Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 39,979 UK employment tribunal cases involving unfair dismissal claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £6,357 (the largest £3,449,329) across 5,389 cases. Tribunals upheld 38% of the 15,370 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 30,108 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,500 | 36% |
| Struck out | 6,576 | 25% |
| Upheld | 5,870 | 22% |
| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |
| Other | 1,039 | 4% |
| Settled | 106 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 529 | |
| 2018 | 910 | |
| 2019 | 5,942 | |
| 2020 | 8,014 | |
| 2021 | 5,248 | |
| 2022 | 4,870 | |
| 2023 | 4,455 | |
| 2024 | 4,023 | |
| 2025 | 3,589 | |
| 2026 | 2,399 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4100221/2018 | 11 April 2018 | R Gall Ms A Chapman | Represented by:- Mr W McPartland –15 Solicitor RT Management Ltd | Scotland | £3,789 |
| 4104785/2017 | 11 April 2018 | Ms K Anderson | — | Scotland | — |
| 3347076/2016 | 10 April 2018 | Mr M Aslam, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3327607/2017 | 9 April 2018 | Ms F Ajala | John Robinson (First Respondent) Herts Young Homeless Group (Second Respondent) Visionary Accountants (Third Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104886/2017 | 9 April 2018 | M Robison Ms D Slavkova | Represented by Mr A Angelov Friend Dennis O’Keefe | Scotland | £955 |
| 4105560/2017 | 9 April 2018 | D O’Dempsey i o | Mrs W Davie | Scotland | £12,551 |
| 4102624/2018 | 6 April 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102624/2018 Mrs W Stewart | John D Falla & Sons Ltd | Scotland | — |
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 | 51 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 48 |
| 18 | British Airways plc | 47 |
| 19 | Home Office | 47 |
| 20 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 47 |
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| 3327949/2017 | 4 April 2018 | — | Shahid Karim 247 Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303177/2017 | 4 April 2018 | Ms S Taylor Claimant: Ms W Szczepaniak | N-Viro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102999/2018 | 4 April 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102999/2018 Mr C Johnston | Esh Construction Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302615/2017 | 4 April 2018 | Ms L Lennox | Glen Grant Limited T/A Campari UK | England & Wales | — |
| 4107557/2017 | 3 April 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107557/2017 Miss H Cameron | Crail Medical Practice | Scotland | — |
| 4103009/2018 | 29 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103009/2018 Mr D Hughes | Whyte & Mackay Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102250/2017 | 29 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102250/2017 Mr P Moody | Doosan Babcock Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2601869/2017 | 29 March 2018 | Ms D Neal | Asda IDC | England & Wales | — |
| 4107541/2017 | 29 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107541/2017 Mr P Gray | Living Ambitions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102282/2017 | 29 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102282/2017 Mrs A Cairns | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2600023/2018 | 28 March 2018 | Mrs M Coughlan | Brookes Jordan Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105546/2017 | 28 March 2018 | (sitting alone) Mrs K Ure | Represented by: Ms J McKinley Strathclyde UniversityLaw Clinic Chemcem Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102001/2017 | 27 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102001/2017 Held in Glasgow on and March 2018 Employment Judge: M s M Robison JO t) Mr Graham Rocks | British Telecommunications plc | Scotland | — |
| 3400186/2017 | 27 March 2018 | In person assisted by Mr S Hussein (Mr Hussein not attending on the last day) For the | Ms C Harrington | England & Wales | — |
| 4100473/2018 | 26 March 2018 | Miss C Gaynor | Julianne Grasekamp Snugglemuffin | Scotland | £4,645 |
| 4106433/2017 | 26 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106433/2017 Mr S Wylie | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102404/2017 | 26 March 2018 | M Robison Mr T Wilson | Represented by: Mr G Millar Solicitor Provident Personal Credit Limited | Scotland | £20,453 |
| 1801631/2017 | 26 March 2018 | Mrs K Abbiss | Housing & Care 21 | England & Wales | — |
| 4105458/2017 | 26 March 2018 | M Kearns (sitting alone) Mr Alan Mackenzie | Accompanied by:15 Mrs Mackenzie Wife D & S Metals | Scotland | — |
| 1801533/2018 | 26 March 2018 | In person | Suez Recycling & Recovery Kirklees Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501059/2017 | 26 March 2018 | Mr Y Bakhsh For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106852/2017 | 24 March 2018 | Mr Craig McLuskey | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1600794/2016 | 24 March 2018 | Dr R Dickinson, Lay Representative (Father) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302726/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mr R Eguakun | Lambeth College | England & Wales | — |
| 3324667/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mrs Z Baranowska | Newfee Limited t/a L’Ortolan | England & Wales | — |
| 2304034/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Miss M Girma | Southwark Borough Council Dismissal | England & Wales | — |
| 2302648/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mr B Hill | Auto Body Language plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302886/2016 | 23 March 2018 | Ms M Baiden | Premium Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303455/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mrs R Jones | Welcome House Residential Care Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 2301780/2017 | 22 March 2018 | — | Philpott v National Crime Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2303193/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mr JD Devlin | Asda Tunbridge Wells | England & Wales | — |
| 2303142/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mr Z Mirza | Newland Chase Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302442/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mr A Denisovs | DHL Supply Chain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302278/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mr S Fosbraey | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102292/2017 | 22 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102292/2017 & 4106685/2017 Miss D Graham (Wilson) | Euroclean | Scotland | — |
| 2302579/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs M Garside | Royal Alexandra And Albert School | England & Wales | — |
| 2302463/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Miss J Fiala | Puregym Bermondsey Tony Lawson | England & Wales | — |
| 2302490/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs J Byrne | Frank Goodhind | England & Wales | — |
| 1802065/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs S Gallifant | Sig plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301423/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs E Fobi | Ingleside Children’s Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302095/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Ms S Naluwooza | My Mortgage Solution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303248/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Miss K Lewis | Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd | England & Wales | — |