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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300744/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr. G. Shortland | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413629/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mrs S Rafter | 1) The Governing Body Of Sandbrook Community School 2) Rochdale Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2205988/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr R Davern | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300476/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr L Ronayne | Take Off | England & Wales | — |
| 2503561/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr G Hazel | Cyclone (Newcastle) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313797/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mrs C Allsworth | Wesley Barrell Interiors Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,478 |
| 1803456/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr N Lewis-Webster | Valli Forecourts | England & Wales | — |
| 1601125/2019 | 21 August 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 |
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| 1401763/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Did not attend – written representations For the | Cura Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200261/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr D Freindorf | Mulalley & Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3318823/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Ms L Irvine | Vrp | England & Wales | £3,876 |
| 2205926/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Ms K Brewer | Bank Of England | England & Wales | — |
| 2300459/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Ms C Reid | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 2300551/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr Tuffnell (Trade Union Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | £2,903 |
| 1802996/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr MJ Noble | LDA Leisure (Holdings) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600005/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Miss K M Maybury | Llangollen Fechan Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1400327/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr Light (in person) For the | Mrs R Mohammed (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803715/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr T Grocott | Meadowbank Shotblasting & Coatings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4112636/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr Brian Harvey | Represented by Neil Stewart Solicitor Applecross Nursing Home Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4107192/2019 | 21 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107192/2019 Mr M Coleman | Abellio Scotrail Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3320099/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr N Alexander | Liam McGivern | England & Wales | — |
| 2410496/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr A Higson | Sporting Club Leigh Ltd t/a Leigh Centurions | England & Wales | — |
| 1600722/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Ms T McBride | Fantasy Entertainment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400828/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr B James | Allcoopers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201426/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Miss K. Almutairi | Booking.com Customer Service Centre (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300921/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr K Barsoum | Greenzest Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406009/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr C Harrop | Concentrix Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200707/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr B Coney-Critchley, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600209/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr R Wright | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2601904/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mrs D Diaconu & Mr A Diaconu | Pearson Anderson Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410004/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr Stephen Risby | Nimble Nook Sports & Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2400031/2019 | 21 August 2019 | Mr P Bambrick | Cumbria Gateway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403958/2018 | 21 August 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403428/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr M Watson | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402956/2018 | 21 August 2019 | Mr C Murray (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303947/2018 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs Siobhan Gavriilidis | St Christophers School (Canterbury) Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2406039/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs L Cowen-Carr | DBSi Civilian Personnel | England & Wales | — |
| 2600188/2017 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs TE Herbert | York House Limited (formerly in Administration, now dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200195/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs C. Nolan | IELTS Medical Ltd | England & Wales | £384 |
| 2303946/2018 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs Jasmine Cracknell | St Christophers School (Canterbury) Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601120/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Miss B Jervis | Firstport Retirmement Property Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802042/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mr S Cawood | Alexanders Prestige Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602189/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mr G Blythe | Clarity Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802089/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mr P Harmson | Sulzer Pumps (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600566/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mr D Lewis | Owens Road Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303951/2018 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs Carol Poole | St Christophers School (Canterbury) Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201371/2015 | 20 August 2019 | Mrs A A Balakumar | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Respondents to the wasted costs applicati | England & Wales | £7,500 |
| 2413664/2018 | 20 August 2019 | Mr W Ryan | University of Salford | England & Wales | — |
| 1601601/2018 | 20 August 2019 | Mr Paul Mitchell | Crystal Cleaning Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £9,593 |
| 1802932/2019 | 20 August 2019 | Miss A Wlosinska | Teconnex Limited | England & Wales | — |