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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302478/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Mr C Britton | Tascor E&D Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802144/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr J Jarvis | Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305905/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Jayne Wood (1) Susan Donaldson (2) | The Larder Atherstone Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201118/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Ms Tracey Maiden | Fyfe Wilson Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601024/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Miss R Tallamy | Padda Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 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 | — |
| 1400335/2019 | 9 September 2019 | in person The | Ms K Jefford, lay representative | England & Wales | £3,084 |
| 1804055/2019 |
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 |
| 9 September 2019 |
| Ms N Bailey |
| Storefix Limited |
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| 2300012/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Miss LJ Medhurst | Blueanchor Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801969/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr I Wilcock | Capita Customer Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402591/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr M Summers | Pulse Roll Label Products 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 | — |
| 2205572/2018 | 9 September 2019 | — | Kapoor v Globalgrange Ltd and Mr H Matharu | England & Wales | £6,096 |
| 1600636/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr S Lewis | Coleg Gwent | England & Wales | — |
| 2300636/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Ms E Godwins, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300057/2019 | 8 September 2019 | Ms G Hurst | High Level Photography Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312401/2019 | 8 September 2019 | Miss E Wysocki-Jones | Varsity Education Limited | England & Wales | £16,011 |
| 2304463/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mr R Earnshaw | Rfu | England & Wales | — |
| 1801218/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr D Birch | Fives Landis Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803661/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr A Lusher | Knauf | England & Wales | — |
| 1802074/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr S Smith | Custom Steel Fabrications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207242/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs E Mifsud | GVA Grimley Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301097/2018 | 6 September 2019 | In person For | Mr M Williams, Solicitor | England & Wales | £5,656 |
| 1802049/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr C Steele | Direct Garden Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801079/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Ms S Afitlhile. First | BUPA Care Homes (GL) Ltd. Second Respondent: Jane Madden. Third Respondent: Dawn Murphy. | England & Wales | — |
| 2404684/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss T Moss | Pearson Education Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804289/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr C Sanderson | Rothgen Timber Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801625/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr B McCallion | Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406396/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr J Robinson | Yooof Zone | England & Wales | — |
| 2405851/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss Jodie Maher | Manchester Airport plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2600837/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs G Brough | Seymour Capital Limited t/a Mour Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1803558/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss J Kirk | Woodrow Mercer Group LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2302620/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Ms M Connor | Colvin Cleaning Group Commercial Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3200938/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Ms L Fokuo | Homerton Hospital Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304330/2017 | 6 September 2019 | Ms L Scully | R1.Thoughts of Others Limited in creditors voluntary liquidation R2. Secretary Of State For Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1601787/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs G Sanger | Valleys to Coast Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300483/2019 | 6 September 2019 | — | Rendall and Rittner | England & Wales | — |
| 4107286/2019 | 6 September 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4107286/2019 Mr S Martin | Westminster City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1801746/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss J Siddall | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307189/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mr W Carver | M R King and Sons Limited | England & Wales | £3,389 |
| 2300811/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Ms J Smith | Shard Financial Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201220/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr Joseph Johnson | Barking and Dagenham Youth Zone | England & Wales | — |
| 2302758/2017 | 6 September 2019 | Mr S Scott | Ekaya Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802432/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr A Ellis | Pay Per Week Carpets And Beds | England & Wales | — |
| 2600754/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss Z McLeod | Kurt Geiger Ltd | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2601297/2017 | 6 September 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Gala Leisure T/a Gala Bingo | England & Wales | — |
| 1802046/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr AM Oles | Russell Ductile Casting | England & Wales | — |
| 2302550/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mr D Wadey | Surrey Hills Cofe Primary School Surrey County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1803306/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs J Hunter | The Star Inn The City (York) Ltd | England & Wales | — |