Claim Type

Unfair Dismissal Employment Tribunal Cases

Review published unfair dismissal decisions, outcome patterns, visible award levels, and the employers that appear most often in the current Tribunal Intel dataset.

Visible cases

8,797

Claimant success rate

28.0%

Cases with compensation

999

Highest visible award

£3,449,328.54

How to read this page

Users looking for unfair dismissal tribunal cases often want recent examples, likely outcomes, and comparable employers.

Unfair dismissal appears in a wide range of fact patterns, so published judgments are best read as directional evidence rather than a simple universal win-rate proxy.

The figures here are based on published judgments currently visible in Tribunal Intel, not every claim filed in the employment tribunal system.

Examples of unfair dismissal cases employees won

Recent published unfair dismissal decisions where the claimant succeeded or partly succeeded, with controlled reason labels to show why the case appears to have been won.

9 recent examples

Automatically unfair reason

The dismissal was linked to a protected reason, such as whistleblowing, pregnancy, trade union activity, or statutory rights.

Example: 8001751/2025

4 recent examples

Constructive dismissal breach

The employee resigned in response to conduct that the tribunal treated as a fundamental or repudiatory breach.

Example: 4101448/2025

3 recent examples

Disciplinary process flawed

The disciplinary hearing, appeal, or related process was flawed enough to undermine the dismissal.

Example: 6009627/2025

6009627/2025

Mr M Aslam v John Lewis plc: 6009627/2025

10 Apr 2026Claimant won

Award

£25,544

Why it appears to have succeeded

Disciplinary process flawed

The judgment points to flaws in the disciplinary hearing, appeal, or related process before dismissal.

4101448/2025

Mr G Bruce v HSS Proservice Ltd: 4101448/2025

2 Apr 2026Claimant won

Award

£29,286

Why it appears to have succeeded

Constructive dismissal breach

The employee appears to have resigned after conduct that the tribunal treated as a serious breach by the employer.

8001751/2025

Mrs J O’Donnell v HBOS plc: 8001751/2025

1 Apr 2026Claimant won

Award

£10,020

Why it appears to have succeeded

Automatically unfair reason

The dismissal appears to have been linked to a protected reason, such as whistleblowing, pregnancy, trade union activity, health and safety, or statutory rights.

3200259/2025

Ms S Milford v Ocean Hill Lodge Ltd: 3200259/2025

31 Mar 2026Partial success

Award

£2,000

Why it appears to have succeeded

Constructive dismissal breach

The employee appears to have resigned after conduct that the tribunal treated as a serious breach by the employer.

1811237/2024

Miss C O'Connor v Safe Haven Adolescent Care Group Ltd: 1811237/2024

31 Mar 2026Partial success

Award

£56,621

Why it appears to have succeeded

Automatically unfair reason

The dismissal appears to have been linked to a protected reason, such as whistleblowing, pregnancy, trade union activity, health and safety, or statutory rights.

1302932/2024

Mrs P Mathews v BAH Employment Ltd (In creditors voluntary liquidation): 1302932/2024

27 Mar 2026Claimant won

Award

£10,266

Why it appears to have succeeded

Automatically unfair reason

The dismissal appears to have been linked to a protected reason, such as whistleblowing, pregnancy, trade union activity, health and safety, or statutory rights.

Compensation profile

No confident compensation distribution is available yet for this claim type.

Outcome mix

Respondent won3,331 · 38%
Struck out1,934 · 22%
Claimant won1,628 · 19%
Partial success853 · 10%
Withdrawn336 · 4%
Settled72 · 1%

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