Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,125 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301236/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mrs H Coleman | Bonmarche Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202492/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr D Tengue | Interserve Security (First)Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1811567/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr N Power | Dwf LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2200036/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr P Garrett | Interserve Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | £780 |
| 3202083/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Miss A Samuel | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 4106970/2019 | 9 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106970/2019 Mr D Hale | Aberdeen Skills And Enterprise Training Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1402884/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr N Ahmed | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2404544/2019 |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
| 9 August 2019 |
| Mr A Daley |
| 1) House of MP Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) 2) Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy 3) BooHoo.Com.Uk Ltd |
| England & Wales |
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| 1304215/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Ms. Hodge solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4122287/2018 | 9 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122287/2018 Mr L Brownlees | Represented by: Unrepresented HM Revenue & Customs | Scotland | — |
| 1401123/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Miss K Driver | Scot Group Ltd T/A Thrifty Car and Van Rental | England & Wales | — |
| 1803657/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mrs L Adey | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2404868/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr P Dee | Jacobs Enforcement | England & Wales | — |
| 1305533/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr R Iwanski | The University Of Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 4100154/2019 | 9 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100154/2019 Mrs R Matthews | Represented by: Mr P Lefevre - Quantum Claims The Higland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association | Scotland | — |
| 2206724/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr A Anele | Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | England & Wales | — |
| 1403107/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr S Miles | UK Research and Innovation | England & Wales | — |
| 2200407/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr C Hill | Centurylink Communications UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600404/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mrs S Biddulph | Inspire Bounce Fitness Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,330 |
| 3313808/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mrs K Collins | Stevenage Football Club Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |
| 2600915/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr S Steyert | Caistor Lakes (Restaurant) Limited | England & Wales | £1,817 |
| 2401780/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr PF Murphy | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304768/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr. S Sivapantham | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803312/2019 | 8 August 2019 | In person For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202508/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr S Blewett | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 1800342/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr. S Iwulski | Harvard Technology Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202392/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Ms S Maidment | Hylands Golf Complex Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2600548/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr S Williams | Beeston Fields Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2302286/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr L Levett | London & South Eastern Railway Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401937/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr Mark Patterson (1) Mr Michael Sandford (2) Mr David Ball (3) Mr Stephen Kempton (4) | Wipro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803056/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Ms K Habib (solicitor) For the | Ms K Swan (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600924/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr P Purkayastha | Charles Bentley & Son Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415250/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Miss N Wain | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102751/2019 | 8 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)Case No: 4102751/2019 Mr Tristan Aust | Richard Irvin & Sons Limited | Scotland | £8,895 |
| 2602885/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr A Wedge | AC Shropshire Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402035/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mrs J Duncan-Carroll | Slater and Gordon (UK) 1 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401634/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr T Hackett | Inchcape Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402619/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Ms D Webster | 3B Training Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405283/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr J Kirk | Countryside Properties (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304180/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mrs S Halsall | HRD Private Ltd | England & Wales | £22,286 |
| 2600547/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr C Snell | Eon UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400518/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr M Morgan Lloyd | JFG Telemetry Ltd T/A KDG Telemetry & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2415471/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr J Gordon | Great Academies Education Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1802063/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr J Cornish | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200639/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr O Senghor | St Mungo Community Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2602871/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr R Fell | Brammer UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600524/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Ms A Semp | Greene King Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405585/2018 | 8 August 2019 | Mr LA Williamson Mr LJ Williamson | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200235/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mrs S Raman-Carrington | Trailstone UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600019/2019 | 8 August 2019 | Mr AC Wright | Arthur Pollard Limited | England & Wales | — |