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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802123/2022 | 11 July 2022 | Mr S Filler | BSI Sash Ltd T/A Ventrolla | England & Wales | £1,843 |
| 3205266/2022 | 11 July 2022 | Mrs G Moss | TCH Housing Limited | England & Wales | £3,398 |
| 2409625/2020 | 11 July 2022 | Mr L Griffiths | Merc Aerospace Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415447/2020 | 11 July 2022 | Miss C Logan | Innovation First International (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403655/2021 | 11 July 2022 | Litigant in person For the | Ms Amy Jervis | England & Wales | — |
| 2205341/2018 | 11 July 2022 | Mr F Filippi | BNP Paribas London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 3311847/2020 | 10 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332532/2018 | 8 July 2022 | Ms C Hamasaki | Melarco Consulting Limited | 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 |
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| 3332534/2018 | 8 July 2022 | — | Lakshmanaperumal v Melarco Consulting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200795/2022 | 8 July 2022 | Mr L Thompson | Acola Kids Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401710/2021 | 8 July 2022 | Mrs Catherine Aspinall | St Bede’s College Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320668/2021 | 8 July 2022 | Mrs K Fraser | Lab Hair Ltd | England & Wales | £1,220 |
| 1803367/2021 | 8 July 2022 | Ms N Armitage | Ryan Simpson Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302336/2022 | 8 July 2022 | Mr N Antal | David Osborne Associates Ltd | England & Wales | £27,284 |
| 1305220/2021 | 8 July 2022 | Mr D Opalach | John’s Water Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600330/2022 | 8 July 2022 | Mr D Lees | Trade Timber Supplies (a firm) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401585/2022 | 8 July 2022 | Mr R K Gwinnell | Brixham Taxis Limited | England & Wales | £9,771 |
| 2500016/2021 | 8 July 2022 | A Lonsdale | The Barn Childcare Ltd | England & Wales | £13,155 |
| 2402040/2022 | 8 July 2022 | Mr J Cattrall | All Saints Construction (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | £18,616 |
| 2300759/2021 | 8 July 2022 | Mr N Robinson | Kent County Council, | England & Wales | — |
| 2402255/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Miss L Williams | Kirkby Blinds Direct Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,678 |
| 3314641/2020 | 7 July 2022 | Mr J Dzregah | Suffolk New College | England & Wales | — |
| 2304226/2019 | 7 July 2022 | Mr M Redmond | Thames Water Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103062/2022 | 7 July 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103062/2022 Mr S Girvan | Braehead Radio Cars Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £3,050 |
| 3323859/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Miss B Popa-Apreutesei | BRB Retail Limited | England & Wales | £408 |
| 2400072/2022 | 7 July 2022 | Mr S Whitewood | Mr C Griffith | England & Wales | — |
| 3207556/2021 | 7 July 2022 | — | Patel v UC Franchising Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307584/2020 | 7 July 2022 | Mr Aggrey Orleans, Counsel For the | Five Star Taxis Ltd | England & Wales | £32,826 |
| 3323803/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Miss C Lane | DLVRD Ltd | England & Wales | £8,720 |
| 4113661/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Mr L Anderson | Corporate Washroom Services Limited | Scotland | £304 |
| 2306011/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Mr W Elbaz | Shoe Embassy London Limited (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200431/2022 | 7 July 2022 | — | Baginskis v MJJ Projects | England & Wales | £1,967 |
| 2415104/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Mrs J Sinnott Ms R Watson Mr D Lapham | Niboco Limited | England & Wales | £48,579 |
| 2307972/2020 | 7 July 2022 | T Olaniyan | Social Interest Group | England & Wales | £1,924 |
| 2301069/2021 | 7 July 2022 | Miss G Bullions | Andrew Purnell & Co | England & Wales | — |
| 1401536/2022 | 7 July 2022 | Mr D Magill | Stagno Group Ltd | England & Wales | £3,738 |
| 1307581/2019 | 7 July 2022 | Mr N Brockley, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400813/2022 | 7 July 2022 | Mr Stuart Carey | Rayhome Limited | England & Wales | £7,250 |
| 3200430/2022 | 7 July 2022 | Mr D Jazukevicius | MJJ Projects | England & Wales | £1,967 |
| 1402621/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Mr I Howat (in person) For the | Mr A Dark (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2415113/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Mr S Thom | Greater Manchester Buses South Ltd t/a Stagecoach Manchester | England & Wales | £4,307 |
| 1404240/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Mr G Pickford | And Recruit Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319956/2019 | 6 July 2022 | Mr D P Nagle | Dawnus Ltd 'In administration' | England & Wales | — |
| 1303866/2018 | 6 July 2022 | Mrs M Gibbs | E Pearson And Sons (teeside) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200826/2020 | 6 July 2022 | Ms A Stasikyniene | East London Beauty Academy Ltd. | England & Wales | £1,671 |
| 1600079/2022 | 6 July 2022 | Mrs E Chappell | Leah Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415271/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Ms L Cameron-Peck | Ethical Social Group Limited Graham Pullan Galina Ratcliffe Philip O’Doherty RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2207097/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Ms S Kiciuk | Munchkins Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | £20,565 |
| 1803876/2021 | 6 July 2022 | Miss A Legge | Perfect Smiles Group Ltd | England & Wales | £16,419 |
| 1401258/2022 | 6 July 2022 | Miss A Mcgowan | Ben Hunt | England & Wales | — |