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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200149/2020 | 5 May 2019 | Mr D Bendall | The Female Social Network Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £97,317 |
| 2415155/2018 | 4 May 2019 | Mr D Boulton | Fine Lady Bakeries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100572/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100572/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr R Craig | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100568/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100568/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr P Brown | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 2411086/2018 | 3 May 2019 | Mr W Hoch | Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrication Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102730/2019 | 3 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102730/2019 Mr M C Iley | Atalian Servest Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100578/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100578/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr A Innes |
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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| 4100584/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100584/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr J Murray | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 2300432/2018 | 3 May 2019 | Mr A Rozycki (Counsel) For the | Mrs A Beattie (Litigation Manager) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100577/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100577/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr S Hope | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100575/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100575/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr G Finlayson | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100576/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100576/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr C Gamble | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100570/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100570/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr S Chambers | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100582/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100582/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr G McGill | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100580/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100580/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr J Kerr | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 2300455/2018 | 3 May 2019 | In person For the | Mr A Sawdon, Chair of Trustees | England & Wales | — |
| 2600562/2019 | 3 May 2019 | Mr A Baker | The Crown, Represented By The Secretary Of State For Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 4100585/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100585/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr M Neil | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100573/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100573/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr R Culpin | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4123159/2018 | 3 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4123159/2018 Mrs M Ritchie | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2411920/2018 | 3 May 2019 | Mrs E Jones | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4100581/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100581/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr C McAulay | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4100569/2017 | 3 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100569/2017 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr V Carr | HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) | Scotland | — |
| 4104965/2018 | 2 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104965/2018 Mr A Murdoch | Standard Life Aberdeen | Scotland | — |
| 4104876/2018 | 2 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104876/2018 Mr M Coulter | Represented by: Ms S Anderson Solicitor Coulters Property Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1402261/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Mrs Elizabeth Freeman Second Claimant Mr Andrew Freeman First | Mr Ian J Gahan t/ Hambledon Estate Agents Second Respondent: Hamlet South West Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2417201/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Mr K Salem | The Italian Food Company Limited (T/A Rosso) | England & Wales | — |
| 3324915/2017 | 2 May 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2417269/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Miss C Thompson | LBS Worldwide Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4116793/2018 | 2 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4116793/2018 Mrs S Wilde | Represented by: Mr J Norrie Solicitor Edinburgh Napier University | Scotland | — |
| 1809882/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Ms M Harper | The Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Rehabilitation Company Limited (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4120213/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Mr A Hamill | Crummock (Scotland) Limited | Scotland | £29,004 |
| 4121683/2018 | 2 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121683/2018 Mr D Lithgow | ACS Aviation Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4110061/2019 | 2 May 2019 | Mr JR MacQuarrie | Represented by: Mr C Reid - Lay Representative Oakminster Healthcare Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102858/2019 | 2 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4102858/2019 Mr P Mitchell | Represented by: Miss L Campbell Solicitor Dundee City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102695/2019 | 2 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102695/2019 Mrs A Skelhorn | Prudential Distribution Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4123574/2018 | 1 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123574/2018 Mr R Park | Represented by: Ms E Reid, Solicitor Rowland Reilly t/a Millennium Motors | Scotland | — |
| 3201037/2018 | 1 May 2019 | Miss E Walker | Arco Environmental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123540/2018 | 1 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123540/2018 Held in Edinburgh Employment Judge d’Inverno Mr J Alexander | Pendragon PLC, T/A Evans Halshaw Ford st | Scotland | — |
| 1600002/2019 | 1 May 2019 | Miss J Hegarty | AND Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Limited | England & Wales | £11,219 |
| 4123816/2018 | 30 April 2019 | (sitting alone)5 Andrew McCloy | No appearance East Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1403090/2018 | 30 April 2019 | Mrs Bow For the | Mr Williams, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4102512/2019 | 30 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102512/2019 Mrs Y Wright | HM Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 1300284/2018 | 30 April 2019 | Mr Tanner, paralegal For the | Ms GM Carter, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2302413/2018 | 30 April 2019 | Mr N Young | Milo Music Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200007/2019 | 30 April 2019 | Mr N Madari | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4107038/2019 | 30 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 4107038/2019 (V) Held via Cloud Video Platform on August 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mrs Janette Milne | Represented by: Ms L Neil Solicitor Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2411035/2018 | 29 April 2019 | Mr R Mehmood | Worldwide Foods (Rochdale) Limited | England & Wales | £30,709 |
| 1811127/2018 | 29 April 2019 | Ms S Rowley | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1301880/2018 | 29 April 2019 | In person First | Mr S Willey (solicitor) Second respondent: Mr P Roberts (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |