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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2401382/2017 | 15 October 2021 | Ms K O’Brien | North West Community Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304888/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mr F Saber | Bread Ahead Limited OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1400391/2021 | 15 October 2021 | in person For the | Mr J Cooper – Vice Chairman Aeros Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3318961/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs. A. Lukasik | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2417995/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs Patricia Jones | Emcor UK | England & Wales | — |
| 1402830/2021 | 15 October 2021 | Mr M Le Tissier | Addingstone Insurance Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2308147/2020 | 14 October 2021 | Mr J Chalko | Britannia Hotels Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 4109429/2021 |
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 |
| 14 October 2021 |
| E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109429/2021 (V) Held on October 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss Y Fraser |
| Not Present Highland Council |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 1802505/2021 | 14 October 2021 | Mr W Irish | Acorn Construction (Yorkshire) Heard by CVP in Sheffield | England & Wales | £17,658 |
| 2401514/2021 | 14 October 2021 | Mr R Marshall | PGI Seating Solutions Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,405 |
| 2302600/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mr C Rundle | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 4100446/2020 | 14 October 2021 | — | MJ Ventilation Ltd (in liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2405484/2020 | 14 October 2021 | Mr J Davies | Numac Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110826/2021 | 14 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110826/2021 Miss H Stevenson | Tharaga Rajendran | Scotland | — |
| 1402758/2020 | 14 October 2021 | Mr Jon Carthy | Landmarc Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405942/2021 | 14 October 2021 | — | Lobley-Eames v Pastiche Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416830/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mrs J Martynuik & Others (See attached Schedule) | Lunar Caravans Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323547/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mrs J Chadderton | Everyday Loans Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313884/2020 | 14 October 2021 | In person For the | Mr Green (lay representative) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805817/2020 | 13 October 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £29,820 |
| 1405968/2020 | 13 October 2021 | Mr K Goodale | BKP Waste & Recycling Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401790/2021 | 13 October 2021 | in person For the | Mr M Griffis T/a The Black Horse Inn | England & Wales | £957 |
| 2201798/2021 | 13 October 2021 | did not attend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402040/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Mr S Day | 5 Solutions Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 1400804/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Mr N Stubbs (in person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402455/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Mrs M Holmes | CW (No.1) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404856/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Miss Janet Parker | Clifton Diocese | England & Wales | — |
| 1406157/2020 | 13 October 2021 | Mr A Whitecross | 1 The Bar Company Cheltenham Ltd 2 Lounge Seventy Two Ltd 3 Bentley’s Bar and Kitchen Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 3202644/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Mr A Bollen | Mw truck assist Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4112077/2019 | 12 October 2021 | Armstrong | Dates and Ms Page for the September dates both solicitors Drimvargie Limited | Scotland | £567 |
| 3202645/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Miss Rubichen Attarwala | The Newham Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400546/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr Stuart Gilgryst | TJ Books Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107991/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mr R Kumar | Represented by: Ms M Rehan, Lay Representative Dunblane Castle Ltd | Scotland | £2,507 |
| 1600302/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs M Becher | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4109840/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Miss M Misiak | La Vita North Side Limited | Scotland | £2,333 |
| 1800735/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Paul | URM (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £573 |
| 1602375/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs L Gale | Asks Ltd | England & Wales | £399 |
| 1307635/2020 | 12 October 2021 | — | Adelie Foods Bidco Ltd (In Administration) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3313843/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Fletcher | Hethertons Bakery | England & Wales | — |
| 1600125/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Gregory | Engie FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501539/2020 | 12 October 2021 | ALEKSAS PACESAS | Joe Davidson T/a Monarch 9 Fabrications | England & Wales | £1,014 |
| 2306284/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Miss P Labana | Celerity Ls Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204649/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Crawford | CW (No.1) Limited | England & Wales | £4,444 |
| 1405341/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs N Southcott | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 4110620/2021 | 12 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110620/2021 Mrs M Healy | F Pubs Limited | Scotland | £5,146 |
| 1601365/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms H Grindley | Coppersun Dental Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3315470/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr M SIngh | Casey Farquharson trading as Commun IT | England & Wales | £1,780 |
| 3305312/2021 | 11 October 2021 | In person assisted by her friend Mr T Wyatt For the | Mr Hollebon (Solicitor with Harrison Clark) Strike Out Decision – | England & Wales | — |
| 2204200/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Mr. A Farah | Eroth-Mitie Property Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | £10,688 |
| 2302471/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr M Friend | Pressed Supplied Limited | England & Wales | £3,679 |