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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801187/2023 | 9 May 2023 | Mr C Stephens | Innapub Ltd Heard on 9 May 2023 by CVP | England & Wales | £152 |
| 1801286/2023 | 9 May 2023 | In person | Mr C Evans | England & Wales | — |
| 1308988/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Ms B Lee | Energas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3206003/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr G Sanghu | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102607/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr Abdelhameed Elatabani | [via Interpreter: Mr Nasr] Adecco UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302588/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr B A Glazer | New Strand Motor Ltd | England & Wales | £880 |
| 2602258/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr E Adams | Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | 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 |
| 2600611/2022 |
| 9 May 2023 |
| Mr Jason Shemwell and others |
| RSL Distribution Limited |
| England & Wales |
| £26,112 |
| 1801131/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr M Taylor | Lidl Great Britain Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £2,244 |
| 1807220/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr S C Kemp | The Quality Koi Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406751/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Ms M Johnson | Skin Medical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312061/2022 | 8 May 2023 | Nathan Baird | Latcham Dowling | England & Wales | £1,659 |
| 2304293/2022 | 8 May 2023 | Mrs N Habib | Leightons Limited CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under | England & Wales | — |
| 2201819/2023 | 5 May 2023 | Mr S Bulgakov | Berg Global Limited | England & Wales | £21,468 |
| 1302875/2022 | 5 May 2023 | MR W RAI | Micro Pathology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400799/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mr H Amin | Manchester Airports Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2202564/2023 | 5 May 2023 | — | M Nwanze | England & Wales | £3,300 |
| 3300058/2023 | 5 May 2023 | Miss H Wickramaratne | FOLK Cafe | England & Wales | — |
| 1300061/2023 | 5 May 2023 | Miss L Wallace | Topcat Brewery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302101/2023 | 5 May 2023 | Ms J Grizzle | A J Architectural Pressings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402355/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mr Anis Bazza | Wired Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200811/2023 | 5 May 2023 | In person For the | Ms J Gannon, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3204759/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Miss K Dhar | Ford Retail Limited t/a | England & Wales | — |
| 3309836/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mr M Pickering | Sew on and sew forth Ltd | England & Wales | £3,984 |
| 1309377/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Ms R Hunt | Topcat Brewery Ltd | England & Wales | £5,963 |
| 3302092/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Ms. L. Whittington (Counsel) For the | Mr. S. Ryan (Representative) | England & Wales | £10,897 |
| 4100849/2023 | 5 May 2023 | Mr B Haughey | Mears Ltd | Scotland | £0 |
| 3205235/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Mr K Mpiani | Ian Mikardo High School | England & Wales | — |
| 2304059/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Mr D. Wilson | Amber Car Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3205539/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Mr L Lane | Pipeline Drain Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £386 |
| 3204902/2021 | 4 May 2023 | Ms S Ogunlola | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2201268/2022 | 4 May 2023 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402759/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Mrs K English | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4100127/2023 | 4 May 2023 | Mr. Michael McGee | — | Scotland | — |
| 1403665/2022 | 4 May 2023 | In person For the | Ame Social Ltd | England & Wales | £3,395 |
| 1401782/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Ms S Pollard | HRM 123 Ltd | England & Wales | £2,203 |
| 4101929/2023 | 3 May 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101929/2023 Mr C Else | Kenneth Martin Photography Ltd | Scotland | £11,309 |
| 2200849/2023 | 3 May 2023 | Ms B Stoeva 1st | GNC 2nd Respondent: A3D2 Limited 3rd Respondent: Keto Restaurant Limited 4th Respondent: Kerb Seven Dials Market Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601312/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Ms A Read | Marlowe Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £1,583 |
| 1600377/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Heatforce (Wales) Ltd | Mr D. Cooper | England & Wales | £151 |
| 2400894/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Mr D Verdin | M & S Transport HELD AT: Manchester (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 1301968/2022 | 2 May 2023 | In Person | Cooks Catering & Baking Ltd | England & Wales | £2,833 |
| 2603118/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr G Williams | Manton House Printing Limited | England & Wales | £12,620 |
| 2401632/2021 | 2 May 2023 | Mr C M Brownsell Hadfield Miss L Orpin | Cheshire Estates (Jackdaw) Limited c/o The Liquidator | England & Wales | — |
| 1403056/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr A Williams | Montpellier Builders Limited | England & Wales | £4 |
| 2402352/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr M Binns | Umbrella-Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402866/2023 | 2 May 2023 | Mr J Breddy | JSA Property Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300994/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mrs D Baker-Lacey | Pami Bains on behalf of Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 3305300/2020 | 2 May 2023 | Ms M Patel | Revere Riverside Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800189/2023 | 2 May 2023 | Mr N Sharples (GMB) For the | — | England & Wales | £34,136 |