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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600199/2023 | 9 June 2023 | Miss D Gray | Active Lifestyle Limited | England & Wales | £11,625 |
| 3205959/2022 | 9 June 2023 | Courtney Peggs | Little Leaps Daycare Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3312752/2022 | 9 June 2023 | Ms A Gniadek | BaxterStorey Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501828/2022 | 9 June 2023 | Mr R Anwar | Tees Valley Components Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205596/2022 | 9 June 2023 | — | Crossbreed Records Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301409/2023 | 9 June 2023 | Mr L Nizniowski | TLP Haulage Ltd | England & Wales | £2,980 |
| 4102650/2023 | 9 June 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102650/2023 Mr R Draghici | White Hackle Ltd | Scotland | £2,854 |
| 2600161/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr P Gascoine | Ottimo Restaurants Limited |
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 |
| £10,259 |
| 4110329/2021 | 8 June 2023 | Mr O Brown and others (per attached schedule) | The Vapour Lounge Limited (Dissolved) st | Scotland | — |
| 4102123/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr G McLeish | Banner Burnett Hospitality Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3310915/2022 | 8 June 2023 | Mr Alexandru Bucur | The Soho Sandwich Company Ltd | England & Wales | £1,929 |
| 1801939/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr D Marsh | The Great Yorkshire Brewery Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,656 |
| 2408868/2021 | 8 June 2023 | Mrs Amanda Gordon | Currys plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301031/2022 | 8 June 2023 | Miss Heather Haley | Healthcare 1st Choice Ltd | England & Wales | £4,869 |
| 3200022/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr Andrei Pronin | NGE Contracting Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406722/2022 | 8 June 2023 | Mr S Menzies | Lancaster Meat (NW) Company Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6000539/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr. B Rychlik | Fresh Start Property Solutions Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201201/2023 | 8 June 2023 | Mr A Sumessur | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309830/2022 | 8 June 2023 | Mr Andrew James | Broadway Foodz Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303544/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Miss Erica Moore | Viribus Animo Limited | England & Wales | £1,931 |
| 2601305/2021 | 7 June 2023 | Miss Eniola Adebambo | EVCLTHREE Ltd (in administration) (R1) Culina Logistics Ltd (R2) | England & Wales | £8,364 |
| 1403180/2022 | 7 June 2023 | ALEC EVANS | BUSINESS FOCUS & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £13,522 |
| 1301753/2023 | 7 June 2023 | Mrs Sharon Grubb | Playstation Day Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £10,675 |
| 2401507/2023 | 7 June 2023 | Mr C J Barr Mr L Edwards Mr L Collison Mr J Hough Mr S Barr Mrs M Barr Miss A Wells Mr C Anderson | ABC Engineering Limited | England & Wales | £12,783 |
| 3300714/2021 | 7 June 2023 | In person For the | Mr P Scowen T/a The Cleanologists | England & Wales | £40,567 |
| 1403352/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Ms H Wood | Aster Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1402890/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Mr A Airey | AND Optrel AG | England & Wales | £15,135 |
| 2301698/2021 | 6 June 2023 | (1) Mr A Tihomirov, (2) Ms K Jaroszewska | Cognithan Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304173/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Mr A Mohamud Mohamed | National logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 1801288/2022 | 6 June 2023 | — | KTH Fabrications Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2414433/2021 | 6 June 2023 | Ms A Squire | Mr Sivagnanam Gnanachandran t/a Dales Off Licence & News HELD AT: Manchester (in person) | England & Wales | — |
| 3305896/2022 | 6 June 2023 | (1) Mr B Mills (2) Mr S Hulme (3) Mr M Lanigan (4) Mr B Kearney (5) Mr J Wade | Drainforce Rail Ltd | England & Wales | £4,108 |
| 4103350/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Ms J Godfrey | Kinship Care Midlothian SCIO | Scotland | — |
| 3203961/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Miss N Gibson and others | PARC (Essex) Limited | England & Wales | £8,032 |
| 1802081/2023 | 6 June 2023 | — | T33 Holdings Ltd and Bahadir Telli | England & Wales | — |
| 2407999/2021 | 6 June 2023 | Mr R Weston | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 4104667/2018 | 6 June 2023 | Mr C Deans | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500202/2023 | 6 June 2023 | Mr A Hudson | Mobile Auto Shine Limited (Paul Wintersgill) | England & Wales | — |
| 4109385/2018 | 6 June 2023 | Mr P Duncan | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403400/2022 | 6 June 2023 | In Person | Wirefront Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £4,600 |
| 4104668/2018 | 6 June 2023 | Mr P Forbes | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301423/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Miss. P Rodrigues First | D Brice and Company Ltd T/A D B Services Second Respondent: Busy Bee Cleaning Services Ltd T/A BBCS | England & Wales | £224 |
| 3305894/2022 | 6 June 2023 | (1) Mr B Mills (2) Mr S Hulme (3) Mr M Lanigan (4) Mr B Kearney (5) Mr J Wade | Drainforce Rail Ltd | England & Wales | £18,669 |
| 3203968/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Ms A Tann | Katie Hillier Limited | England & Wales | £7,116 |
| 1804995/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Ms C Lee | HKS Consultancy Group Limited Heard: on the papers in Leeds On: 13 October 2023 | England & Wales | £1,050 |
| 1400656/2023 | 5 June 2023 | Mrs B Osmond | Luna 3-6-5 Health Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | £738 |
| 8000129/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Ms A Seisay | — | Scotland | — |
| 3312551/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Miss L Bradley | Maria White Limited | England & Wales | £806 |
| 3323396/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Mr K Tull, in person For the | Ms C Nicolaou, solicitor | England & Wales | £156 |
| 2601359/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Ms. A Trela | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |