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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2405905/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr S Hussain | M Ijaz trading as Pearl Pharmacy | England & Wales | — |
| 1403494/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Miss H Edwards | The Guildhall Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500065/2019 | 4 September 2019 | (1) Mr K Carter (2) Mr D Hopper (3) Mr S Littlemore (4) Mr W B Long (5) Mr T Todd | Steadfast Security Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400253/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr AK Sen Gupta | Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4105968/2019 | 4 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105968/2019 Mr Michael Boyd | Common Thread Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1402959/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Ms K Wunderlich | Affordable Cleaning and Supplies Ltd | England & Wales | £135 |
| 1400010/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr R Carter | Carrier 3PL Limited | 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 |
| 3319490/2019 |
| 4 September 2019 |
| Ms Z Soomar |
| Delivery Associates Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 2411483/2018 | 4 September 2019 | 1. Ms B Gibson 2. Ms K Adams | Mr Steven Burridge and Mrs Candice Burridge t/a Mrs Ogden’s Tea Rooms | England & Wales | — |
| 1801939/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr D Jones, of Counsel (instructed by Stewart & Co Solicitors) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403584/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Ms C Byrne | Neals Yard (Natural Remedies) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800053/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr A Nixon | Drivers Plus (Staffline Agency) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803731/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Miss J O’Neil | Bcb Trading Ltd Independent Training Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403231/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Ms E Campbell | LiveWest Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804114/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Miss S Hulley | WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305797/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Mr M Ahmed | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314573/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Miss L Feavearyear | Norse Commercial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300971/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Ms K L Gan | Neem Biotech Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300409/2019 | 4 September 2019 | in person For the | Mr J Howarth, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1401100/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mrs C Burr | Anson Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123460/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Miss D Elliott | Represented by: Mr W McParland - Solicitor Kerri Ann Angus | Scotland | — |
| 1400301/2019 | 4 September 2019 | Mr C Honer | QXE Industries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206584/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Mr O Omope For the | VIP Restaurants Ltd | England & Wales | £2,864 |
| 2602216/2017 | 4 September 2019 | Mr C Golding | I 4 C Executive Search Limited | England & Wales | £360 |
| 4103370/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr Patrick O’Connor | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1400556/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Ms H J Davies First | Bluebird Care Company Ltd Second Respondent: Audagio Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303276/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Miss K Friar | John Ciaran Murphy | England & Wales | — |
| 2300146/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Miss M Brown | Freshwater Group Of Companies | England & Wales | — |
| 2302858/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mr A Bostan | Ivy Collection | England & Wales | — |
| 1300209/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr Williams, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2200188/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr C Green | Arhag Housing Association Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402705/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Ms J Bailey | Travelex Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302728/2018 | 3 September 2019 | — | Flint v Station Garage | England & Wales | — |
| 1402768/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs D Bailey | Spire Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304194/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mr M Harris, Counsel For the | Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent | England & Wales | — |
| 2200737/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs N van Bael | My Hotels Group & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1600191/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr E Cronshaw | Interserve Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600970/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Miss A O'Rourke | HMBS Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414617/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Ms S Brewis of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401323/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Sally Ann Blake | Stapletons Accountants Ltd | England & Wales | £7,720 |
| 1600221/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr C Williams | Talgarth Bakery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303761/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr S Khan | SIM Ventures Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602658/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs. W Lambley | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303961/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs K Brown | Channels and Choices Kent LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1800777/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs L Wilson (Wife of Claimant) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3335516/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mr A Pillar | Edmundson Electrical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600175/2019 | 3 September 2019 | Mr D Williams | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601799/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mrs Susan Gordon | Poundland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303397/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mr B Zou | Korea Foods Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304439/2018 | 3 September 2019 | Mr R Rhodes | Collins River Enterprises Limited (t/a Uber Boat by Thames Clippers) | England & Wales | — |