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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302105/2018 | 2 June 2021 | Miss A Aspell | Oliver Askaroff | England & Wales | — |
| 1403800/2020 | 2 June 2021 | Mrs D Hutchinson Mr P O’Donnell | Norville Group Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1800242/2021 | 1 June 2021 | Mr I Walker | Automotion CPM Ltd t/a Car Motion HELD by: CVP | England & Wales | £14,300 |
| 4108941/2021 | 1 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108941/2021 Mr S Wilson | Hoggett Creative Limited | Scotland | £4,385 |
| 2302658/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Mr R Geere | H Sivyer Transport Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104627/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Member N Elliot Tribunal Member M McAllister Stuart Dorrans | Duracare Limited t/a Spearhead | Scotland | £720 |
| 3303833/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Miss I Katz | Chalfont Hotels Limited t/a Kings Arms Hotel | England & Wales | £4,304 |
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 |
| 1 June 2021 |
| Mrs S Tarbatt |
| Manchester Airport plc |
| England & Wales |
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| 2409603/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Mr J Williams | North Wales Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 4107475/2020 | 1 June 2021 | — | B&Q Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2205706/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Mr S Buchanan | Moore Kingston Smith Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800184/2021 | 1 June 2021 | Ms C A Charlton | Active Cleaning Limited HELD in Sheffield (attended) | England & Wales | £7,134 |
| 3327257/2019 | 30 May 2021 | Ms C. Douglas | The Clancy Group of Companies | England & Wales | £15,005 |
| 1405402/2020 | 28 May 2021 | In person For the | Simms v H Burke | England & Wales | £742 |
| 2402279/2021 | 28 May 2021 | Mr P Martin | Advanced Integrated Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,495 |
| 2500139/2021 | 28 May 2021 | Mrs D Davison | Horden Comrades Social Club And Institute Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311637/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr R Midgley | Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 2401021/2021 | 28 May 2021 | Mr G Hand | Alan Thompson Motor Engineers Ltd | England & Wales | £2,736 |
| 2500186/2019 | 28 May 2021 | Alexander Richardson | HMO NE Limited t/a Forevercare | England & Wales | — |
| 3303733/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Ms J O’Neill (McKenzie Friend). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807168/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr A Chowdhury | Atiqun Nabi | England & Wales | — |
| 3303759/2019 | 28 May 2021 | Mr R Grozdanov | Redstone Converged Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401015/2021 | 28 May 2021 | Mr P Wainwright | JWT Commercial Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | £2,378 |
| 2300445/2019 | 28 May 2021 | Ms A Chute (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807049/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Miss Z Charlesworth | Walsingham Support | England & Wales | — |
| 3312671/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr LA Bacica | Walls And Floors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400149/2020 | 28 May 2021 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304523/2018 | 28 May 2021 | Mr Steven Haynes | Musicians’ Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2501414/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr D Jardine | D.M & E.A McClurg | England & Wales | £449 |
| 2203759/2019 | 27 May 2021 | Mr A Gallagher | Dr Farooq Bajwa trading as Bajwa and Co Solicitors | England & Wales | £35,953 |
| 1405787/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mrs C Trott | Grubs Up Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £729 |
| 2300883/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Not in attendance For the | Mr D Watkins, Finance Director | England & Wales | — |
| 1308860/2019 | 27 May 2021 | Mr Richard Ennis, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402880/2021 | 27 May 2021 | Mr C R Whittle | Olive And Grape Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1311225/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr C Jackson | E.on Connecting Energies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304824/2019 | 27 May 2021 | Jack Pearce | National Business Communications Limited | England & Wales | £623 |
| 2200398/2021 | 27 May 2021 | Mr M Zucchelli | Sunny Art Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405397/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr L Strickland | Meadowbank Homebuilders Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £2,083 |
| 2602737/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Ms L Whitehall | Ulverscroft Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500528/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr D Liddle | Bonds Foundry Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305242/2019 | 27 May 2021 | Ms M Rukudzo, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3304872/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr J Cameron | And Superdrug Stores plc Held by telephone on 27 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2500271/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr F Robinson | Bonds Foundry Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2418299/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr D Gilmore | Birkdale Park Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2301795/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr E Chandraharan | St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2500234/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr A Elston | Bonds Foundry Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305972/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Mr Mohammad Khan | Professional Pizza Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207742/2020 | 26 May 2021 | (1) Mr D Helm (2) Ms E Gavin | Liongate Securities LLP | England & Wales | £117,036 |
| 2500375/2021 | 26 May 2021 | Miss J Herrington | Health Finder Pro Limited | England & Wales | £772 |
| 2307164/2020 | 26 May 2021 | A Freeman | Sainsbury Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |