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Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4106765/2023 | 25 July 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106765/2023 Held at Aberdeen on May 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry | Miss Pauline McLaren D & G Seafoods Buckie Ltd | Scotland | £3,130 |
| 2204235/2021 | 25 July 2024 | (1) Mr M Heinl (2) Ms H Laikko | Moving Brands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2213210/2024 | 25 July 2024 | Mr S Price | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Heard via CVP (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310654/2023 | 25 July 2024 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | £6,479 |
| 2403435/2022 | 25 July 2024 | Mr. J Ramos Ribeiro | Cibo Ltd (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 8000550/2023 | 25 July 2024 | Dr S Singh and Mrs Z Zwanenburg Ms C Blackley | Create and Prosper Financial Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2406625/2022 | 25 July 2024 | Mr C Harwood | SLG DB Limited (in compulsory liquidation) |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2603152/2023 | 25 July 2024 | Mrs K Smith | Tecura Healthcare Group Limited | England & Wales | £3,734 |
| 1308651/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Ms A. Parrish | Olive Catering Services Tribunal: Midlands West (on papers) | England & Wales | — |
| 1307926/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Miss Kashmir Kaur | Guardian Homes (Midlands) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411752/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Mrs A Sutton | Intuitive Early Years Ltd | England & Wales | £4,224 |
| 2306157/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Mr. W. Clark | Real Places Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600100/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Miss R Bevan & Miss K Davies | Hardy Evans Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2217778/2024 | 24 July 2024 | Mr J Smith | Behold.AI Technologies Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | £11,541 |
| 3308070/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Mrs E Almond | Thunder Bus Ltd / William Manning | England & Wales | — |
| 6000328/2024 | 24 July 2024 | In person | Mr Collingwood, director | England & Wales | — |
| 1600694/2024 | 24 July 2024 | Mr R Gamble | Instant Business Communications Limited | England & Wales | £61,028 |
| 2502267/2023 | 24 July 2024 | Mr J G Soulsby | Posi-thread (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403823/2023 | 24 July 2024 | In Person For the | Mrs J Skeating, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2213097/2024 | 24 July 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313404/2022 | 24 July 2024 | No attendance For the | Mr L Baker (Advocate) | England & Wales | — |
| 6006480/2024 | 23 July 2024 | Mr b akinropo | Gapkare Limited | England & Wales | £2,314 |
| 2201951/2024 | 23 July 2024 | Mr A Ali | HCB Franchising Ltd t/a Headcase Barbers | England & Wales | £9,130 |
| 1400386/2024 | 23 July 2024 | Mr R Burfoot | Kwc (south West) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500933/2024 | 23 July 2024 | A Wem | Middlesbrough Empire 2008 Ltd HELD AT: Newcastle (by video) | England & Wales | £2,549 |
| 2413101/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Mr D Ahern | Burys Solicitors Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | £8,718 |
| 2301173/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Mr C Meakin | STR 48 Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,825 |
| 2408973/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Mrs G Miller | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £2,540 |
| 3202223/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Ms M Johnson | SS1 Entertainments Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £7,319 |
| 1602550/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Mrs H Harris | Coco Blush Boutique International Limited | England & Wales | £15,369 |
| 2303060/2024 | 23 July 2024 | Mr A Kaneshakuganathan | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301036/2023 | 23 July 2024 | Mrs Ghada Al- Naimi | Buildmaster Construction Services Limited | England & Wales | £7,504 |
| 3300946/2024 | 23 July 2024 | Ms. B. Lundberg | Unikey Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305600/2021 | 23 July 2024 | Mr D Amponsah | Vinci Construction UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200605/2024 | 22 July 2024 | Mr C Moore | SCK Group Ltd PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | £2,064 |
| 2600660/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr A Howarth | Maxine Miller (Deceased) T/A Humber Street Bun Shop | England & Wales | £5,131 |
| 2412132/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr P Gregory | NP Integrated Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £1,767 |
| 2306760/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr J Beeby First | Secretary of State for Business and Trade Second Respondent: AG Homes Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1301745/2023 | 22 July 2024 | — | HRS Family Law Solicitors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304233/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr Tony Wright | R.H. Claydon Ltd Remedy Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2301658/2024 | 22 July 2024 | Mr Matthew Burton-Bowen | Hybrid Fitness Support Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) Secretary of State for Business and Trade | England & Wales | £7,739 |
| 3312301/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr Steven Harknett | Living Sport Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sports Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408728/2022 | 22 July 2024 | Ms Sebina Malik | Department for Work and Pensions RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 8000776/2024 | 22 July 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000776/2024 P Dimitrov | Viva Italia Ltd | Scotland | £5,377 |
| 3313178/2023 | 22 July 2024 | Mr D Simpson | XP Auto Ltd | England & Wales | £2,183 |
| 1405215/2023 | 20 July 2024 | Ms J Al-Janabi, Solicitor For the First | Mrs C Leat | England & Wales | £39,842 |
| 2411563/2023 | 19 July 2024 | Miss Nadia Sharif | WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310864/2023 | 19 July 2024 | Mrs J Lamont | Owl Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | £8,533 |
| 2401135/2024 | 19 July 2024 | Mr G Benton | Tyrecraft Liverpool Limited | England & Wales | £7,042 |
| 3306977/2023 | 19 July 2024 | Mr G Baldwin | Firexo Ltd | England & Wales | — |