Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,160 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 23,636 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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 | 1,551 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306148/2024 | 15 January 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,512 |
| 8001755/2024 | 15 January 2026 | : J Anderson W Muir Ms Lauren Maynard | M Group Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6015693/2025 | 15 January 2026 | Ms O Osinubi | Mr David Rose, trading as Rose Financial Planning | England & Wales | £2,307 |
| 2308957/2024 | 15 January 2026 | Ms L Boateng | Court Green Education CIC | England & Wales | £5,700 |
| 2309096/2024 | 15 January 2026 | Mrs Sharon Curtis | Charlton Park Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2303779/2024 | 15 January 2026 | Mr C Buse | Theumi Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017329/2025 | 15 January 2026 | Ms P Rusinga | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3305304/2024 | 15 January 2026 | Mr J Abdulla | Royal Mail Group Limited |
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 |
| — |
| 2300861/2025 | 15 January 2026 | Ms L Boateng | Sahid Adamson | England & Wales | — |
| 6022840/2024 | 15 January 2026 | Mr D Downs | Lamb Weston / Meijer UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6010947/2025 | 14 January 2026 | Sarah Gibbons | Break | England & Wales | — |
| 2500915/2023 | 14 January 2026 | Mr H Lawrence | Morrison Data Services Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6028593/2025 | 14 January 2026 | Gavin Tickner | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6021287/2024 | 14 January 2026 | Mr P Walker | Action For Children | England & Wales | — |
| 8002332/2025 | 14 January 2026 | Mr Fraser Allan | Central Taxis (North East) Ltd | Scotland | £500 |
| 4102789/2025 | 14 January 2026 | Ms K L Coleman | Represented by: Mr J McVeigh - Trade Union Representative Thermoelectric Conversion Systems Ltd | Scotland | £8,010 |
| 1805742/2023 | 14 January 2026 | Mr A Boyce | JD Sports Fashion plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2203491/2025 | 13 January 2026 | James Newell | Kay International plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3306365/2024 | 13 January 2026 | Mrs. K. Englefield | Bargain Food Store Ipswich Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300262/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Mr C Squires | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 6014196/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Paul Beswetherick | Good Hemp | England & Wales | — |
| 6002991/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Mr C Niba First | Second Respondent: Resilient Recruitment Limited ResRec Limited HELD AT: Manchester (in public; attended) | England & Wales | — |
| 8001702/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Mr Ricky Gwiazda | KBB Distribution Ltd | Scotland | £7,413 |
| 6001499/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Tyrell Inniss | The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 6002484/2025 | 13 January 2026 | Mr S Bennett, Counsel For the | Mr R Crabtree, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 3300099/2024 | 12 January 2026 | Failed to attend For the | Failed to attend | England & Wales | — |
| 6021531/2025 | 12 January 2026 | Mr J O’Hagan | Richter Associates (Bedford) Limited (in creditor’s voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £7,824 |
| 6017869/2024 | 10 January 2026 | Fabio Andres Viveros Lopez | Quantuma | England & Wales | — |
| 6009657/2025 | 9 January 2026 | Mrs M-A St Joseph | Citizens Advice Gateshead | England & Wales | — |
| 6004594/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Mr B Kizamba | Marshall Motor Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6026165/2025 | 9 January 2026 | Mr R Wispy | Europa Worldwide Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017383/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Tabetha Moss | Lunar Health Clubs Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,573 |
| 1801767/2025 | 9 January 2026 | Mr J Blow | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | £15,200 |
| 6007786/2025 | 9 January 2026 | Mr C McKessy | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6011108/2025 | 8 January 2026 | Mr A Ferro | Ravenpack Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402522/2024 | 8 January 2026 | Mr M Richards | Premier Cleaning & Transport Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403752/2024 | 8 January 2026 | Mr PJ Rothwell | Islam & Co Limited | England & Wales | £586 |
| 6001295/2025 | 8 January 2026 | Miss J L Dodds | Lynn’s Pub Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6026186/2025 | 8 January 2026 | — | Sbfm | England & Wales | — |
| 6003965/2025 | 8 January 2026 | Alexander Lee | ID Medical Group Limited | England & Wales | £24,531 |
| 6005605/2025 | 7 January 2026 | Ms A Sole-Potter | The Range Home and Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6005711/2024 | 7 January 2026 | Ms K Onslow | Mr J Hodge | England & Wales | — |
| 8000554/2025 | 7 January 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge N M Hosie Case Number: 8000554/2025 Miss E Binnersley | Scottish Autism | Scotland | — |
| 3307758/2024 | 6 January 2026 | Mr S Fernandes | Dnata Catering UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102859/2025 | 6 January 2026 | Number: 4102859/2025 Mr G Tait | Francey Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6022473/2025 | 6 January 2026 | Mr. V Ramaswamy | Ernst & Young Global Limited ('EYGM'), | England & Wales | — |
| 4102832/2025 | 6 January 2026 | Mr Peter Smith | STV Television Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6014116/2024 | 6 January 2026 | Miss L Strojny | Parade Tearooms Limited | England & Wales | £5,726 |
| 6006543/2025 | 5 January 2026 | Miss M Stringer | The Fox Hole Piercebridge Pub and Dining Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6019842/2025 | 5 January 2026 | Mr N Ayling | NerdWallet UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |