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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4104825/2017 | 17 November 2017 | Mrs Ramanjeet Dhillon | Now Brow (Clydebank) Ltd | Scotland | £3,156 |
| 2300140/2018 | 17 November 2017 | In person For the | Mr S Bellim, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2301748/2017 | 16 November 2017 | Miss P Smith First | Gravity Thinking Limited Second Respondent: Andrew Roberts | England & Wales | — |
| 4100727/2017 | 15 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100727/2017 Mr I Hunter | Countrywide Estate Agents T/A Slater Hogg & Howison | Scotland | — |
| 2301645/2016 | 14 November 2017 | Mr C Adjei, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301356/2017 | 14 November 2017 | Miss C Anderson | Sainsburys | England & Wales | — |
| 4112918/2015 | 13 November 2017 | M Kearns Members: Mrs FS Paton Mr AB Grant Mr T Charity | Walker Love | Scotland | £8,957 |
| 2301322/2017 |
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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| 2300523/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Miss L Lewis | STA Travel Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301457/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Mr A Kelly | Sungard Availability Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302446/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Mr W Evans | Engie Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300012/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Ms E Graham | Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301242/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Mr G Owden | Urban Massage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302212/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Mr S Badhan | GlaxoSmithKline | England & Wales | — |
| 2501152/2016 | 10 November 2017 | Mr J Anderson of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301926/2017 | 10 November 2017 | Mr D Mallett | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301475/2017 | 8 November 2017 | Ms EL White | Jasvinder Singh Gill | England & Wales | — |
| 2301919/2017 | 8 November 2017 | Mr J Gould | Bibby Financial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400337/2017 | 8 November 2017 | Mrs Akodi | Southwest Trains | England & Wales | — |
| 4100519/2017 | 8 November 2017 | M s Cheryl McFarlane | Represented b y : - M r Stephen Connolly - Solicitor South Lanarkshire C o u n c i l | Scotland | — |
| 4102214/2017 | 7 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102214/2017 Ms E Traynor | Represented by: In person Real Life Options | Scotland | — |
| 2403352/2017 | 7 November 2017 | Ms L Thomas | 1) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2) Professor Mark Pugh | England & Wales | — |
| 4105165/2016 | 7 November 2017 | M Kearns Members: Mr F Russell Mr D Loughney Mrs A Qaraqish | Represented by: Mrs D Reynolds - Solicitor 1. Rossa Home Care Limited | Scotland | £14,120 |
| 4102093/2017 | 6 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102093/2017 Mrs S Doran | John Lewis plc | Scotland | — |
| 4102280/2017 | 6 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102280/2017 Ms P Fraser | The Moray Council | Scotland | — |
| 2301887/2017 | 6 November 2017 | Mrs S Ralph | London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 4100502/2017 | 6 November 2017 | Mr Norman McPhedran | — | Scotland | — |
| 3347204/2016 | 3 November 2017 | Miss K Buttle | BP Exploration Operating Company Limited and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1401110/2021 | 2 November 2017 | Mr Joseph Melia | Hextransforma Healthcare Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4101664/2017 | 2 November 2017 | Mr Z Rana | First Glasgow (No.1) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2307521/2023 | 2 November 2017 | Miss E Khorozyan | Brent Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6015420/2025 | 1 November 2017 | Miss E Rankin | Croydon Health Services | England & Wales | — |
| 4100724/2017 | 1 November 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100724/2017 Mr M Hanlon | Heriot-Watt University | Scotland | — |
| 6035528/2025 | 1 November 2017 | Toyah Backshall | Coop Funeral Care | England & Wales | — |
| 4100489/2017 | 31 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100489/2017 Mrs I Thomson-McLean | Department of Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 4104535/2017 | 31 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104535/2017 Mr J Gardner | Stirling Council | Scotland | — |
| 2301817/2017 | 31 October 2017 | Mr M Blitz, counsel | Precision Accountancy (Kent) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302009/2017 | 30 October 2017 | Miss L Casey | Sage UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301906/2017 | 30 October 2017 | Mr C Young | Wickham Dry Cleaners | England & Wales | — |
| 4102173/2017 | 27 October 2017 | — | Denny Enterprises Int'l Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301432/2017 | 27 October 2017 | In person but assisted by her brother Mr Webb For the | Mr Robson Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4104732/2017 | 26 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104732/2017 Mr M Mitchell | Scottish Social Services Council | Scotland | — |
| 4105017/2017 | 25 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105017/2017 Mr R Thompson | MCC Labels | Scotland | — |
| 4101534/2017 | 25 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101534/2017 Mrs V McHendry | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2200035/2017 | 24 October 2017 | Dr C Zouzias First | Health Education England (formerly Health Education South London) Second Respondent: St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2400140/2017 | 24 October 2017 | Mr E Osifo | British Gas Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105275/2016 | 23 October 2017 | Mr Douglas Millar | Douglas Park Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3329427/2017 | 20 October 2017 | Ms A Macey, Counsel For the | Mr P Bownes solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3347300/2016 | 20 October 2017 | Mr J Davis | Optimum Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301374/2016 | 20 October 2017 | Ms M Rankin | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |