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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4105667/2016 | 12 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105667/2016 Mr D Johnston | Represented by: Ms D Miller Solicitor Rockwell Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2600110/2017 | 12 May 2017 | In Person For the | Ms H McDade, Solicitor (In-house) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104569/2016 | 12 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104569/2016 Mr J MacSporran | Waukesha Bearings Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105176/2016 | 12 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105176/2016 Mr M Abdallah | Represented by: Ms S Shiels Common Services Agency | Scotland | — |
| 4100316/2017 | 11 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100316/2017 Mr F Cran | European Development Company (Hotels) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100559/2017 | 11 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100559/2017 Mr A Jamieson | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300966/2016 | 10 May 2017 | Ms S Sleeman, Counsel For the |
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.
| 51 |
| 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 |
| — |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 4100229/2017 | 10 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100229/2017 Mr S Martin | BAM Construct UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105238/2016 | 10 May 2017 | Ms C Cairney | Represented by: Mr M Briggs - Solicitor South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4105704/2016 | 10 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105704/2016 Mr J Hunter | : William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100287/2016 | 10 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100287/2016 Mr C Cunningham | British Gas Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105611/2016 | 9 May 2017 | M Robison Mr R Miller | Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | Scotland | — |
| 2600403/2017 | 9 May 2017 | Mr. A Teague | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 4105273/2016 | 9 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no. 4105273/2016 held at Aberdeen on 3, and May 2017 Ms Roza Fidom | Bristow Helicopters Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100394/2016 | 9 May 2017 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT GLASGOW Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: S/4100394/2016 Heard at Glasgow on the th, th, th, th September 20165 Employment Judge: J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Members: Mr G Doherty Mr E Borowski Mr J Thurgood | Represented by:- Mr R Wood,15 Communication Workers Union British Telecommunications plc | Scotland | — |
| 2300964/2016 | 8 May 2017 | — | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1601672/2014 | 8 May 2017 | - MS J RICHARDS ( SOLICITOR) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100014/2017 | 8 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100014/2017 Mr M Docherty | Represented by: Mr C Boyd Heineken UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100215/2017 | 8 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100215/2017 Miss AP King | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100520/2017 | 8 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100520/2017 Mrs R Young | Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4104072/2016 | 5 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104072/2016 Mr I Finlayson | CSC Computer Sciences Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100048/2017 | 4 May 2017 | — | Penny Petroleum (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100172/2017 | 4 May 2017 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100172/2017 Hearing at Edinburgh on May 2017 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) David Currie | — | Scotland | — |
| 4102505/2016 | 3 May 2017 | Members: Elizabeth Farrell John Hughes Mr Charles McDougall | Represented by: Mr L G Cunningham -15 Advocate UK Border Force | Scotland | — |
| 4104731/2016 | 3 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104731/2016 Mr G Colhoun | Tusk Group (scotland) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4110974/2015 | 3 May 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110974/2015 Mr T Marshall | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3328444/2017 | 3 May 2017 | Ms K Forshaw | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4105220/2016 | 2 May 2017 | (sitting alone) Mr Brian Christie | Meat Limited T/a McIntosh Donald | Scotland | £42,910 |
| 2358072/2012 | 2 May 2017 | In person For the | Ms Y Montaz, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 4100158/2017 | 28 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100158/2017 Mrs T Allan | Environmental Waste Systems Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100206/2016 | 27 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100206/2016 Miss T Maxwell | Wheeler Groves Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105216/2016 | 27 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4105216/2016 Mr S Martin | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4100224/2017 | 27 April 2017 | R Gall Mrs E McBride | Represented by: Ms A Bennie – Advocate Fraser Pharmacies | Scotland | — |
| 4100209/2017 | 27 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100209/2017 Mr J Polok | First Scotland East Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105095/2016 | 27 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105095/2016 Ms J Bryce | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100457/2017 | 26 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100457/2017 Mr S Hunter | Fife Scottish Omnibuses Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105280/2016 | 25 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4105280/2016 Mr D Clark | Stork Technical Services (RBG) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4112917/2015 | 25 April 2017 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4112917/2015 Mr A McKay | Represented by: Mr A J E Robb Solicitor Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102553/2016 | 24 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4102553/2016 Mr C Durno | Represented by: Mr E Obi - Consultant Fareview Ventures Limited T/a Grampian Accounting | Scotland | — |
| 4105773/2016 | 21 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105773/2016 Mrs R McFarlane | BMI Healthcare | Scotland | — |
| 4105559/2016 | 20 April 2017 | Mr Stephen Edgar | Represented by: Ms K Osborne Solicitor South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | £4,904 |
| 3331426/2018 | 20 April 2017 | in person (unrepresented) For the | — | England & Wales | £957 |
| 4104559/2016 | 20 April 2017 | N M Hosie Miss J Sinclair | Represented by: Mr R Murdanaigum Solicitor Wood Group PSN Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102792/2016 | 20 April 2017 | Members: Mr IC MacFarlane Ms N Bakshi Ms Rosalynn Robertson | Represented by: Mr S Healey Solicitor Blue Sky Autism Project | Scotland | £184 |
| 4100236/2014 | 19 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100236/2014 Mr C Wood | JB Costley Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105225/2016 | 19 April 2017 | Ms Christine Mireille Gonda | The Royal an Lochan | Scotland | — |
| 4104911/2016 | 12 April 2017 | Mrs M Christie | Prestige Ajp Ltd | Scotland | £25,345 |
| 4104900/2016 | 12 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4104900/2016 Mr C Grimes | Represented by: Mr M Tait - Solicitor National Oilwell Varco UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105234/2016 | 11 April 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105234/2016 Mrs S Dickson | Green Shoots Childcare Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105178/2016 | 11 April 2017 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4105178/2016 Ms L Hayes | Represented by: Ms K Osborne Solicitor Perth College UHI | Scotland | — |