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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000183/2023 | 2 November 2023 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000183/2023 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform at Edinburgh on October 2023 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Jörg Zimmermann | Heriot-Watt University | Scotland | — |
| 2303081/2023 | 2 November 2023 | Ms Philomena Lydon | Serenity School Crawley Limited | England & Wales | £1,040 |
| 3310693/2022 | 2 November 2023 | Miss K Easter-Bauly | T Jegajeevan | England & Wales | — |
| 2300153/2023 | 2 November 2023 | Mrs J Knight | Natural Body Care Studio Ltd | England & Wales | £6,894 |
| 6016325/2025 | 2 November 2023 | In-person For the | DGS Partnership CYF | England & Wales | £3,245 |
| 1302984/2023 | 1 November 2023 | MR VLAD MIHAILESCU | Orbital Gas Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305386/2020 | 1 November 2023 | Ms C C Gentry | West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 2602997/2021 | 1 November 2023 | Miss C Beales | Gi Group Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000986/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Mr B Lawson | Park Holidays UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407102/2023 | 1 November 2023 | S Attwood | The Lupin Foundation | England & Wales | £15,050 |
| 1401353/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Yasmin Moore | Aqura Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | £16,055 |
| 1803844/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Mr J Swiffen | TrackerTeam Ltd | England & Wales | £3,312 |
| 3305771/2021 | 1 November 2023 | Ms L Iqbal Counsel For the | Ms D Gilbert Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 4104303/2023 | 1 November 2023 | — | Artydough Ltd | Scotland | £5,035 |
| 1304493/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Mr A Cooper | Goldby Wealth Management LLP | England & Wales | £5,995 |
| 4102856/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Ms Tracey Smith | The Restaurant Group (UK) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600106/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Mr L Beavan | Primo Amore Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303798/2022 | 1 November 2023 | Mr R Ninnim | Currys plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2600410/2023 | 1 November 2023 | Mr M Dimitrov | Lakeside Events Nottingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205784/2022 | 1 November 2023 | Ms T Leach | Kennett & Lindsell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803410/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Miss C Smith | Just Paper Tubes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2209258/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr A Beever | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | £2,025 |
| 1400999/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Miss Elizabeth Kenyon | Mr Steven Carter | England & Wales | £4,390 |
| 2409504/2022 | 31 October 2023 | Mrs L Andrews (1) Mr B Andrews (2) | Charlie James Pie & Mash Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103510/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr A Gilmour | Mears Supported Living Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201334/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr C Biro | BDR Enterprise Ltd and others | England & Wales | £11,042 |
| 2600703/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr R Tinkler | TR Logistics (UK) Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,820 |
| 6000555/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Miss J Barnard First | Gadgets, Games & Gifts Limited Second Respondent: Jason Gattiker Third Respondent: Pink Planet Games Exchange Limited Fourth Respondent: Phantom Moon Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001413/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr M Kulig | Smartchoice Dental Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £5,069 |
| 2406827/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Miss C Hall | Prosperity Plus Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405831/2023 | 31 October 2023 | Mr J A Leon Lopez | Esto Es Espana Ltd | England & Wales | £5,801 |
| 1310862/2022 | 31 October 2023 | Mr S Collier & Mr K Lloyd | Pro Repair Telford Limited | England & Wales | £10,081 |
| 2302558/2023 | 30 October 2023 | Mrs Annette Symmonds | Grosvenor & St James Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 1403366/2022 | 30 October 2023 | Mr M Jennings | Galos Plymouth Limited | England & Wales | £2,351 |
| 3300557/2023 | 30 October 2023 | No appearance, decided on the papers For the | No appearance, decided on the papers | England & Wales | £750 |
| 4102136/2023 | 30 October 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102136/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on October 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mrs Jacqueline Majella Butler | Campbell Connon, Solicitors & David Morrison & John Fraser Hendry, The Partners thereof | Scotland | £14,398 |
| 2301506/2021 | 30 October 2023 | Mr C Powell | Pivot Recruitment Ltd (Georgie Chenery) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801305/2023 | 30 October 2023 | Mr A Varley | Trade Hydro Ltd (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,625 |
| 1404311/2022 | 30 October 2023 | Miss Laura Carter | AND Careinmyhome Limited | England & Wales | £3,690 |
| 1804820/2023 | 30 October 2023 | Ms. S Ijzereef First | Swish A Limited | England & Wales | £31,536 |
| 2308154/2020 | 30 October 2023 | Miss R Montiadora | Hani Mansour M Khafaji | England & Wales | — |
| 2500924/2023 | 30 October 2023 | — | Foodcourt & Cocktails Ltd and others | England & Wales | £240 |
| 2300433/2021 | 30 October 2023 | Mr A Spain | Coombs (Canterbury) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000867/2023 | 30 October 2023 | Mr T Lynch | Mr N A Constantino trading as Sea & Earth Chip Shop | England & Wales | £2,211 |
| 2500360/2022 | 30 October 2023 | Mr A Wright | Callie Best | England & Wales | £22,944 |
| 3303686/2024 | 29 October 2023 | Mr R Ross, Counsel For the | Mr A Williams, Legal Representative | England & Wales | £13,708 |
| 2403648/2023 | 28 October 2023 | Mrs L Jones Ms N Jones Mrs J Pollitt | Peter Cornelius Limited | England & Wales | £10,485 |
| 2301496/2021 | 28 October 2023 | Mr B West | Caddy Group Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400850/2023 | 27 October 2023 | Mr D Witts | Martindales Limited | England & Wales | £607 |
| 2405552/2020 | 27 October 2023 | Mr Z Akbar | Bestway Wholesale Limited | England & Wales | — |