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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601262/2023 | 6 July 2023 | Mr A Hobbis | Classic Sportswear Manufacturing Limited - In Liquidation ('The Company') | England & Wales | £4,007 |
| 2205002/2023 | 6 July 2023 | Ms Hannah Knight | Swish News Limited Swish A Limited | England & Wales | £4,910 |
| 2404818/2022 | 6 July 2023 | Mr P Spencer | FTS Hatswells Limited (in Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500070/2023 | 6 July 2023 | Mr A Jackson | AJJ Transport Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3300680/2023 | 6 July 2023 | In person For the | The Posh Hotel (M45) Ltd T/a Wentmore Developments Ltd | England & Wales | £10,475 |
| 1401638/2022 | 6 July 2023 | Mr A Goran | Volkerstevin Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200398/2023 | 5 July 2023 | Mrs L. Lucas | Harp Commercial Interiors Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,781 |
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 |
| 2206254/2023 |
| 5 July 2023 |
| Mr D Wade |
| Anstey Horne & Co. Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| £8,000 |
| 2601349/2022 | 5 July 2023 | Mr. M Hale | Wilko Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602941/2022 | 5 July 2023 | Mr R Qadir | Platinum Car Care Limited | England & Wales | £22,068 |
| 1801512/2023 | 5 July 2023 | Miss C Robinson | Compass Cleaning Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £640 |
| 1802095/2023 | 5 July 2023 | Mr M Jones | F1 Facilities Management Ltd HELD by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1401138/2023 | 5 July 2023 | Mr Z Abu Awaidh | Stephens and Stephens Developers | England & Wales | — |
| 2410323/2022 | 5 July 2023 | Miss N Robinson | Hilary Meredith Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300155/2023 | 5 July 2023 | Mrs L A Taylor | Mr L Brazil | England & Wales | — |
| 2600519/2023 | 5 July 2023 | — | The Bank at Belper and Repurposed Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402788/2022 | 5 July 2023 | Mr K Butler | Greentop Rail Services Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500349/2023 | 5 July 2023 | 1. Mrs C Durkin 2. Mr P Ashley 3. Mr S Sinclair | Dur-Tona (Euro) Design Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601226/2022 | 5 July 2023 | Mr E Ali | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2502522/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs S Devennie | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502530/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs C Taylor-Wilson | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502528/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs A Raja | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502526/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs A Ions | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 3302389/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Ms K Sivagurunathan | England & Wales | — |
| 3312721/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mr G Smith, Mr R Hawkes, Miss Elena Evryiades, Mr Dean Ferns | SOVEREIGN BUSINESS INTEGRATION GROUP plc (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502531/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs P Thompson | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502527/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Ms C McVay | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502518/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs J Brinkworth | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502525/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Miss K Harrison | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2502520/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs C Charlton | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2600408/2023 | 4 July 2023 | Mr E Harrison | Ottimo Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | £5,528 |
| 3307121/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mr Pike, Solicitor For the First | Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502521/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mrs C Devapal | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2500736/2023 | 4 July 2023 | Mr G Hunter | Intelligent Steel Solutions Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502529/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Ms S Sherwood | Short Richardson and Forth Limited In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 4102734/2023 | 4 July 2023 | Mr A Bitta | AA Logistics Solutions Limited | Scotland | £972 |
| 1400823/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Mr. James Sokolowski | Carnival plc (t/a “Carnival UK”) Hearing: Public Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2210609/2022 | 4 July 2023 | Lorna Walker | RHC Europe LLP (in creditor’s voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £56,649 |
| 2404463/2023 | 4 July 2023 | Miss A Power | Silk Letting (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,449 |
| 1403624/2023 | 4 July 2023 | Miss R Revt | Antelope Inn | England & Wales | — |
| 1404102/2022 | 4 July 2023 | - MS L MANKAU (COUNSEL) FOR THE | - Ms J Cornwell | England & Wales | £11,378 |
| 1404101/2022 | 4 July 2023 | - MS L MANKAU (COUNSEL) FOR THE | - Ms J Cornwell | England & Wales | £13,102 |
| 2304744/2022 | 3 July 2023 | Mr L Joseph | Georganics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603125/2022 | 3 July 2023 | Miss Carrie-Ann Lee | Elston Pre-School | England & Wales | £6,464 |
| 2603186/2022 | 3 July 2023 | Mrs Claire Kennedy | Elston Pre-School | England & Wales | £6,616 |
| 4100010/2023 | 3 July 2023 | — | Scottish Borders Council | Scotland | — |
| 4105652/2022 | 3 July 2023 | Mr. G Kelly | Perle Hotels Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2202825/2022 | 3 July 2023 | Mr J Wynne (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402858/2023 | 3 July 2023 | Mr B Ahmad | Breathe Services Limited FAO Aadam Muhammad | England & Wales | — |
| 3320887/2021 | 3 July 2023 | Mrs L Wiggan | Primark Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |