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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300441/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Mr DK Westhonga | Securitas | England & Wales | — |
| 2300599/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mr M Clark | JLT Benefit Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303962/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mr I Brown | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2404232/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mr P Hulme | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2303734/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mrs L Parkington | Canon Medical Systems | England & Wales | — |
| 1402874/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Mrs A Henderson | Ofsted | England & Wales | — |
| 2405302/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Mr R. Haworth | Lloyds pharmacy | England & Wales | — |
| 2201525/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr R Quadros | Your Management Ltd (In Liquidation) | 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 |
| £2,088 |
| 3306877/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Ms Tarasiuk (in person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201286/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mr G Moore | Phoenix Product Development Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202565/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr C Beevers | FICC Markets Standards Board Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302193/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mrs K Ragouba | Washwood Healthcare Ltd t/a Wellbeing Pharmacy | England & Wales | — |
| 4107064/2019 | 10 September 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4107064/2019 Mrs P Gillespie | Sidey Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2601002/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr C Ronis | Eco2 Management Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803693/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Miss N Brunskill | Walker Lester Taverns limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1803663/2019 | 10 September 2019 | In Person | Mr I Wilson, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4107473/2019 | 10 September 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107473/2019 Miss K Stanley | Caversham Finance Limited t/a Brighthouse | Scotland | — |
| 2301078/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mr M Prestoe Smith | Civil Aviation Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 4102636/2019 | 10 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102636/2019 Mr P Jones | Canon UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1801670/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr C Vickers | T J Morris Limited t/a Home Bargains | England & Wales | — |
| 1803716/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr J Holmes | Wesco Aircraft EMEA Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601644/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mr M Flemwell | Heatforce | England & Wales | — |
| 1402805/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr A Jenks | Sainsbury’s Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300835/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mr R Luton | Oyster Pearl Bar & Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304490/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mr L Gilbert | Act Fast Haulage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102483/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Mrs M Gear | Represented by:15 Mrs A Sneddon Solicitor Arden House Projects Company Limited | Scotland | £370 |
| 2304614/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Miss I Milonas | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4112618/2018 | 10 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112618/2018 Mrs R Malone | Represented by: Ms M Gribbon, Solicitor Chief Constable of the Police Service Of Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 1305589/2018 | 10 September 2019 | Mr D Spiers | Arconic Fastening Systems And Rings | England & Wales | — |
| 3313271/2019 | 10 September 2019 | Ms A Albright | Korg UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300473/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Miss L Parnell | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304023/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Ms A Miller | Stepping Stones Montessori Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600830/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mrs A M Ion | GI Solutions Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303456/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Ms C Horton | Specialist Car Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601024/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Miss R Tallamy | Padda Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305905/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Jayne Wood (1) Susan Donaldson (2) | The Larder Atherstone Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600636/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr S Lewis | Coleg Gwent | England & Wales | — |
| 1402588/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr J Power | Care South | England & Wales | — |
| 1601002/2018 | 9 September 2019 | — | Vale of Glamorgan Council and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2300636/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Ms E Godwins, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402006/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr D Pemberton | Timpson Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201493/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr A MacKinder | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 4106026/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Shepherd | Represented by: F Lefevre - Solicitor KW Contractors Limited | Scotland | £8,128 |
| 1803562/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr M A Patel | Nutrition Bloom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802144/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr J Jarvis | Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200513/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr O Oni | Abbatt Property Services London Limited | England & Wales | £419 |
| 4106420/2019 | 9 September 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4106420/2019 Ms M Rankine | Ambitions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804090/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr K Hillyard | Turning Point | England & Wales | — |
| 3201129/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Miss C Bonham | Phasor Electrical Limited (Creditors in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £11,702 |