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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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6012586/2025 | 14 May 2026 | Mr J Dunning 1st | Northrop Grumman UK Limited 2nd Respondent: Rishi Bandiani 3rd Respondent: Sarah Hilton 4th Respondent: Richard Baker | England & Wales | — |
| 6043010/2025 | 14 May 2026 | Gerald Tinonetsana | Exeter City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8003198/2025 | 14 May 2026 | F Mulji | Dundee Age Concern | Scotland | — |
| 1301928/2025 | 14 May 2026 | Mrs P Edwards | Stonegate Pub Company Limited SITTING AT: Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 8003216/2025 | 14 May 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8003216/2025 & 8000024/2026 Held in Edinburgh via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on May 2026 Employment Judge M A Macleod Ms S Woodham | Epicureanism Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6011319/2025 | 14 May 2026 | Mr A Vince | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6014168/2025 | 14 May 2026 | M Hamid (counsel) For the | L Pike (solicitor) |
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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| 3303513/2025 | 14 May 2026 | Zoe Hurst | Sudbury House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102140/2023 | 14 May 2026 | made, in terms of Rule 69, on January 2026 for Reconsideration of the Tribunal’s Judgment of th, issued to parties on th, April 2026 4102140/2023 & 4105349/2023 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno E McDougall | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Reconsideration and Determination, in terms of Rule 70, of the Application at the instance of the Second Named | Scotland | — |
| 6032823/2025 | 13 May 2026 | Mr N Elliott | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 8002230/2025 | 13 May 2026 | Mrs A Napier | Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP | Scotland | — |
| 3311075/2024 | 13 May 2026 | Mr C Mateo | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 8002222/2025 | 13 May 2026 | J Robertson | Coille Haulage Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 6028688/2025 | 13 May 2026 | Mr D Gardner | Core Children Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400080/2025 | 12 May 2026 | Mr M Foster | Sterling Facilities Management (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001206/2025 | 12 May 2026 | Mrs A King | Wirral Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6010682/2025 | 12 May 2026 | Richard Stratfull | Matrix Fire and Security Limited | England & Wales | £8,514 |
| 6010035/2025 | 12 May 2026 | Ms Rebecca Murphy | SD14 Ltd, trading as Cedars – In Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2303272/2025 | 12 May 2026 | G Brady | Ministry of Defence | Scotland | — |
| 1400141/2025 | 11 May 2026 | Anna Howard | Home Instead | England & Wales | — |
| 6037455/2025 | 11 May 2026 | Hammarskjold Chidawanyika | DHL Welham Green | England & Wales | — |
| 6043184/2025 | 8 May 2026 | Mr U Okoye | PureGym Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400450/2025 | 8 May 2026 | Mrs D Stalker-Jones | Bayfield’s Group Limited | England & Wales | £18,000 |
| 6043248/2025 | 8 May 2026 | Kristopher Rose | Motor 2 Go Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305021/2024 | 8 May 2026 | Mr T Lander | PeoplePlus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003706/2025 | 8 May 2026 | Mrs G Ansa-Asamoah | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8002653/2025 | 8 May 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8002653/2025 Held in Edinburgh on and March 2026 Employment Judge M A Macleod Ms Jade Harris | Vets Now Emergency Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6015476/2025 | 7 May 2026 | Miss Tracey Gale | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6022787/2024 | 7 May 2026 | Ms L Thompson | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301901/2024 | 7 May 2026 | Ms R Thompson | Currys plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6005981/2025 | 7 May 2026 | Mr Adeyemi Amure | St Mungo Community Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3306350/2024 | 6 May 2026 | Ms E Margetts, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6004478/2025 | 6 May 2026 | Mr Savio Noronha | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001339/2025 | 5 May 2026 | Ms J Yeats | , Solicitor Mr P Lewtas | Scotland | — |
| 6007516/2025 | 5 May 2026 | Mr S Athwal | Morrison Water Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6022863/2024 | 5 May 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3303590/2024 | 5 May 2026 | Mr R Eastman | Nurture Landscapes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6021216/2025 | 5 May 2026 | Number: 6021216/2025 Mr K Bhalla | Whisky Merchants Trading Ltd (in Administration) | Scotland | — |
| 6002987/2024 | 4 May 2026 | Mr. S Polanski | Impact Ducting Sales Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302518/2018 | 1 May 2026 | Mr D Goodyer | Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3313311/2019 | 1 May 2026 | Mr M Meskauskas | Ipswich Engineering Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601518/2018 | 1 May 2026 | Mrs B Adkins and all others on the attached Schedule | Jones Bootmaker Limited (R1) JB Realisations Limited (In Administration) (R2) Jones Bootmaker Limited (In Administration) (R3) Pavers Limited (R4) Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (R5) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303796/2018 | 1 May 2026 | Mr W Tabone | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300140/2019 | 1 May 2026 | Mrs N Mir | Audatex (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300382/2019 | 1 May 2026 | Mr A Wright | John Morley & Co Limit4Ed | England & Wales | — |
| 2500613/2019 | 1 May 2026 | Mr L Coombs | Penshaw Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305688/2022 | 1 May 2026 | Mrs N Ram | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301921/2016 | 1 May 2026 | Mr S Belfield | Frisby Solicitors Limited c/o Steve Currie | England & Wales | — |
| 3335375/2018 | 1 May 2026 | Mr J Witt | Safestore Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6040530/2025 | 1 May 2026 | Ms R Kaur | T12 PJ Limited | England & Wales | £8,381 |