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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1304009/2017 | 19 April 2021 | Mr Dean Holtham | R1 Birmingham City Football Club Community Trust R2 Birmingham City Football Club plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3319845/2019 | 19 April 2021 | Ms Deena Chait | Inhealth Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603511/2020 | 18 April 2021 | Mr G Allen | Elhance Ltd | England & Wales | £8,480 |
| 1310057/2020 | 17 April 2021 | Miss C Derwin | Eversely Retirement Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2401501/2021 | 16 April 2021 | Mr J Taylor | Satchell Moran Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2602156/2017 | 16 April 2021 | — | Barden v W Boyes & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305260/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Mr L Smith | Adept PHB Ltd | England & Wales | £213 |
| 3314025/2019 | 16 April 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 |
| £23,590 |
| 3303416/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Mrs K. Olliver | Licenced Trade Charity | England & Wales | — |
| 3300489/2021 | 16 April 2021 | Ms Z Usta | Heyman AI | England & Wales | £8,300 |
| 3300339/2019 | 16 April 2021 | Mr D Degwa | Barton Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307575/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Mr C Church | R M Building Services East Anglian Limited | England & Wales | £11,350 |
| 3331238/2018 | 16 April 2021 | Mr N Swift | Evolution Sports Trading Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4103639/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Mr Sean Timlin | — | Scotland | — |
| 3302339/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Ms E D’Aquino and Mr D Landolfi v | Hoxton Beach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600878/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr T Matthews | SPS Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409433/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr A Wisniowski | MacDonald Old England Hotel and Spa | England & Wales | — |
| 1401627/2019 | 15 April 2021 | Mr John Gibbons | Stock Sweepers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409661/2020 | 15 April 2021 | (1) J Saunders (2) S Tolman (3) N Sealey | Sitel UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2419924/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr K Weller | Abodos Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400205/2021 | 15 April 2021 | Mr B Williams | CTECH Business Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £1,444 |
| 2301491/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mrs M Martin | Parker The Good Guru | England & Wales | £3,465 |
| 3315413/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mrs N Sable | Balneum Bathrooms Limited | England & Wales | £3,168 |
| 1402997/2020 | 15 April 2021 | In Person | CICI T/a RAW Hair and Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | £5,763 |
| 2203681/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Ms M Bosnjak | Bellezza Beauty Retreat | England & Wales | £3,840 |
| 2301312/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Ian Drury | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2302725/2020 | 15 April 2021 | (1) Marie Richards (2) Angela Salter | Chris Jackson Laundry Limited | England & Wales | £16,889 |
| 1310040/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Tejashree Tejas Solanki | 1: Wellcare Recruitments Ltd, 2: Wellcare Crewe Ltd, 3: Anoop Pappachan, 4: Shaiju Devassy | England & Wales | — |
| 1602507/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr N. Lukaris (C1) Mr. L. Williams (C2) Mr. I. Fitzgerald (C3) Mr J. Hearne (C4) Mr C. Jenkins (C5) Mr. S. Holcombe (C6) Ms B. Davies (C7) Mr. K. Poole (C8) | Urban CSR Ltd. | England & Wales | £86,571 |
| 3320088/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Mr Hammoudan | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306103/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr M Walton | Mrs C O’Donnell t/a The Olde Peculiar | England & Wales | £740 |
| 2419905/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr G Fisher | A.B.C.>Concrete Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201835/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr A Mortazawi | Tops Pizza Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305627/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Mr O Awodele, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1405225/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Miss C. Harrison (daughter) | Miss Dawson (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1309281/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Miss L Dyche First | A.S.P.E.C.T.S (Staffs) CIC Second Respondent: A.S.P.E.C.T.S (Staffordshire) Limited | England & Wales | £2,224 |
| 1401302/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Ms M Beach, Claimant’s Partner For the | Mr S Fagan, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2603452/2020 | 14 April 2021 | — | Salt v The Spencer Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2411331/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Peace Ndugba | Royal Mencap Society | England & Wales | — |
| 3302222/2020 | 14 April 2021 | — | Govenden v ISS Facility Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305230/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Alexandrea Poppleton | Cognisco Ltd | England & Wales | £1,776 |
| 1403010/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr Andrew Hicks | K3 Business Technologies Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £21,237 |
| 2600136/2021 | 14 April 2021 | Mr. AA Agbonlahor | Ntex Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1310831/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr M Thomson | GRK Interiors Limited | England & Wales | £1,215 |
| 3304257/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Ms J Stevenitt | ICP Asset Management Limited | England & Wales | £14,484 |
| 1805648/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Miss A Baldwin | Ravenscliffe School | England & Wales | — |
| 4100354/2021 | 14 April 2021 | Ms LesleyAnne Taylor | ` Hasta Manana Ltd | Scotland | £4,525 |
| 2302942/2018 | 14 April 2021 | Mrs C Brazier | Red Top Ltd t/a Simon Marden Estate Agents | England & Wales | — |
| 1601479/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Ms E Todd (formerly Ratcliffe) | Fairways Care Limited | England & Wales | £4,000 |
| 3312873/2020 | 13 April 2021 | Mr G Smith | Newrest | England & Wales | — |