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Tribunal Watch has indexed 40,006 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 30,125 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| Withdrawn | 3,600 | 13% |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 | 3,590 | |
| 2026 | 2,425 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3313036/2023 | 29 May 2025 | Mr Smart Maumbe | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307811/2023 | 29 May 2025 | Mrs R Parker | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2305072/2024 | 29 May 2025 | 1. Mr Fairhurst and others 2. Mr Ujjan and others 3. Mr Noufal and others | Doris Engineering UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2229591/2024 | 29 May 2025 | Monica Chenault | Fraser Laing T/A General Eyewear | England & Wales | £45,008 |
| 6001424/2024 | 29 May 2025 | In person, For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8001071/2025 | 29 May 2025 | Mr M Z Sami | Denny Enterprises International Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3305461/2024 | 29 May 2025 | Mr J Newman | EmpathyBroker Limited | England & Wales | £107,636 |
| 3306013/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mr Brian Gregory |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £10,022 |
| 6020511/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Miss S Worthington | Thg plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6009318/2025 | 28 May 2025 | Colin James Palmer | F M Conway Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002507/2025 | 28 May 2025 | Ms S Clark | Crossroads Care Kent | England & Wales | — |
| 2302922/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mr J Deguara | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2306831/2023 | 28 May 2025 | Mr Lyward | Rother Valley Press | England & Wales | £43,524 |
| 6006730/2024 | 28 May 2025 | In person For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6021009/2024 | 28 May 2025 | M Hejmanowska | Fastmove Lettings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6015410/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mr M Calton | Graft Entertainment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6009977/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Ms Tamsin Little | Consortium Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6007689/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mr J Thompson | Cripps Utilities Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500997/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mrs K Burnett | Pass N Go Driving School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306232/2024 | 28 May 2025 | Mrs P Mohsenvand | Abbey Ravenscroft Park Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3202217/2023 | 28 May 2025 | The Personal Representatives of Ian McCrow | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314341/2023 | 28 May 2025 | Mr H Khalid | Smiths Detection Watford Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004196/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Ms. S. Wiltshire | Bath Spa University Students Union | England & Wales | — |
| 1604306/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Christoper Barlow | Gateway Resort Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011425/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mrs V Tattersall | Control & Skills Authority Limited (formerly Association of Cost Engineers Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303895/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mrs J Collinge | Windsor & District Liberal Club | England & Wales | — |
| 6008449/2025 | 27 May 2025 | Miss F Kirk | Seven (Derby) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6023027/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Kingsley Iduseri | SVLhealthcare (in administration) | England & Wales | £1,597 |
| 2300483/2021 | 27 May 2025 | Mr S Glyde | Artificial Solutions UK Ltd (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,621 |
| 6013673/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mr I Gothard | Tom W Beaumont Limited Heard at Leeds by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 8002132/2024 | 27 May 2025 | G Smogorzewska | Lidl Great Britain Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3305336/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mr S. Coelho | Glyn Hopkin Limited | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 6011909/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mr G Shaw | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3314337/2023 | 27 May 2025 | Jessie Rebecca Obafemi (formerly Reeve) First | Hospitality Management Services Limited (in liquidation) Second Respondent: HSAP Limited (dissolved) Third Respondent: WJD Contracts Limited Fourth Respondent: Barkers (Cambridge) Limited Fifth Respondent: Asprey Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324347/2019 | 27 May 2025 | Mr A Webb | Boxcom Network Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6013710/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Miss R Begum | AA Estate London Limited | England & Wales | £988 |
| 6013527/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Miss L Nicholls | The Shankly Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 6022745/2024 | 27 May 2025 | S Klenczar | Compass Recruitment SW Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004330/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Mr C Thompson | Fortius Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3308643/2024 | 27 May 2025 | Miss S Courtney Harris | Thurst Hurdle Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6007139/2024 | 26 May 2025 | Ms Phumaphi, counsel For the | Mr Armstrong, director. | England & Wales | £0 |
| 8002112/2024 | 26 May 2025 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8002112/2024 Heard at Edinburgh on 10, 11, and November 2025 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr M Sfeir | Margiotta Ltd First Named | Scotland | — |
| 2304162/2022 | 26 May 2025 | Mr Neville Senior | Servo Securities Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 4101040/2025 | 25 May 2025 | Mr J Shepherd | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 6007272/2025 | 24 May 2025 | Vincentia Gray Allison | Starlybek Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305281/2024 | 23 May 2025 | Ms. A. Akers (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £29,447 |
| 2301668/2022 | 23 May 2025 | Ms B Whitfield | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6001367/2023 | 23 May 2025 | Mr Z Mehboob | MN Lyceom Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502297/2023 | 23 May 2025 | Mr A Mahmood | Nurtured Health & Home Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802848/2025 | 23 May 2025 | Miss P Saville | Lhasa Limited Date: 23 May 2025 | England & Wales | — |