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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802104/2023 | 14 December 2023 | Mr A A Saif, Mr T A Hogg & Mr P A Smithies | Smart Guard Security Ltd (Dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502077/2023 | 14 December 2023 | Mrs H J Gowland | BusinessWorks International Limited Interested Party: Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 2410357/2022 | 14 December 2023 | Miss G B Townson | Vincent Bentley | England & Wales | £6,341 |
| 2500668/2023 | 14 December 2023 | Miss R Olyazadeh | Newcastle University | England & Wales | — |
| 2408732/2023 | 14 December 2023 | Mr A Marsh | Steel Dynamics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104170/2023 | 13 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104170/2023 Legal Officer B Booth Mr D Sim | Teleperformance limited | Scotland | — |
| 4101896/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Miss S Meechan | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £4,583 |
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 |
| 4101892/2023 |
| 13 December 2023 |
| Mr S Aitken |
| Indemnis Limited |
| Scotland |
| £19,827 |
| 4101894/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mrs J Sinet | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £6,308 |
| 2500359/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Miss C Corbett | Metnor Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305524/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr Masaud Miah For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302766/2022 | 13 December 2023 | Mr A Serafim | Marvel International Food Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000579/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Ms L Cotterill | WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited HELD AT: Leeds By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3311117/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr. J. Glass | Crest Nicholson Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403396/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr Darren Dunne | Marrows Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) (“R1”) | England & Wales | £3,203 |
| 4101884/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Miss C Smith | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £13,469 |
| 1303287/2022 | 13 December 2023 | Miss E Goodhead | JC Bamford Excavators Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302663/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr Jose Almeida | Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301201/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr T Tolhurst-Cherriman | Creative Process Digital Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101891/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Ms G Chalmers | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £4,083 |
| 2303330/2022 | 13 December 2023 | Mr T Turner | Hope Inns LLP (The Crabtree) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601279/2022 | 13 December 2023 | Mrs K Power | Power Properties & Sons Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,345 |
| 3300935/2021 | 13 December 2023 | Ms S Radnai | M's Place Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406596/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms J Harrington | Keoghs LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3305994/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Miss L Smith | PH Norwich Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304865/2020 | 12 December 2023 | A A | B (R1) and C (R2) | England & Wales | £780 |
| 2304123/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms Marylou Nicholls | Prepare4care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400409/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr T Rowe | Ciaran McClennon Construction | England & Wales | — |
| 1405271/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr R Clarke | National Tyre Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101893/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms L Downie | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £8,740 |
| 3206667/2021 | 11 December 2023 | Ms J Davidson | National Express Limited | England & Wales | £3,682 |
| 1403370/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Ms S Thompson | Government Insolvency Service | England & Wales | £4,556 |
| 2207419/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J E Aristizabal Montoya | Elysium Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £2,732 |
| 4100508/2023 | 11 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100508/2023 Held at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss Carol Mary Jean Innes | Represented by, Miss A Neukirch, Solicitor Campbell Connon, Solicitors, & David Morrison & John Fraser Hendry, The Partners thereof | Scotland | £13,027 |
| 4100510/2023 | 11 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100510/2023 Held at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mrs Mandy Hazel Cruickshank | Represented by, Ms A Neukirch, Solicitor Campbell Connon Solicitors & David Morrison & John Fraser Hendry, The Partners thereof | Scotland | £9,149 |
| 2601898/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr. T Ashley | Kleos Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301411/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J Crozier First | Pragmatic Web Ltd (dissolved) Second Respondent: Angry Creative (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312940/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Mr E McHenry | Kingfisher Country Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304101/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Miss G M Edwards | Jam’n’vegan | England & Wales | £18,460 |
| 1401472/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr Masson | Chambers Design Co Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £5,452 |
| 1403655/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr G Thompson | Government Insolvency Service | England & Wales | £10,424 |
| 3201783/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mrs A D Borys Ekstonicz | Mihail Arnaut | England & Wales | £1,861 |
| 2601722/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Miss R Weglarska | Kleos Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301709/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mr J PERKINS | Bca Automotive Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201436/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mr Jack Pearce | NL Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £541 |
| 3302959/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Ms J Close | Epsilon Ten Limited | England & Wales | £13,332 |
| 3302336/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mr C Edmonds | Breezemount Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305320/2022 | 10 December 2023 | Mr A Knight | RS Response Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804749/2023 | 8 December 2023 | Did not attend For the | Ms A Clark (Company Secretary) | England & Wales | — |
| 1302082/2023 | 8 December 2023 | In Person For the | Mr A. MacMillan - Counsel | England & Wales | — |