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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2213361/2023 | 10 January 2024 | Mr Wheeler | Matchstick Associates Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,720 |
| 2502070/2023 | 10 January 2024 | Mr T Storey | Combined Utilities (Hartlepool) Limited | England & Wales | £3,641 |
| 2501796/2023 | 10 January 2024 | Miss R Winter | EW Estates Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301931/2022 | 10 January 2024 | Mr R Berzins | DX Network Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303149/2023 | 10 January 2024 | Mr G Bennett | Countrywide Estate Agents Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305335/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mr. M. Pasqui | Wigmore Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301425/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs R K Singh | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £4,572 |
| 2302104/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs S Rathor |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £7,311 |
| 1400959/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs S Smart | MBT Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | £2,733 |
| 2301170/2022 | 9 January 2024 | Patricia McMinigal | Michelle Edgington | England & Wales | £10,693 |
| 2301441/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs P Vig | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £4,057 |
| 2303616/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs P Boonpheng | J Line Hospitality t/a Lemongrass | England & Wales | £15,866 |
| 2301412/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs S Mahajan | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £861 |
| 2301815/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs M Salmanian | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £1,828 |
| 3309080/2022 | 9 January 2024 | Mr J Cashin | Smiths News Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305149/2021 | 9 January 2024 | Mr C Carswell | Pyramid Delivery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311779/2022 | 9 January 2024 | Mr C. Ocloo For the | Ms C Nicolaou (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201133/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mr S Henderson | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401475/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mr D Frysz | GMJ Automotive Ltd | England & Wales | £1,205 |
| 2301529/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs Y Li | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £892 |
| 1401288/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs S Usher | MBT Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | £2,390 |
| 2403487/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mr A Simpson | JF Renshaw Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300895/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mr Young Mr M Lewis Ms D Moseley Mr F McRobbie Ms Gomm-Sutcliffe | Mission Agency Ltd | England & Wales | £32,100 |
| 2301813/2023 | 9 January 2024 | Mrs R P S Jayadevappa | Old Town Playgroup | England & Wales | £443 |
| 3304910/2023 | 8 January 2024 | Miss A Dolecka | Anita Gryson | England & Wales | — |
| 1405204/2023 | 8 January 2024 | Ms B Wake | Aquatic Chemicals Ltd | England & Wales | £1,217 |
| 1310779/2020 | 8 January 2024 | Mr G Pritchard | Fine Artworks Limited (Creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4101908/2023 | 8 January 2024 | Mr J Gavin | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £7,478 |
| 1803160/2021 | 8 January 2024 | Mr M Ayaz | Plusnet plc | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2301210/2023 | 8 January 2024 | — | Home Comfort Care Agency Limited | England & Wales | £2,720 |
| 3312559/2020 | 8 January 2024 | Mr M Patel | The Brand Room Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2215125/2023 | 8 January 2024 | Ms. Julie Hunt | Bloomsbury Business Centres Ltd Held: By CVP | England & Wales | £6,479 |
| 6003180/2024 | 6 January 2024 | Mr D | M Griffin AND Correct Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £19,971 |
| 1804379/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mrs W Bennett | 1616 Media Limited | England & Wales | £1,573 |
| 2407559/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Miss A Medcalf-Wilson | Hayllar Farms | England & Wales | — |
| 3313573/2022 | 5 January 2024 | Ms Mahmood (in person) For the | Blue Rose Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407744/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mr Matthew Low | Peninsula Business Services Limited | England & Wales | £657 |
| 2303107/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mr P Claydon | Class Technology Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804377/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mrs H Thomas | 1616 Media Limited | England & Wales | £5,689 |
| 3305097/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mr J J Oczkowicz | The Langley Hall Primary Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1804378/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mrs M Koleszko | 1616 Media Limited | England & Wales | £3,993 |
| 2304186/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Miss A B Ozbek | Stay Brighton Limited (company registration number 08266648) | England & Wales | £362 |
| 3307132/2023 | 5 January 2024 | Mr P Allen (the claimant’s husband) For the | Mrs A Acheampong (litigation consultant) | England & Wales | £4,427 |
| 2400937/2022 | 5 January 2024 | Mr M Parsonage | All Saints Construction (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401513/2023 | 4 January 2024 | in person. The | Plymouth Communities Befriending Consortium Community | England & Wales | £15,754 |
| 2302454/2022 | 4 January 2024 | Mr. R. Bouri | My Getaways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303243/2023 | 4 January 2024 | In person (via a Polish Interpreter Mr Rafal Rozycki) For the | L & M Eagle Foods Ltd | England & Wales | £2,285 |
| 8000162/2023 | 4 January 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000162/2023 (V) Heid at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss Vasilica Lavinia Marin | Represented by, Mr D Purdie, Solicitor Apardion Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2601068/2023 | 4 January 2024 | Miss K L Drinkell | St. James Fish Restaurant Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1308929/2020 | 4 January 2024 | Miss S Reeves | Kahden Limited | England & Wales | — |