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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600276/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Carolyn Jenkins | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £28,132 |
| 2303154/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D West | Esso Petroleum Company Limited At a preliminary hearing held | England & Wales | — |
| 2304910/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs J Castrey | Sitel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413630/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Novacoast Inc. | Mr C Nyange | England & Wales | — |
| 1301031/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Miss B Patel | 5 Solutions t/a Gourmet 4 | England & Wales | £2,303 |
| 1805301/2020 | 20 August 2021 | — | Roanza Solutions Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1406003/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mr N Cohrs | Viridor Waste Management Limited Heard: Remotely by video link | England & Wales | — |
| 4107287/2020 |
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 |
| 20 August 2021 |
| (sitting alone) Miss Adrienne Mackie |
| Represented by Mr F Lefevre Solicitor Parker & Sons Ltd |
| Scotland |
| £978 |
| 3320923/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Mr Frame, Solicitor For the | Miss Henning, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2304809/2020 | 20 August 2021 | T Sterry | Automotive Repair Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805892/2020 | 20 August 2021 | M Walker | Openreach Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3301377/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Ms C Meister | STS Education Group Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £10,814 |
| 3325429/2019 | 20 August 2021 | Miss A Richardson | Sheer Perfection Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300224/2021 | 20 August 2021 | Jacqueline Tatler | The Tanning Studio Milton Limited | England & Wales | £9,177 |
| 3300598/2021 | 19 August 2021 | — | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602362/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Ms L. Smith | Leah Ltd t/a Miskin Manor Hotel & Health Centre HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | £2,521 |
| 1300494/2021 | 19 August 2021 | Mr A. Mirzadeh | N D B Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804855/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mr Z Booth | DWS Realisations Limited (In creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312897/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Mrs L Herman | And Ruth Eckhardt Limited Held by CVP on 19 August 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 3200969/2020 | 19 August 2021 | Miss G Birgiolaite | Time Wholesale Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306569/2020 | 19 August 2021 | In person. For the | Thomas Goldup | England & Wales | — |
| 2200818/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Miss S Sinnott | Clubify Limited | England & Wales | £3,388 |
| 3220172/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr N. Nazir | Youshipping.co.uk Ltd | England & Wales | £2,892 |
| 2406091/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mrs C Kenworthy | Think Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600671/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Ms E Woodward-Bennett | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2600435/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Mr M Patel | Volga Investment Ltd Heard: by Cloud Video Platform (Midlands East) | England & Wales | £9,686 |
| 1806857/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr N Taylor | The Deltic Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1601446/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr G Edward | Brookson CIS Solutions Limited trading as Brookson One | England & Wales | £795 |
| 3310197/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Mrs C Howland | Gardarica Ltd | England & Wales | £3,175 |
| 3324710/2019 | 18 August 2021 | Ms D. Vidal | Harrow Council | England & Wales | £3,206 |
| 2601410/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Ms S Stafford | ICE Training & Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £2,440 |
| 1804634/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mrs J Bedford | Black Mouse Cheese and Wine Emporium Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £29,934 |
| 1806838/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mrs K Goodman | Bm Retail Limited T/a Bonmarché | England & Wales | — |
| 3307371/2020 | 18 August 2021 | (1) Mrs C Haywood (2) Mr S Haywood | Mr K Croxon (Bucks Property Care) | England & Wales | £17,458 |
| 2502734/2019 | 18 August 2021 | Ms J Wall | Alison Ross and Mark Ross (trading as Hairbase) | England & Wales | £2,989 |
| 2419456/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr B Aboagye | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500498/2021 | 18 August 2021 | Mr C Oakley | Intercontinental Brands (ICB) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303003/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr G Grover | Garden Care Services (Dunstable) Ltd t/a The Secret Sanctuary | England & Wales | — |
| 1601633/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mr Graham Price | Skitech Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501409/2020 | 18 August 2021 | Mrs L Sanderson | Thorncliffe Care Limited Heard: Remotely (by telephone) | England & Wales | — |
| 1602172/2020 | 17 August 2021 | Mr I Nowosad | Ticketlord Limited t/a Flowte | England & Wales | — |
| 2201081/2021 | 17 August 2021 | Ms A Vivirschi | Loneboy Records Ltd | England & Wales | £8,678 |
| 3311739/2021 | 17 August 2021 | Mr L Major | Swinton Aviation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406372/2019 | 17 August 2021 | Ms R Jiggens - Paralegal For the | Mr C McDevitt - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3300573/2021 | 17 August 2021 | Mr N Smith | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306471/2020 | 17 August 2021 | Mr David Creek | Ressance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500792/2021 | 17 August 2021 | Miss A Murray | GEC Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £2,362 |
| 1300524/2021 | 17 August 2021 | In Person | Ms P Hall, Consultant | England & Wales | £1,329 |
| 4109865/2021 | 16 August 2021 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109865/2021 Mr J Keenan | The Construction Industry Training Board | Scotland | — |