plc & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1401759/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mrs G Walton | Gillards Farms Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313586/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr R Corbett | Calico Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304594/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Ms J ANDREW | WONGA GROUP Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500097/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Miss C Tait | Healthcare Environmental Services Limited (in compulsory liquidation) Healthcare Environmental (Group) Ltd Healthcare Environmental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501072/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr P Patton | Coxons Electrical Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2303785/2018 | 18 September 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3303792/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr F Garasos | Alpro (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304597/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Ms B CARTER | WONGA GROUP Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2404934/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr J Harrower | DP Cold Planing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401816/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Ms M Stoneman | Claire Symons trading as Claire’s Flying Start, Claire’s Newport Nursery, Claire’s Children’s Nurseries | England & Wales | — |
| 3304182/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr S. Russell | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602917/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Mr DI Taylor | Mr N Thakerar & Mr K Kumar T/A Welbourn Hall Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1303034/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Mr K Adognon | Lifeways Community Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400596/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr M Winter | Bournemouth Transport Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801108/2019 | 18 September 2019 | In person | AS&T Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,462 |
| 1401214/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr D Cater | Arla | England & Wales | — |
| 3319495/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr CJ Warner | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320073/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr J Julian | Salthouse Harbour Hotel Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2301546/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Ms K Leighton | VR Music Limited (In liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314182/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr K Burke | Gigaclear Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306994/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Mrs J Bath | Equinix Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404757/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Ms C McLaverty | County Insurance Consultants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415432/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Mr P Lloyd | Marston (Holdings) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802976/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Miss A Lambert | Go Outdoors Pudsey | England & Wales | — |
| 2405473/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mr Jose Luis De Freitas | H.Samson (Bolton) Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1800051/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mrs L Jackson (Claimant’s wife) | Mr A Skelton (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 1302303/2019 | 17 September 2019 | In person For the | Miss F O’Neill, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2303116/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Miss C Rosser | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416805/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Miss M West | Airwair International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200597/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mr D Woodley | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |