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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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306798/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Francis Mortin, counsel | Mr David Mayor, former director | England & Wales | £14,620 |
| 4100969/2020 | 4 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4100969/2020 (V)5 Held by means of the Cloud Video Platform on 12, and July 2021 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms J Anderson Tribunal Member Ms M McAllister Miss L Milroy | Represented by:15 Ms S Mechan – Solicitor Cowden Holdings Ltd | Scotland | £7,338 |
| 1801126/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mrs A Gormley | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Introducti | England & Wales | £31,993 |
| 2300404/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Miss B Norgrove | The Back Up Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2304368/2018 | 4 August 2021 | Mr Muhammad Bilal Rajput Mr Thishan Akmeemana | Sky UK Ltd By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2300072/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Ms P Malpeli | Gen2 Property Ltd | England & Wales | £2,821 |
| 2407549/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs G Massey | Clifton Street Bakery 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 |
| £8,976 |
| 2203457/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Ms H Whitlock | Socially Recruited Ltd | England & Wales | £1,833 |
| 3321478/2019 | 3 August 2021 | Mr F Shiel | And White Motor Cycle Concepts Limited Held by CVP on 3 August 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2603103/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mr P Hartzer | The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1807230/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs S Downing | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £12,128 |
| 3200569/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs S Ryan | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1301708/2017 | 3 August 2021 | Mr P Jackson (1) Mr A Carter (2) | Creative Digital Printing Solutions Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £13,103 |
| 2203602/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr M Hala | Caffe Concerto Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302595/2019 | 3 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807232/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Miss C Davis | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £14,569 |
| 3302596/2021 | 3 August 2021 | Mr. J Rajaguru | Swinton Aviation Services Ltd | England & Wales | £4,064 |
| 1806640/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Mrs K Pitt | Estio Healthcare Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301422/2019 | 2 August 2021 | Mr Dillan Akers | Ace Crew Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101955/2020 | 2 August 2021 | — | Bothwell Care Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1305676/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr I Pettifer (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4107270/2020 | 2 August 2021 | R Martin | J Stevenson (solicitor) The Greenhouse Community CIC | Scotland | — |
| 1404811/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr T Snape | BJM Group | England & Wales | £9,169 |
| 2304018/2019 | 2 August 2021 | Mr A P Fullbrook | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803364/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr U Hayat | Care Quality Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 2405606/2021 | 2 August 2021 | Ms W Royle | CDC & Partners Ltd | England & Wales | £2,553 |
| 2408915/2020 | 2 August 2021 | — | Redeem UK Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £11,700 |
| 1807229/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr G Johnston | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £16,500 |
| 1807228/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr R Bartlett | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £8,000 |
| 2400891/2021 | 2 August 2021 | Mr D Kelly | Urmston E Cigs Ltd | England & Wales | £3,219 |
| 1807227/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mrs J Currie | BM Retail Limited (In Administration) Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £4,500 |
| 3301951/2020 | 2 August 2021 | Mr M Grabowski | Dnata Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300598/2021 | 1 August 2021 | Mr D Simpson | Westcott Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207313/2020 | 1 August 2021 | Ms S Malik | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3200663/2021 | 1 August 2021 | Mr B Knight | Off Broadway Limited | England & Wales | £2,999 |
| 2201304/2022 | 1 August 2021 | Miss P P Ponzi | 1 Lewis & Graves Partnership Ltd 2 Pendergate Ltd t/a Kindred 3 St Mary’s & St John’s CE School | England & Wales | — |
| 2204943/2019 | 31 July 2021 | Ms P Mathur (Counsel) | Mr J Forbes (Husband of First Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300635/2019 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs C Muddle | Amity Blinds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502093/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr R Cooper | Hubbway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207261/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Miss T Gannon First | Gill Akrupe / Social Interest Group Second Respondent: Rav Grewal / Tumara Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300267/2018 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs K Healey | CNH 2016 Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202649/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr M Sheehan | Warley Park Ltd / Muhibur Rahman | England & Wales | £9,152 |
| 2206909/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr. A Antwi-Nsiah | London Business Conference Group Ltd | England & Wales | £2,019 |
| 2303474/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr G Tyler | Mr Vik Patel, partner, in the firm of SVA Car Lamps & Body Panels | England & Wales | £6,300 |
| 1600300/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs M Mitchell | Mr Gareth Rhys | England & Wales | — |
| 2601247/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mr M Pearch | Ubitrac Limited | England & Wales | £9,588 |
| 1405908/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr T S Lander | Yeomans Limited Heard on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 2406251/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr R Blackman | Liverpool Hope University | England & Wales | — |
| 2602917/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mrs R Bemrose and Mrs B Hassell | TSRC Property Services Ltd | England & Wales | £17,708 |
| 2405699/2021 | 30 July 2021 | Mr Zahir Khan | Café Aylanto Ltd | England & Wales | £2,879 |