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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300321/2018 | 9 September 2021 | Miss J Fuller | CNH2016 Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3313830/2020 | 9 September 2021 | Mrs Z Amri-Khellaf | Evergreen Homecare Services Ltd (formerly SureCare Barnet Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202518/2020 | 9 September 2021 | Mr S Ahmet | Brice Aggregates Ltd | England & Wales | £240 |
| 2418203/2020 | 9 September 2021 | Ms L Copinger | 1878 Management Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £11,172 |
| 2413684/2020 | 9 September 2021 | Mr C Hughes | Plaza Blinds and Flooring Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300801/2018 | 9 September 2021 | Mr M Hillyard | CNH2016 Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301042/2018 | 9 September 2021 | — | CNH2016 Ltd (In Liquidation) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 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 |
| 4105465/2020 |
| 8 September 2021 |
| Mr Emmanuel Ofori |
| , Lay Representative Group Employment Services Limited |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 3202579/2019 | 8 September 2021 | Mr A Hoque | Tower Transit Operations Ltd | England & Wales | £1,972 |
| 2204301/2021 | 8 September 2021 | Mr J Vowles | Chevalier Technologies Ltd | England & Wales | £950 |
| 2300329/2021 | 8 September 2021 | Mr M Tomlinson-Allen | BSP (Knockholt) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107394/2020 | 8 September 2021 | Ms Malgorzata Krolik | Youngs Seafood Limited | Scotland | £7,102 |
| 1406114/2020 | 8 September 2021 | Miss S Burns | Hospitality Accommodation Ltd | England & Wales | £2,980 |
| 3311726/2020 | 8 September 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3312839/2020 | 8 September 2021 | Mrs I G Norocel | Meads Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312576/2020 | 8 September 2021 | Mrs D Ciurla | Meads Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601584/2021 | 8 September 2021 | Miss J Pizane | Smoothies and Bites Ltd | England & Wales | £2,198 |
| 2600547/2021 | 8 September 2021 | Mr D Millns | NK Motors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200653/2021 | 7 September 2021 | Mr Neil Sargent | Capstan Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306078/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Robert Crutchley | Ice Telecommunications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2307448/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mr S Lovell | CMD Electrical Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2300753/2021 | 7 September 2021 | Mr K Heath | Vidsys UK Ltd | England & Wales | £24,084 |
| 3310941/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mr Caulton, Father For the | M & N Global Enterprises T/a Just For Cuts | England & Wales | £2,404 |
| 3202623/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mr Dorel Dita | SBA Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113398/2019 | 7 September 2021 | — | JB Global Ltd | Scotland | £16,317 |
| 1803867/2021 | 7 September 2021 | Mr M Willis | SF Leisure Europe Ltd | England & Wales | £7,616 |
| 1803886/2021 | 7 September 2021 | W Bartkowiak | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4109916/2021 | 7 September 2021 | Mr William Stewart | Represented by: Ms. E Drysdale, Solicitor Scotwaste Recycling Limited | Scotland | £500 |
| 4102050/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mr Philip Gorwell | The Earth’s Crust Bakery Ltd | Scotland | £935 |
| 3202505/2019 | 7 September 2021 | Ms Rachel Fletcher | University of Essex | England & Wales | — |
| 3310899/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mr K Shaw | Aztech Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | £14,782 |
| 4108052/2021 | 7 September 2021 | Mr S Graham | Represented by:15 Ms A Bowman Solicitor C Hanlon All Trades Ltd | Scotland | £1,578 |
| 1801092/2021 | 6 September 2021 | In person For the | Bohemian Accountants Ltd | England & Wales | £1,293 |
| 1803633/2021 | 6 September 2021 | In person with Mr Cook For the | Ms Younis (Peninsula) | England & Wales | £2,185 |
| 2302985/2020 | 6 September 2021 | Mr J. Sherman | H &AB-Side Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304474/2020 | 6 September 2021 | Ms L Andrews | Hafod Care Organisation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200842/2021 | 6 September 2021 | Ms A Van’t Hoogerhuijs | Bellboi Limited DEFAULT | England & Wales | £2,569 |
| 3314808/2020 | 6 September 2021 | Mr Jay Doshi | Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300943/2021 | 6 September 2021 | Mr R Newlyn | Fairway Interiors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603586/2020 | 5 September 2021 | Mrs Galini Anca White-Sansom | Atimes 2 Limited t/a The Dragon | England & Wales | — |
| 2420062/2020 | 3 September 2021 | Second Claimant: Mr J Newton Mr M Hosford First | AIS Vanguard Limited Second Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 2402062/2021 | 3 September 2021 | Mr P Hudson | Hales Freight Limited | England & Wales | £3,404 |
| 3323407/2019 | 3 September 2021 | Mrs A Lake | And Lawton Group Limited Telephone Private Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 3300221/2020 | 3 September 2021 | Ms L Rose | Mr J.S. James trading as The Plough on the Green | England & Wales | £82 |
| 2400667/2020 | 3 September 2021 | Mr A Edwards | Troy Leisure UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406177/2020 | 3 September 2021 | Mr S Lavender | Betterclean Services Franchising Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205912/2018 | 3 September 2021 | Ms Y Azirar | The People’s Operator plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1300846/2021 | 3 September 2021 | Ms Islam, Trainee Solicitor For the | Ms Hughes, Trainee Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1803639/2021 | 3 September 2021 | In person | Mr Blair . | England & Wales | £80 |
| 2601190/2021 | 3 September 2021 | Miss L Rhea Dashi-Murphy | Seneco Group Ltd | England & Wales | £2,718 |