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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 15,214 decided unfair dismissal claims. These cases name 29,766 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 9,396 | 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| Withdrawn | 3,592 | 14% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3309480/2023 | 19 March 2025 | Mr G Price-Rowlands, barrister For the | Mr J Duffy, barrister | England & Wales | £24,236 |
| 6007921/2024 | 19 March 2025 | Mrs Y Price | The Royal Leicestershire Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind (a registered charity) trading as VISTA | England & Wales | — |
| 3200019/2024 | 19 March 2025 | Mrs Natalie Hogg | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6011976/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Mr M Boaler | Gardiner Colours Limited | England & Wales | £30,880 |
| 2400520/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Miss M Green | ARI-RM STYLE Ltd (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302527/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Reginaldo Rangel Pereira | Richarlison de Andrade | England & Wales | — |
| 2305751/2023 | 18 March 2025 | Ms Pauline Cherri-Nicole Catesby Respondent (1): Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Respondent (2): Spencer Richards Respondent (3): Du’aine Bowley | — | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 3304167/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Mr M Hughes | Speedy Fuels | England & Wales | — |
| 2400245/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Miss Reena Powell | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 6003865/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Rochelle Screen | Matt Screen Pet Services Ltd t/a Waggy Walks | England & Wales | — |
| 2301264/2023 | 18 March 2025 | Mr T Franklin-Maskell | Paul Morrison | England & Wales | £9,139 |
| 2403520/2024 | 18 March 2025 | I Williams | Turtle Bay Hospitality Limited PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6015564/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Mr Misn Muhammad Nawaz | Carlise Support Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306529/2023 | 18 March 2025 | Mr M Little | Chief Constable of West Mercia Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2304863/2023 | 18 March 2025 | Mr P Booth | 1) LG Electronics UK Ltd 2) Bumseop Lee | England & Wales | — |
| 2407302/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Ms Monika Maczynska (1) Ms Monika Zaman (2) | Kidzstop Day Nursery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303718/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Miss Miah Nwohia | Arora SLG Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000957/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr J Watt | Savills Management Resources Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6010994/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mrs Elaine Christian | MS Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | £567 |
| 8001410/2025 | 17 March 2025 | Mr B Kerr | Vallourec Oil & Gas UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3309702/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Mr T Ogbuagu, Solicitor (on day 1 and 2) Claimant acted in person on day 3 and 4 For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201341/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Miss S Kaur | Hire Access Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404465/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr Iain Forrest | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2413638/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Mr M Raphael | Rigicon Inc | England & Wales | — |
| 6011106/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr S De Csernatony | AIT Home Delivery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401319/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr A Ward | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6009286/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Rachel Jones | Roofline Solutions Home Improvements Ltd | England & Wales | £80,220 |
| 2303774/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Mrs. S. Brinton | Country Cousins Homecare Agencies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6015289/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr Stevenson in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302844/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Miss B James | Skanska plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1304267/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr Grey | Telent Technology Services Limited | England & Wales | £5,127 |
| 3315348/2023 | 15 March 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313494/2022 | 15 March 2025 | Mr P Matthews | Skanska plc | England & Wales | £2,687 |
| 3305782/2024 | 15 March 2025 | Mr G Vasile | Maritime Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313538/2022 | 15 March 2025 | Mr C O Perez Vargas | The Wild Pot Limited | England & Wales | £20,444 |
| 3300384/2023 | 15 March 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304284/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr M Douglas | Surface Processing Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2306493/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Miss N Bakouse | London General Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013762/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr S Moghaddasi Esfevashi | Orthene Chemicals Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6022386/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr Will Osis | The Automobile Association | England & Wales | — |
| 6020792/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr A Roddie | SDH Engineering Limited | England & Wales | £817 |
| 3305379/2021 | 14 March 2025 | Ms A Lopes & others | Do & Co Event & Airline Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6014401/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr Karl Hewitt | Terrence Andrew Ltd. | England & Wales | £8,970 |
| 3310857/2022 | 14 March 2025 | Mr N Ninvalle | Hammersmith Medicines Research Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301692/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr J J Fasogbon | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6015414/2024 | 14 March 2025 | S Davies | Boots UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302017/2023 | 14 March 2025 | Mr A Alexander | London Borough of Croydon | England & Wales | — |
| 6002769/2023 | 14 March 2025 | Mrs K Wills | Progressive Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001647/2024 | 14 March 2025 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001647/2024 (V)5 Held on 17, & February 2025 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr M Legge | Croft Communications Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6000430/2025 | 14 March 2025 | Mr. K F Ng | EM Recycling (Derbys) Limited | England & Wales | — |