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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300829/2021 | 17 October 2023 | Mr J M Silva Ramos | Pure Foods Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201160/2023 | 17 October 2023 | Mr J O Coxon | Sheep Digital Ltd. | England & Wales | £11,719 |
| 2301688/2021 | 17 October 2023 | Miss Shona Felton & Mrs Kerry Smith | Britannia Driving School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300907/2023 | 17 October 2023 | Ms Z Kirby | Beats Learning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305483/2020 | 17 October 2023 | Mr Riaz, Claimant’s friend For the | Ms Splavska, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1600867/2023 | 17 October 2023 | Ms S McAllister | Katrina Evans-Bevan | England & Wales | — |
| 3314605/2022 | 16 October 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £14,056 |
| 3320934/2021 | 16 October 2023 | Mrs E Bembridge | MGM Utility Contractors Ltd |
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 |
| — |
| 3303789/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mrs J Coley | Herongrange Recruitment & Training Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303408/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mr. R. Garner, Lay representative | R & M Metal Finishing Ltd | England & Wales | £14,463 |
| 2409406/2022 | 16 October 2023 | Matthew Gresty, Georgian Gates and Railings Limited | Ms J Dunn | England & Wales | £6,029 |
| 4101053/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Ms E McIntyre | Airdrie Services Club | Scotland | — |
| 2304000/2022 | 16 October 2023 | (1) Angel Mbala (2) Blessing Manzambi | Hadja Kieta | England & Wales | £3,389 |
| 1403407/2022 | 16 October 2023 | Mr Steven Toolis | Bradbury House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103523/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mr Graham Epworth | Represented by Ms K Athanasiou - Lay Representative Brady Transport Ltd | Scotland | £11,130 |
| 1403662/2022 | 16 October 2023 | Mr R Lawson-Wills First | Skinner’s Brewery Co. Limited (in Administration) Second Respondent: Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 1300073/2023 | 16 October 2023 | No attendance | R & M Metal Finishing Ltd | England & Wales | £2,221 |
| 1300046/2023 | 16 October 2023 | No attendance | R & M Metal Finishing Ltd | England & Wales | £19,271 |
| 3302635/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mr T Street, Solicitor For the | Innoplexus AG | England & Wales | £22,514 |
| 2300482/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mr I P Sherrin | Full Works Installations Ltd | England & Wales | £20,860 |
| 3302402/2023 | 15 October 2023 | Mr Stephenson (CAB representative) For the | Mr Rhodes (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300653/2022 | 14 October 2023 | Mr J Bhatti | Pakistan International Airlines Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 2501666/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr J Ngatia | Accord Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2214057/2023 | 13 October 2023 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100332/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Member Brown Tribunal Member Henderson Mr L Wilson | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | £20,570 |
| 2600637/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr David Kushner | D & M Haulage Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) AT A FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £4,835 |
| 3205385/2021 | 13 October 2023 | Mr T Gibson | EJ Taylor & Sons Ltd. | England & Wales | £3,300 |
| 4101937/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr D Palethorpe | Trossachs Pie & Pastry Company Ltd | Scotland | £1,456 |
| 3315464/2022 | 13 October 2023 | Mr S Sherry | Fineline Aluminium Design Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601359/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mrs L Young | Wollaton Village Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 1601649/2022 | 13 October 2023 | Mr C Cleverdon | Duggan Retail & Leisure Group Limited | England & Wales | £911 |
| 4102941/2023 | 13 October 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102941/2023 Held at Glasgow on September 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr M Michalik | Represented by Mr D Ferrol - Private Individual SBFM | Scotland | — |
| 2601462/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr R Edward | Horizon Growth Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311555/2022 | 13 October 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801834/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr J Allott and others | Addspace Furniture Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3313569/2022 | 13 October 2023 | In person For the | CJB Ltd | England & Wales | £3,215 |
| 4103454/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr George McDermid | New Apex Ltd | Scotland | £576 |
| 2407876/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Mr J Carter | HSG Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600575/2023 | 13 October 2023 | Miss A James | The Naked Vegan Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £929 |
| 1401086/2023 | 12 October 2023 | Mr G Burton | Pt Boorman Heating Services Ltd | England & Wales | £11,298 |
| 1403340/2023 | 12 October 2023 | Ms K Burgess | Wilson Leisure Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3328553/2017 | 12 October 2023 | Mr M Riasat | Plastic Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320497/2021 | 12 October 2023 | Miss A Gumbs | Heybrook College Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403305/2023 | 12 October 2023 | Ms Rachel Dekker | Global Herbs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201364/2023 | 12 October 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £791 |
| 2400835/2022 | 12 October 2023 | Mr D Cook | Greenhey Industrial and Marine Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320784/2021 | 12 October 2023 | Mr Danny Howard Second Claimant: Mr John Jackson First | Hallmark Connections Limited Second Respondent: First Choice Mini-Bus Service Limited | England & Wales | £47,585 |
| 2209268/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr Middleditch | E & D Roofing Contractors Limited | England & Wales | £40,716 |
| 2401531/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr W Palmer | Palmer Developments (NW) Ltd in voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2213166/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr P Pinna | Nocturne Wine Bar Limited | England & Wales | £1,141 |