Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2401215/2021 | 26 August 2021 | Miss H Dalziel | Deli 169 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200654/2021 | 26 August 2021 | Ms Andrea Walters | Crisis UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2405616/2021 | 26 August 2021 | M Hassan | Assist Resourcing UK Ltd | England & Wales | £4,295 |
| 3302843/2020 | 26 August 2021 | Mr Romans (counsel) For the | Mr Dave Roberts (HR representative) | England & Wales | £7,700 |
| 2421419/2017 | 26 August 2021 | Miss N Mezroui | Next Stage ‘A Way Forward’ Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110318/2021 | 26 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110318/2021 Mr M Doull | S Carlyle’s Ltd | Scotland | £2,179 |
| 4100062/2021 | 26 August 2021 | Mr S McCallum (and others per attached schedule) | Barrochan Limited (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 3332461/2018 | 26 August 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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2201775/2021 | 25 August 2021 | Mr K Hancock | Chelsea Yacht and Boat Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306661/2018 | 25 August 2021 | Mr M Uddin | ARL Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405933/2020 | 25 August 2021 | In person, assisted by his mother Mrs E Vuitton For the | Mr B Jones, Paralegal | England & Wales | — |
| 2418294/2020 | 25 August 2021 | Mr P Sharpe | Office for National Statistics | England & Wales | — |
| 3303961/2020 | 25 August 2021 | Ms Francesca Santos | Enness Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303962/2020 | 25 August 2021 | Mr Ertan Hazine | Enness Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404618/2020 | 25 August 2021 | Miss A Centala | Gin and Olive Bars and Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107977/2021 | 25 August 2021 | Mr M Cardownie | Sitel UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2303288/2020 | 25 August 2021 | R Finney | The Belleville Brewing Company Ltd | England & Wales | £1,981 |
| 3314499/2020 | 25 August 2021 | Ms Megan Lanham | Ms Mandy Rimmer t/a Highgrade House Skin Clinic | England & Wales | £33 |
| 3305115/2020 | 25 August 2021 | In person (by CVP) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4109851/2021 | 24 August 2021 | Mr David Hughes | The Space Broker Ltd | Scotland | £1,052 |
| 2600595/2021 | 24 August 2021 | Miss A Moon | VPS PVT Limited | England & Wales | £746 |
| 3307828/2020 | 24 August 2021 | Mr J Doherty | J. Murphy & Sons Limited | England & Wales | £9,637 |
| 2304890/2020 | 24 August 2021 | Mr C Thompson | Royal Mail Group Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 2201188/2021 | 24 August 2021 | Ms D Grubb 1st | London United Busways Limited 2nd Respondent: RATP Dev UK Limited 3rd Respondent: David Bushnell 4th Respondent: Kelly Rahman | England & Wales | — |
| 1803388/2021 | 24 August 2021 | Mr B Dodsworth | Signature Vapour Limited | England & Wales | £1,390 |
| 3314110/2020 | 24 August 2021 | Ms Meike Bruyniks | Finance Giant Limited T/A Car Finance Giant | England & Wales | £602 |
| 4104941/2020 | 24 August 2021 | D Frew R McPherson Ms. Anita McGeachie | Represented by A Stobart Counsel M Gribbon Solicitor St Mary’s Kenmure | Scotland | — |
| 4108709/2021 | 24 August 2021 | Miss S McCoy | Mrs Fiona Barton | Scotland | — |
| 2300599/2020 | 24 August 2021 | K Bartholomew | Southcoast Scaffolding Limited Heard remotely: on CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1600135/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mr C J Johnson | Wilco Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400412/2019 | 23 August 2021 | Mr C Richards | & Others AND British Ceramic Tiles (In Administration) (R1) Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600287/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Caroline Archer-Jones | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £18,077 |
| 2303154/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D West | Esso Petroleum Company Limited At a preliminary hearing held | England & Wales | — |
| 1600276/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Carolyn Jenkins | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £28,132 |
| 2601454/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Miss S Saichumdee | Studio Café Ltd | England & Wales | £10,623 |
| 2413630/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Novacoast Inc. | Mr C Nyange | England & Wales | — |
| 2402895/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mr S Barlow | Paul Walsh Construction Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £3,644 |
| 1404362/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Miss R Felton | Meadow Farm Limited | England & Wales | £2,167 |
| 1403361/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mr D Lambert | 1 RB Buildings SW Ltd 2 Mr R Barons Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2304910/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs J Castrey | Sitel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404928/2020 | 23 August 2021 | 1) Antonio Valles Maestro 2) Carlos Marcy Perez 3) Gema Benjumea Canas 4) Ruben Gonzalez Fouz | Peter Lloyd | England & Wales | £26,686 |
| 3306421/2020 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs E Prince | 360 Synergy Limited | England & Wales | £2,904 |
| 2204248/2019 | 23 August 2021 | Mr Owen (CAB representative) | Mr Barca (Solicitor) | England & Wales | £5,728 |
| 1600272/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Nigel Griffiths | Bob Jones, Prytherch & Co Marts Limited | England & Wales | £17,884 |
| 1300693/2021 | 23 August 2021 | Mrs J White | Medicine First Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406003/2020 | 20 August 2021 | Mr N Cohrs | Viridor Waste Management Limited Heard: Remotely by video link | England & Wales | — |
| 3325429/2019 | 20 August 2021 | Miss A Richardson | Sheer Perfection Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 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 | — |
| 4107287/2020 | 20 August 2021 | (sitting alone) Miss Adrienne Mackie | Represented by Mr F Lefevre Solicitor Parker & Sons Ltd | Scotland | £978 |