Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4103802/2022 | 13 April 2023 | (sitting alone)5 Mr J Taylor | — | Scotland | — |
| 1300107/2023 | 12 April 2023 | Miss N Nash | Dunston Business Village | England & Wales | — |
| 3205519/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Mr F Catino | Becave Ltd | England & Wales | £4,906 |
| 2408796/2022 | 12 April 2023 | — | Oliver’s Hairstyling Hale Ltd and Vocla Ltd | England & Wales | £2,381 |
| 1601202/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Mr R Rodriguez | Johnsons Textile Services Ltd t/a Johnsons Hotel Linen | England & Wales | — |
| 1404712/2021 | 12 April 2023 | Mr A Sutherland | Crystal Clear Designs and Signs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502334/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Mrs B Morton | Leazes Arcade Limited | England & Wales | £166 |
| 1402387/2022 | 12 April 2023 | (1) Mr C Honour (2) Mr S Bui An |
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 |
| — |
| 2306004/2021 | 12 April 2023 | Mr S Gilchrist, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601131/2020 | 12 April 2023 | Mr M Phillips | Mr Lee Maher t/a AC Electrical | England & Wales | — |
| 1806534/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Mr Stenson, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401779/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Nick Mackenzie | Joyners Plants Limited | England & Wales | £140 |
| 3205520/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Mr M Sulecki | Becave Ltd | England & Wales | £1,752 |
| 1300865/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Ms S Harty (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402570/2021 | 12 April 2023 | Mr J McCormick | Wing's Technical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400032/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Miss K. Gardiner (Counsel) | Miss R. Jiggens (Just Reasonable Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303008/2023 | 12 April 2023 | R G THOMPSON | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | £11,797 |
| 3313991/2021 | 12 April 2023 | Ms Mayhew-Hills For the | Ms Janusz | England & Wales | — |
| 2406345/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Mr P Barrow Respondent Wardle Conservative Club Company Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300719/2021 | 11 April 2023 | Mr M Robinson | Charles Watts Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400013/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Mr M Smith & others (see attached schedule) | 15:17 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201436/2023 | 11 April 2023 | Represented himself For the | Mr N Killick, Director | England & Wales | £36,717 |
| 3313556/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Mrs M Stuart and Mr R Stuart | Mr A Dellar | England & Wales | — |
| 2402447/2021 | 11 April 2023 | Mr H Zain | Capital Investments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805538/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Mr H Q M Farooq | Mr M Afzal and Others HELD at Sheffield by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2417372/2020 | 11 April 2023 | Ms S Hulme and 20 others (see attached schedule) | Phonetic Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300792/2021 | 11 April 2023 | In person For the | Mr S Harvey, owner | England & Wales | £1,225 |
| 2301458/2022 | 10 April 2023 | Mr S Ferryros | Arapina Bakery Ltd HELD: London South ET (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3205435/2022 | 9 April 2023 | Mr J Crossley | TCH Housing Limited | England & Wales | £10,413 |
| 3305002/2022 | 8 April 2023 | Mrs S A Roe | The Christian Bookshop Hitchin Charity 253478 | England & Wales | £3,028 |
| 3305364/2022 | 8 April 2023 | Miss T Ahari, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2208106/2022 | 7 April 2023 | M Phatey | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1401010/2021 | 6 April 2023 | — | B Singh and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2418051/2020 | 6 April 2023 | — | Y and Z | England & Wales | £16,374 |
| 1400743/2022 | 6 April 2023 | Mr Jason Rodber | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3308988/2022 | 6 April 2023 | Mr V Karpavicius | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | £1,322 |
| 2402041/2021 | 6 April 2023 | Mr J Whiteside | Unilever UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414317/2021 | 6 April 2023 | Mrs J Paget | Create Construction Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £11,918 |
| 1600996/2022 | 6 April 2023 | Miss L Venning-Patience | Sticks Leisure Ltd | England & Wales | £1,917 |
| 2414485/2021 | 6 April 2023 | Mr O Ahmed | Create Construction Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £42,370 |
| 2501867/2023 | 5 April 2023 | Miss R Balderson | MSP Legal Services LLP | England & Wales | £735 |
| 2500966/2022 | 5 April 2023 | Mr S Bistis | Simply Greek (NE) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400104/2022 | 5 April 2023 | In person For the | Mrs L Treadwell, Project Legal Adviser | England & Wales | — |
| 2601486/2022 | 5 April 2023 | Ms Z Siraj | A1 Cars Ashby Limited | England & Wales | £10,624 |
| 3300972/2021 | 5 April 2023 | Mr M Crowley (1) Mr E Witney (2) Mr S Rolls (3) | Sterling Thermal Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £203,851 |
| 1601172/2022 | 5 April 2023 | Miss Shannon Richards | Creative Hospitality Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3204927/2022 | 5 April 2023 | Miss D Brent | Hills Garages (Woodford) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204359/2021 | 5 April 2023 | Ms X Ju | The Collective (Living) Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410368/2022 | 5 April 2023 | Miss K Jones Duggan | Nicholas Friar | England & Wales | £5,422 |
| 2415525/2020 | 5 April 2023 | Miss J Levell | Demicon Limited | England & Wales | — |