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Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3306539/2022 | 28 May 2023 | Dr A Kostin | Digial Barriers Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602275/2022 | 28 May 2023 | Alison Crump Smith | Secretary of State & 7 Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3315013/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Miss S S SIVAKUMAR | M L Academy Ltd | England & Wales | £978 |
| 1309585/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Miss T Farkas | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2212110/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Mr Z Ahmed | Copland Advertising Ltd | England & Wales | £3,077 |
| 2200286/2023 | 26 May 2023 | Mr A Opoku | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310880/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Miss E Jones | Pro Repair Telford Limited | England & Wales | £2,910 |
| 3300456/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Marielle Brouwer | Peter Radelat, t/a PR Employment Law Specialists |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2216027/2023 | 26 May 2023 | Mr Yoosefinejad | East Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313662/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Mr M Khan | AR Healthcare and Pharma Ltd | England & Wales | £3,567 |
| 2203810/2022 | 26 May 2023 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802932/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Mr L Wilson, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204162/2023 | 26 May 2023 | Miss E Pestell | Anabela Chan Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807282/2022 | 26 May 2023 | 1. Richard Cook 2. Jason Lodge 3. Paul Dawson 4. Billy Dobson 5. Michael Hancock 6. David Maunder | Food Service Logistics Limited Heard by CVP Remote Video Link | England & Wales | — |
| 3201544/2021 | 26 May 2023 | Mr M Thornley | Lidl GB | England & Wales | — |
| 2303539/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Miss D Richards | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320615/2021 | 26 May 2023 | Mr Wladyslaw Czyzewski | NK MOT Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308876/2022 | 25 May 2023 | In Person | Ms. D. Hemming, Lay Representative | England & Wales | £19,312 |
| 4102219/2023 | 25 May 2023 | Mrs E Da Silva | Represented by:10 Mr J Thompson - Lay Representative Duck Bay Hotel | Scotland | — |
| 2304939/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mr G Anning | Bell Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,209 |
| 2603026/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Edward Tomczyk | George H Kimes | England & Wales | — |
| 1801446/2023 | 25 May 2023 | William Odell First | Randstad Solutions Limited Second Respondent: The North Yorkshire Council Third Respondent: Matrix SCM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205773/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mr C Razc | Kasko Parts Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2213007/2023 | 25 May 2023 | Mr Bonev | Headstart App Limited | England & Wales | £56,500 |
| 2409773/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mrs P Paili | Refuel Forecourt Limited | England & Wales | £10 |
| 3204755/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Ms J Woodley | Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101928/2023 | 25 May 2023 | — | Bathgate Family Law Practice Ltd | Scotland | £8,500 |
| 2415221/2021 | 25 May 2023 | Miss L Fitzgerald | Haird Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301134/2021 | 25 May 2023 | Mr O I Osadugba | St George’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403768/2022 | 25 May 2023 | In person For the | Churchlake Care Partnership LLP | England & Wales | £11,029 |
| 2300477/2023 | 25 May 2023 | Mr H Monument | Emcor UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1310272/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mr N Breillat | Oxbridge Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600523/2023 | 25 May 2023 | Mr. O Stretton | Jim Donaldson | England & Wales | — |
| 2602845/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mr A Tomlinson | The Bigger Fish Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602774/2022 | 25 May 2023 | Mrs Lorna Bateman | Mr Tony Walker | England & Wales | £8,360 |
| 3305161/2022 | 24 May 2023 | — | Coastal Partnership and NHS Confederation | England & Wales | — |
| 3200522/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Mr C Searl | The Cricketers (2006) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500019/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Mr C Echendu (Administrator of the estate of Obiukwu Chigozie Iwuchukwu) First | South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Second Respondent: Dr I Martin Heard in person at Newcastle | England & Wales | £8,946 |
| 1800968/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Miss M Rook Ms L Bailey Mr R Holmes Miss S Young Miss S Thompson Miss C Saville Miss S Jaques Mrs KA Morris Miss J Hayden Mr G Downing Miss S Smith Mr M Mason Miss S Brewer | Accepted Money Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £4,020 |
| 1600349/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Miss S Sharp | OC Cake Company Limited | England & Wales | £683 |
| 2600146/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Mr Simon Hedley | Birds (Derby) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205484/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr L Buckley | Barge East Ltd. | England & Wales | £422 |
| 3311175/2022 | 24 May 2023 | In person (with an interpreter as necessary) For the | Mr Alex Clark (In house solicitor: by CVP) | England & Wales | £238 |
| 2304814/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Miss J Tuffey | Fusion Dining Company Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,080 |
| 1600302/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mrs T Dilibe | Woodhaze Limited t/a Window to the Womb (Swansea) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3305934/2022 | 24 May 2023 | Mr N Parkes | Street Eats Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401206/2023 | 24 May 2023 | Mr P Kosinski | Hawkley Group Limited | England & Wales | £2,723 |
| 2207389/2022 | 23 May 2023 | Mr P Serra | Hot Stone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401831/2022 | 23 May 2023 | Mr C Porteous | Id Ssc Limited | England & Wales | £1,390 |
| 4108204/2022 | 23 May 2023 | Ms A Crozier | Represented by: Herself Reem Gleam Cleaning Limited | Scotland | £5,400 |