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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4104624/2017 | 1 February 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4104624/20175 Held at Glasgow on and January 2018 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn (Sitting alone) Miss Natalie McQuillan | Represented by: Dr T Berry - Representative Mr Andrew Barclay Fitzsimons and others | Scotland | — |
| 2302187/2017 | 1 February 2018 | Mr P Charles | Secretary of State For The Home Department | England & Wales | — |
| 2208327/2016 | 31 January 2018 | Miss N Uddin | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3325861/2017 | 29 January 2018 | Ms M Wolstenholme | Northampton Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4100146/2017 | 26 January 2018 | Members: Mr SF Evans Mr P O’Donnell Mrs Eileen Allardice | Represented by: Ms K Osborne Solicitor Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 3330776/2018 | 26 January 2018 | Mr H Wiencek - Consultant For the | Mr MacCabe - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3331018/2018 |
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 |
| 25 January 2018 |
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| 2303158/2017 | 24 January 2018 | Mr T Harrison | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201928/2018 | 24 January 2018 | Ms A O Adoh | Kido Schools UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301121/2017 | 24 January 2018 | Mrs Z Brandt | Stopgap Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302560/2017 | 24 January 2018 | Mrs E Harrison | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301189/2017 | 19 January 2018 | Ms E Wood | Iforce Limited | England & Wales | £8,693 |
| 2400182/2017 | 19 January 2018 | Mrs L Hancock | Warrington and Halton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4113453/2015 | 19 January 2018 | Mr I Dale | Petrofac Facilities Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1302386/2016 | 18 January 2018 | in person For the | Mr D Browne - solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3334305/2018 | 18 January 2018 | Mr Z, Husband. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4113429/2015 | 18 January 2018 | — | Petrofac Facilities Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4113534/2015 | 18 January 2018 | — | Petrofac Facilities Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4113560/2015 | 18 January 2018 | Mr D Hulme | Petrofac Facilities Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1300709/2017 | 17 January 2018 | Mr G Kular | ATOS IT Services UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102319/2017 | 17 January 2018 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102319/2017 Hearing at Edinburgh on and December 2017, and January 20185 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) David Findlay | Albatern Limited | Scotland | £5,364 |
| 2204474/2018 | 17 January 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405155/2017 | 17 January 2018 | Miss G Briggs | The North West Of England And Isle Of Man Reserve Forces And Cadets Association | England & Wales | — |
| 4105086/2016 | 16 January 2018 | Members: Mr P O’Hagan Mr A Ross Mr Alastair Logan | BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102368/2017 | 15 January 2018 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4102368/2017 Held at Glasgow on 20, and December 2017 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn (sitting alone) Mr Edward Alistair Woolley | Sky Subscribers Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3304638/2018 | 15 January 2018 | Miss S Cousins | The Nannery Ltd | England & Wales | £39,535 |
| 2201533/2018 | 12 January 2018 | (1) Mr. J. Mant (2) Mr. J. Coppin (3) Mr. H. Badhan (4) Mr R. Powell (5) Miss. E. Stepion-Pasko (6) Mr M. Coombes | Wiley Fox Europe Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £71,091 |
| 2301334/2016 | 12 January 2018 | — | Manne v Poundland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400799/2017 | 11 January 2018 | Mr T Robins | CAB Special Batteries Limited | England & Wales | £3,365 |
| 2302714/2017 | 11 January 2018 | Mr P Appasamy | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401851/2016 | 9 January 2018 | Miss M Mervyn | BW Controls Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102866/2019 | 9 January 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 4102866/2019 (V) Held remotely on 19, 20, and January 2021 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr Jeffrey Hughes | Civil Nuclear Police Authority | Scotland | — |
| 2301379/2018 | 9 January 2018 | In person, assisted by Mr C For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301559/2018 | 9 January 2018 | Mr A MacMillan, Counsel For the | Mr M Best, Chief Executive Officer, R2 | England & Wales | £9,275 |
| 4102358/2017 | 8 January 2018 | Mr Twaha Abdulrahim S a i d | Proficient Security Ltd F i r s t | Scotland | £30,892 |
| 3331376/2018 | 5 January 2018 | Mr. P. Powlesland, counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202479/2018 | 31 December 2017 | Mr I Sadiq | National Audit Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2302849/2016 | 22 December 2017 | Mr P J O’Neill | EDF Energy plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300729/2017 | 22 December 2017 | Mr C Nicholls | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100803/2017 | 21 December 2017 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4100803/17 Held in Glasgow on November 2017 Employment Judge: J M Hendry (sitting alone) Mr Andrew Taylor | Timbmet Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4104512/2017 | 21 December 2017 | Mr James Gaffney | Represented by: Mr J Jardine –10 Representative TSB Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 2301638/2016 | 21 December 2017 | Mr I S Pennels | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3303561/2019 | 20 December 2017 | Mr Clayton De Beauville | Hertsmere Borough Council | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 1801621/2017 | 19 December 2017 | Mrs K Baker | Warburton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301143/2017 | 15 December 2017 | — | Savic v University of Sussex | England & Wales | — |
| 2302912/2017 | 15 December 2017 | Miss S Bi | The Guide Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2302613/2017 | 15 December 2017 | Ms B Bengtson | Southern Dental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300686/2017 | 15 December 2017 | Mr M Everley | HSBC UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2302207/2017 | 15 December 2017 | Mrs S Philpott | Sainsbury’s Supermarket’s Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201050/2018 | 15 December 2017 | Ms Svetlana Sinelnikova | ActivTrades plc | England & Wales | — |