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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303163/2018 | 26 November 2018 | — | Eagle Aero Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4108894/2018 | 26 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4108894/2018 Mr E Fernandes | Represented by: Mr W McParland – Solicitor Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc | Scotland | — |
| 3201697/2018 | 26 November 2018 | Mr. S Gillies | The Financial Ombudsmen Service | England & Wales | — |
| 4106915/2017 | 26 November 2018 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106915/2017 Preliminary Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2018 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Kathleen Dykes | Whitbread Group plc | Scotland | — |
| 1601140/2018 | 24 November 2018 | Mrs Sarah Lewis | Mr Chris Davis MP | England & Wales | — |
| 1302825/2018 | 23 November 2018 | In Person For | Ms R Peck (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2416262/2018 | 23 November 2018 | Mr A Cairney | Timpsons Ltd | 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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| 4119220/2018 | 23 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4119220/2018 Mr S Kredycki | Reigart Contracts Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2206934/2018 | 23 November 2018 | In person (with PSU support) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4112743/2018 | 23 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112743/2018 Ms W Hesketh | Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland | — |
| 1806145/2018 | 23 November 2018 | Ms W A McKay | Spaldington Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2300148/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Mr J Gidney, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104033/2018 | 22 November 2018 | E.T. Z EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4104033/2018 Held at Inverness on and November 2018 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Ms Kathryn Mary Hilton | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105212/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Mrs M Relly | Boydfield Garage | Scotland | £200 |
| 4120886/2018 | 22 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4120886/2018 Mr J Quinn | Telecom Service Centres Ltd t/a Webhelp UK | Scotland | — |
| 4113050/2018 | 22 November 2018 | A Kemp Mr John Walters | Mrs Sally Dowden trading as Speyside Wildlife | Scotland | £2,478 |
| 4109198/2018 | 22 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109198/2018 Miss D Rossiter | East Dumbartonshire Leisure & Culture Trust | Scotland | — |
| 2405387/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Ms P Stevenson | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4118407/2018 | 22 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4118407/2018 & 4121427/2018 Mrs Y Thompson | Natural Power Consultants Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304174/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Miss E Striano | Taormina Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415482/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Mr J Hughes | Prefix Systems (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403372/2018 | 22 November 2018 | Miss A Cameron | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3313933/2019 | 21 November 2018 | R Mannathukaran, Counsel For the | D Charity, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2302788/2017 | 21 November 2018 | In person For the | Mr D Bickford, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3307174/2018 | 20 November 2018 | Ms A P Wilson | Barnett Waddingham Actuaries & Consultants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106697/2017 | 20 November 2018 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106697/2017 & 4100278/2018 Hearing at Edinburgh on November 2018 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone)10 John Hughes | Represented by Mr I Burke Solicitor Richard McCulloch and Mrs Lisa McCulloch | Scotland | — |
| 2602026/2017 | 20 November 2018 | Mr E Nzononye | Elysium Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £585 |
| 3307146/2018 | 20 November 2018 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4120983/2018 | 20 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4120983/2018 Mr D Patterson | Lovell Partnerships Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107461/2017 | 20 November 2018 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4107461/2017 Held at Inverness on November 2018 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mrs Hayley Young | Alliance Hotels Consultants Limited | Scotland | £1,325 |
| 4104458/2018 | 20 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104458/2018 Mrs L McKee | Atlas Business Interiors (In Administration) | Scotland | — |
| 2403979/2017 | 20 November 2018 | Mr A Adeeko | Royal Haskoning DHV (Haskoning DHV UK Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 4103004/2018 | 20 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103004/2018 Mr S Conroy | William Grant & Sons Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105618/2017 | 19 November 2018 | M Robison Members: Mr I MacFarlane Mr W Muir Mr M Daly | Represented by Mr C Edward Counsel BMI Healthcare Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107424/2018 | 19 November 2018 | Mr Scott Sutherland | W H Malcolm Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4106372/2017 | 19 November 2018 | Mr Paul Carberry (deceased) | The Glasgow Housing Association Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4108813/2018 | 19 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108813/2018 Mrs K Jack | SIG Trading Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3201699/2018 | 19 November 2018 | Mr L Phythian | Toomey Renno Limited STRIKE OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 4112591/2018 | 19 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112591/2018 Mrs L Higgins | James Thomson | Scotland | — |
| 2404072/2018 | 19 November 2018 | Mr J Brannan | McColl’s Retail Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403495/2018 | 19 November 2018 | Ms H Munro | Sampson Coward LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1304653/2018 | 18 November 2018 | Ms CE Matthews | Brucom Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104495/2018 | 16 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104495/2018 Mrs D Cowan | The Richmond Fellowship Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 4113172/2018 | 16 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113172/2018 Ms V Waite | Hf Stores Realisation Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4106946/2018 | 16 November 2018 | Atack Allan Lafferty | Represented by: Mr D McCusker Solicitor Nuffield Health | Scotland | — |
| 4103885/2018 | 16 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4103885/2018 Mr M Ross | Represented by: Mr I Finlayson – PCS Union Rep. Department For Work And Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 3330981/2018 | 16 November 2018 | Mrs R Minty | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403839/2018 | 15 November 2018 | Mr D Winfield | Tomy UK Co., Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413722/2018 | 15 November 2018 | Ms L Saunders | Lifeways Paragon Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601106/2018 | 15 November 2018 | Mrs H Evans | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |