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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300048/2019 | 23 April 2019 | Ms N Chacaturian | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300705/2018 | 23 April 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800825/2019 | 23 April 2019 | — | Opieka Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205711/2018 | 23 April 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313490/2019 | 23 April 2019 | In person For the | Mr Adam King, Company Director | England & Wales | — |
| 2414482/2018 | 23 April 2019 | Mr S Manglani | Royal London Mutual Insurance Society | England & Wales | — |
| 3331855/2018 | 23 April 2019 | Mr T Archer | IBM (United Kingdom) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1811390/2018 | 23 April 2019 | Mr P Oldershaw | Apn Holdings 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 |
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| 4103438/2018 | 19 April 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Tribunal in Case No: S/4103438/2018 Issued Following Continued Open Preliminary Hearing Heard at Edinburgh on th January 2019 Employment Judge: J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS (Sitting Alone)10 Miss C Jeffcoat | Represented by:- Mr B Shafe, Solicitor Hudson Business Centre Ltd st | Scotland | — |
| 3334192/2018 | 18 April 2019 | Mr B Abayomi | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4121932/2018 | 18 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121932/2018 Ms A Malek | Represented by: Mr I Wells, Solicitor LEMAC | Scotland | — |
| 1300397/2019 | 18 April 2019 | Mrs E Morgan | Carers Trust Heart of England Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112955/2018 | 18 April 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112955/2018 Mr A Ramsay | ITW Limited t/a ITW Construction Products | Scotland | — |
| 4123717/2018 | 18 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123717/2018 Ms H Bain | Ltd st | Scotland | — |
| 2301514/2017 | 18 April 2019 | Miss Christine McAleney | 1) Gatwick Hotels Limited 2) Silver Hopkins Hotel Management Limited | England & Wales | £12,219 |
| 2415079/2019 | 18 April 2019 | Mr W Rogerson | Busways Travel Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303591/2018 | 18 April 2019 | Mr P Grzywacz | Expert Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201681/2018 | 18 April 2019 | Ms C Ibbotson, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301516/2017 | 18 April 2019 | Mrs Geraldine Todd | 1) Gatwick Hotels Limited 2) Silver Hopkins Hotel Management Limited | England & Wales | £16,809 |
| 4122777/2018 | 18 April 2019 | Morris | Represented by: Mr D Boyd - Friend Tesco Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301513/2017 | 18 April 2019 | Mrs C Dodson | 1) Gatwick Hotels Limited 2) Silver Hopkins Hotel Management Limited | England & Wales | £11,722 |
| 4102899/2019 | 17 April 2019 | 16 B(Scot) Rule judgment on liability, remedy to be determined at a hearing EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102899/2019 Mr L A Hamill | Brown and Mason Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1401077/2019 | 17 April 2019 | Miss DL Fisher | Thorncombe Sports and Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 4105151/2018 | 17 April 2019 | Miss M Girvan | Tracy Marshall | Scotland | — |
| 4102854/2019 | 17 April 2019 | 16 B(Scot) Rule judgment on liability, remedy to be determined at a hearing EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102854/2019 Mr S McDonald | Avc Immedia | Scotland | — |
| 1400017/2019 | 17 April 2019 | Miss C Jolliff | Mrs R Cross t/a Make Do and Mend | England & Wales | £2,228 |
| 3329420/2017 | 17 April 2019 | Ms J Sinnamon | Carexl Limited | England & Wales | £15,826 |
| 1400133/2019 | 17 April 2019 | Mr J Maggs | Lindo Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305188/2018 | 17 April 2019 | Ms E Domagala | Eunice Artisan Bakery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314542/2019 | 16 April 2019 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202167/2018 | 16 April 2019 | Ms F El Bergui | Ria Financial Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303198/2017 | 16 April 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3331017/2018 | 16 April 2019 | Mr John Joseph Punnolil | Metroline Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401058/2019 | 16 April 2019 | Mr F Acebal | Bramble Home Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332515/2018 | 16 April 2019 | Unrepresented and did not appear herself For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1303978/2018 | 16 April 2019 | Mr A Williams, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300401/2019 | 16 April 2019 | Miss J Thompson | Phil Blowe | England & Wales | — |
| 4123558/2018 | 15 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123558/2018 Mr C Wilson | Eriks Industrial Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302304/2018 | 15 April 2019 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404935/2018 | 15 April 2019 | Mr T Orban | CDS Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400863/2019 | 15 April 2019 | Mrs J Hulbert | Airline Business Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102909/2018 | 15 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102909/2018 Mrs F Gellatly | Represented by: Ms S Gilzean, Solicitor Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4100212/2019 | 15 April 2019 | (sitting alone) Miss K Pugh | Mrs K Winters, Trade Union Representative B&Q plc | Scotland | — |
| 3319910/2019 | 15 April 2019 | Mr B Norman, counsel | — | England & Wales | £8,444 |
| 1800151/2019 | 15 April 2019 | Miss A Middleton | Minster Law Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601271/2018 | 15 April 2019 | Mr C Williams | Panasonic Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301982/2018 | 15 April 2019 | Mr R Broadbent | Armorduct Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601699/2018 | 14 April 2019 | in-person | Mr D Seale, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2602131/2018 | 12 April 2019 | Miss R Goodwin | Derbyshire County Council | England & Wales | — |