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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600559/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr B Ansell | The Green Dragon & Kitchen and The Green Dragon Inn | England & Wales | — |
| 1601475/2021 | 11 October 2023 | C (1) D (2) | R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 HELD AT/BY: Wrexham by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3314497/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Mr R Singh | New Haulage Limited | England & Wales | £3,276 |
| 2302221/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Mrs T Coleman | Home Contract Care Agency Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401531/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr W Palmer | Palmer Developments (NW) Ltd in voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 3312895/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Mr Sergiu-Florin Munteanu | Bini Estates Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3308829/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Ms M Saveka | General Mills UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2213166/2023 |
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 |
| 11 October 2023 |
| Mr P Pinna |
| Nocturne Wine Bar Limited |
| England & Wales |
| £1,141 |
| 1802710/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Kim Bright | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3306008/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr S Zaman | Petrogas Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600703/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr M Worthington | Pear Marketing Ltd | England & Wales | £2,462 |
| 1401418/2022 | 10 October 2023 | In Person | Ms H. Coutts (Solicitor) PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1300690/2021 | 10 October 2023 | Miss G Krothe | Birmingham Children’s Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2408762/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr M Broomhead | Peninsula Legal Services Limited t/as Irwell Law (substituted for the original respondent, Peninsula Business Services Ltd t/a Irwell law) HELD AT: Manchester via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2406377/2022 | 10 October 2023 | Miss A Ollerenshaw | Hightown Pub Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403036/2022 | 10 October 2023 | Mr D Butt | Heartbreakers (SO15) Ltd | England & Wales | £195 |
| 2601432/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Miss D Fanthorpe | Nayeema Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103325/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mrs. Elizabeth Grant | Sandra Jamieson, Cheryl Jamieson | Scotland | — |
| 2406293/2023 | 10 October 2023 | J O Galvin-Jones | Rupee Solutions UK Limited | England & Wales | £1,912 |
| 3201377/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Ms K Korzeniowska | Newlifes Catering Ltd | England & Wales | £1,452 |
| 1803061/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr N D Crowther, Miss W Whitehead, Mr J Riley, Mr D Barlow, Mr T Harrison, Mr S Latham, Mr J McDermott, Mr K Birkett all in person. Mr N D Crowther on behalf of Mr D Pinder and Miss S Holmes For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304389/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr H Jones | Ford Mainwaring Limited | England & Wales | £1,322 |
| 1310651/2022 | 9 October 2023 | — | Wasps Holding Ltd (in Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 1403303/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Mrs S Mackney | Metatec Limited | England & Wales | £12,006 |
| 3315877/2021 | 9 October 2023 | Unrepresented, in person For the | Ms C Van Den Berg Barrister | England & Wales | — |
| 2301625/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Mr D Hunt | Rapid Repairz Ltd | England & Wales | £2,681 |
| 2500714/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Mr M Olsen | CIS Claims Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501537/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Mr W Mucheriwa | Sharpsmart Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200397/2023 | 9 October 2023 | In Person For the | Ms C Jamieson, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 8000280/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Mr G McEvoy | McCallum Foods Ltd | Scotland | £16,220 |
| 2501617/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Susan Whitehead | Primrose Court Health Care Limited | England & Wales | £12,569 |
| 2501327/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Miss M Hunter | Sharon Appleton | England & Wales | £4,231 |
| 1403250/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Miss N Hill | Bristol services Ltd | England & Wales | £3,222 |
| 2501364/2023 | 9 October 2023 | Miss J Hall | Sharon Appleton | England & Wales | £2,110 |
| 2201860/2022 | 9 October 2023 | Represented himself For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3315327/2023 | 8 October 2023 | Mr Grenville Dias | Total Facilities Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £539 |
| 1403251/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Miss E Tibbs | Blooming Kids Ltd | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 1401165/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Mr N Muir | Knight Polson Ltd | England & Wales | £8,105 |
| 1400617/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Mr J Leamon | Knight Polson Ltd | England & Wales | £18,265 |
| 2400411/2022 | 6 October 2023 | Ms S A Bumford | Little Teds Nursery & Academy Ltd | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 1400626/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Ms S Dickinson | Knight Polson Ltd | England & Wales | £8,376 |
| 1401025/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Mr D Hayes | Knight Polson Ltd | England & Wales | £21,824 |
| 1400314/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Mr G M Siddle | Metatec Limited | England & Wales | £21,317 |
| 1401174/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Miss K Allingham | Knight Polson Ltd | England & Wales | £8,510 |
| 2407230/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Mr B King | Auxilium Developments Limited | England & Wales | £5,670 |
| 1302088/2022 | 6 October 2023 | Mr P Wilson (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £269 |
| 2213085/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Both in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300055/2023 | 6 October 2023 | Ms C Willmer | Tradewind Voyages | England & Wales | £1,938 |
| 2303611/2019 | 5 October 2023 | Mr C Carroll | Havelock International Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200808/2021 | 5 October 2023 | Ms M Bignall | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |