Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 27,877 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,044 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,449 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,054 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,406 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,375 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,679 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,103 | 7% |
| Other | 428 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,561 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,656 | |
| 2026 | 1,278 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404855/2018 | 5 June 2019 | In person For the | University of Southampton | £3,449,329 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 1803164/2021 | 14 September 2022 | Ms E Tahir | National Grid UK Limited Heard: 2- 4 May 2023 Deliberations 26 May 2023 | £357,004 |
| 3304188/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Cyril Gregory | Petro Trace Limited | £340,213 |
| 2204168/2021 | 23 June 2022 | Elle Kim | Finablr Ltd | £279,566 |
| 1801339/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Miss S J Austin | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | £269,114 |
| 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 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306634/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs S Umutesi | R1) Avery Homes (nelson) Limited R2) Avalon Court Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1304977/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Miss D Edwards | Afterglo Tanning Salon | England & Wales | — |
| 1300184/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss N Banks | Susan Reeve | England & Wales | — |
| 3330972/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Miss L Sibanda | Mr Paul Cook (First Respondent) Clinisupplies Ltd (Second Respondent) Amanda Cass (Third Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 8001556/2024 | 29 April 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001556/2024 Mr O MacDonald Taylor | Intesa (Leicester) Ltd | Scotland | £2,615 |
| 3302556/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Mr I Podariu | Tozerplan Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305590/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Mr O Burton | Jetview Properties Limited | England & Wales | £8,943 |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the breach of contract caseload if breach of contractis 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.
| HS Realisations Limited (Formerly Hewden Stuart Ltd) |
| 27 |
| 15 | No appearance or | 27 |
| 16 | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | 26 |
| 17 | Buckley Lamb Ltd | 25 |
| 18 | DHL Services Limited | 25 |
| 19 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 25 |
| 20 | Duncan Adams Limited - in Administration | 23 |
| 29 April 2026 |
| Miss C Merriman |
| Alfsware Limited |
| England & Wales |
| £1,204 |
| 1305645/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr G Burborough | Zerographic Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323706/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr P West | — | England & Wales | £10,471 |
| 1301264/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Ms L Smalley | Sigma UK Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335628/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr G Cassanova | Orlight Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305172/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Miss S Cheshire | Samsons Properties Ltd T/a Century21 Bedford | England & Wales | — |
| 1804516/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss G Ward | Compass Cleaning Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £1,896 |
| 2503437/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr D Matthews First | Profile Security Services Limited Third Respondent: Tyne Tees Security Limited Fourth Respondent: Port of Tyne Public Limited Company | England & Wales | — |
| 8000274/2025 | 29 April 2026 | Mr N Crombie | Principal Building Ltd | Scotland | £23,326 |
| 3335524/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr T Hunter | Babcock Critical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331476/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Miss S Duncan | Olam Quality Care Ltd (Caremark Ealing) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501061/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr T Heenan | Maryam Cleary t/a Mc Lettings & Property Management | England & Wales | £790 |
| 2304966/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Mr D Preston | Enotrac UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332312/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr F Arshad | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106770/2023 | 29 April 2026 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106770/2023 Miss R Cathcart | D & G Seafoods Buckie Ltd | Scotland | £1,815 |
| 3313885/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs H Moon | Tom McEwan | England & Wales | £2,084 |
| 3312369/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss E Archer | Carrington House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304585/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Ms H Dunbar- Brunton | Scarlett & Jo Ltd in Liquidation | England & Wales | £8,474 |
| 6029237/2025 | 29 April 2026 | Mr Paul Bunting | Norfabs Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £12,401 |
| 3335646/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr D Shearer | Validus Risk Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303735/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Miss N Kolibowska | Handmade Cake Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2202366/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr P Puxon | Child & Child Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | £27,075 |
| 1804448/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr C Jacques | Effective Consumable Solutions ( UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306143/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr C Daniel | Autodesk Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319364/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr J Williams | Thrion UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303542/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr E Bah | SGUK Ltd t/a Security Guards UK (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602666/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs K Bond | Dr Sharaf Abd El Monem Salem t/a Greetwell House Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2502243/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss L Dixon First | Charles Hunter Associates Second Respondent: ICS Umbrella Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302446/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Ms C Gibson | Home Instead Senior Care Limited | England & Wales | £236 |
| 2602994/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs IP Chielo | Dr Sharaf Abd El Monem Salem t/a Greetwell House Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 4107445/2024 | 29 April 2026 | Mr C Campbell | Kilgraston School Trust | Scotland | £17,171 |
| 2601868/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr. D Proud | TPI Aerospace Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3335557/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Mr S Khamis | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600795/2022 | 29 April 2026 | Mr P Chappell | RSL Distribution Limited | England & Wales | £13,946 |
| 3320248/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs T Murray | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3302826/2018 | 29 April 2026 | Ms B Bowman | Surrey County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3303847/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs N Dewilde | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105558/2024 | 29 April 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105558/2024 Mrs G Bain | Glasgow East Women’s Aid (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £7,117 |
| 3314821/2020 | 29 April 2026 | Mr D Sheehan | Sovereign | England & Wales | £5,366 |
| 3320822/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss L Stokes | Walsh Plant Limited / London Machinery Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 3324229/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr K Kempara | Zenium UK2 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301891/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mr D Williams | NC Compliance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000980/2025 | 29 April 2026 | P Macpherson | C D Leisure (Glasgow) Ltd | Scotland | £546 |