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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3335600/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Mr M Lafferty, Solicitor For the | Mr M Delaney, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3328273/2017 | 2 September 2019 | Miss S Brown | Commerce Window Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305969/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Mrs L Hudson | University Of Wolverhampton | England & Wales | — |
| 2303188/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Mr R Mistry | Apogee Corporation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416564/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Miss E Scott | Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2206390/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Mr D Denheyer | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2404623/2019 | 2 September 2019 | Mr M Smith | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2300741/2018 | 2 September 2019 | Mrs N Barrow |
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 |
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| 1303846/2018 | 1 September 2019 | Ms Christina Onu | Vision Security Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331383/2018 | 1 September 2019 | Miss V. Martins | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200850/2019 | 31 August 2019 | Mrs S Larwood | New Hall School Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3300000/2018 | 31 August 2019 | Mr G Dann | King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2600700/2019 | 31 August 2019 | Mr M Hynes Ms D Jones Ms S Garrett | G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332213/2018 | 31 August 2019 | Mr R Smith | Buffaload Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103573/2020 | 30 August 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4103573/2020 (V), Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Heard at Edinburgh on the Cloud Based Video Platform (CVP) on st of April 2021 at am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr G McKinlay | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300841/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr S King | Zenith Aviation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600439/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr B Awerije | 1) Ms E Martin 2) Everdale Grange Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206552/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Mr G Wheeler | The British Horseracing Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 1800754/2019 | 30 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 1800754/2019 Mr G McKinlay | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1303726/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr L Wyatt | Select Research Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2600063/2018 | 30 August 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106976/2019 | 30 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106976/2019 Mr M Stephen | Hmr Group Holdings Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1400393/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr S Lulat | Bushell & Meadows Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600000/2019 | 30 August 2019 | In Person For the | Miss Wheeler (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2206576/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Ms S Sultan | Outdoor and Cycle Concepts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100046/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Members: Mr R McPherson Mr D Calderwood Miss Amanda Wilson | Elderslie Golf Club (1) | Scotland | £10,166 |
| 2302384/2017 | 30 August 2019 | Mr M Wood and Others (See Attached Schedule) | Pimlico Plumbers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304651/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Mr O Sanodze | New Recruits Professional Services Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3331478/2018 | 30 August 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £15,176 |
| 1404863/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Miss Yanique Reid | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3306789/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Miss R Harrington | And Screwfix Limited Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 2206468/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Mrs M Thomas | Altana Wealth Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600822/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr H Eltaief | Rossini Italian Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | £10,880 |
| 2500110/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Miss R Heslehurst | Jun Hamilton t/a Danby Wynd Nails | England & Wales | £387 |
| 1400997/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr D Howard | First Southwest Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302223/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Mr S Sutton | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201187/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr F Mamodnurani | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314756/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Mr M Withers | A T Promotions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206474/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Ms D Winter | The House of Commons Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 2401586/2019 | 30 August 2019 | Miss D Kempshall | Salford Unemployed and Community Resource Centre Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335354/2018 | 30 August 2019 | Miss S Cadore | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 4103665/2019 | 30 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103665/2019 K Smith | Represented by: Mr R Kerr, Solicitor Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2404994/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Miss L Jenkins | Prime Care (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804149/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Mr J Blurton | Jet2 Holidays | England & Wales | — |
| 1400308/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Mr A Dooner | Lyndon Design | England & Wales | — |
| 2204686/2018 | 29 August 2019 | Ms A Johns of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400392/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Mr C Kenyon | Sol-Millennium UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1401928/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Mr B Bracey | Multiform Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206774/2018 | 29 August 2019 | Mr N Silva | Marriott Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200466/2019 | 29 August 2019 | Mr W Brown, Solicitor For | — | England & Wales | — |