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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4103003/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Ms Fiona MacDonald | Revolution Business Limited | Scotland | £7,562 |
| 2303298/2020 | 3 March 2021 | J McDonald | Ivy League Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £706 |
| 1802024/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mr S Radcliffe | Clugston Construction Limited – in administration | England & Wales | — |
| 1602232/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mr S Botley and Mr L Canning | STA Travel Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304856/2019 | 3 March 2021 | Miss R Gammon | Lowdell Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301507/2021 | 3 March 2021 | Alfonso Navarro | Affinity18 Limited | England & Wales | £10,767 |
| 1602021/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mrs K Parrott | Formation Furniture Limited – In Administration | England & Wales | — |
| 1803557/2019 | 3 March 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 | Duncan Adams Limited - in Administration | 23 |
| Robinsons M&E Ltd (in administration) and Robinsons MEA Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2502310/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Miss C Joseph | Adam and Admin Ltd | England & Wales | £912 |
| 1403596/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mrs J Harding and Mr D Harding | Mr Mark Bradley | England & Wales | — |
| 1310647/2020 | 2 March 2021 | In Person For the | Mr W. Hawkeswood – Company Representative | England & Wales | £2,375 |
| 1800371/2021 | 2 March 2021 | Mr I Smith | Thompson Davis & Co Limited | England & Wales | £640 |
| 1601478/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr G Jones | Battonnage Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207146/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | UKRO Ltd | England & Wales | £5,497 |
| 2402995/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | Lords Roofing Contractors (NW) Ltd | England & Wales | £1,400 |
| 3314983/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | The Beeston Group Ltd and Beeston Regis Holiday Park Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413475/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Miss C Johnson | Townley House Nursery Limited | England & Wales | £914 |
| 2305163/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr K Ratnajothy | Astellas Pharma Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301537/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Ms E Valuckaite First | Austins of London Ltd Second Respondent: E & A of London Ltd | England & Wales | £10,817 |
| 2418447/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr E Heap | Hub 2 Home Ltd | England & Wales | £1,950 |
| 1600992/2019 | 2 March 2021 | Mr S Gebrehiwot | Migrant Helpline Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805812/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr K Khaku | Meadowhead Physiotherapy Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) HELD by CVP | England & Wales | £11,909 |
| 3314895/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | The Beeston Group Ltd and Beeston Regis Holiday Park Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304284/2019 | 2 March 2021 | — | Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2414648/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mr M Bibby | Clear Cloud Integration Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408127/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mrs M Teixeira de Sá | Orbis Acquisition Limited | England & Wales | £1,352 |
| 1801271/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms H Pawley | Hanley's Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501763/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms S L Bleanch | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,641 |
| 2202313/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms C Urquhart, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402614/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr T Beades | NWMS Southern Division Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501752/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr L Daniels | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £20,167 |
| 2501736/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms A Charlton | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,403 |
| 2200730/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mr T Braasch | Nest Seekers Europe Limited | England & Wales | £11,393 |
| 1300194/2021 | 1 March 2021 | Mr J Page | Carebright Evesham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200497/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr M Wiencek, consultant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603599/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr C Jones | The Social Kitchen Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403251/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr J Larkin | BSS LED Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321114/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mr C Gobell | Bloom Recruitment Ltd T/a Bloom Search | England & Wales | — |
| 1806465/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr. Stephen Lake (Litigant-in-Person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202362/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Mr D Rodrigues | Disposables and Catering Supplies Limited | England & Wales | £231 |
| 2501742/2020 | 1 March 2021 | — | John v Kingly Solicitors Ltd T/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,003 |
| 2501744/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr P Flemming | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,805 |
| 2501732/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr A G Eastwood | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,260 |
| 3321283/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Miss P Hall | And Elmfield Residential Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409591/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Dr L Fasano | Manchester Private Clinic Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £22,127 |
| 2501751/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Ms E L Huscroft | Kingly Solicitors Ltd. t/a Coles Solicitors (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,941 |
| 2405750/2019 | 1 March 2021 | Miss F Davis | Computer Planet Limited | England & Wales | £3,600 |
| 4104603/2020 | 27 February 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104603/2020 Mr R Marston | Represented by: Briskona Ltd | Scotland | £1,340 |
| 4107299/2020 | 27 February 2021 | Ms L Sithole | Represented by:10 M Ross - Solicitor Heathfield House and | Scotland | — |
| 4107835/2020 | 27 February 2021 | (sitting alone) Morag Murphy | Caledonian Installs Ltd | Scotland | £331 |