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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3327495/2019 | 23 February 2021 | — | Miss PE Warman T/a The Victoria | England & Wales | — |
| 2202357/2020 | 23 February 2021 | — | Isoni v Franco Manca 2 UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804895/2021 | 23 February 2021 | Miss R Begum | Boots Opticians Recruitment Team | England & Wales | — |
| 2402454/2019 | 23 February 2021 | Mr S Walker (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500251/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr R S Driver | G&R Newcastle Ltd Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 2206278/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr J H Garcia Serna | Lopal Limited | England & Wales | £4,680 |
| 1301953/2019 | 22 February 2021 | Mrs K Singh | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2405205/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Ms C White | Gold Recruitment 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 | Duncan Adams Limited - in Administration | 23 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2417404/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr T Adamson | James’ Places (Northwest) Limited | England & Wales | £1,116 |
| 3201987/2019 | 22 February 2021 | Mr E McHenry | Members Limited t/a Marks Tey Hotel | England & Wales | £1,555 |
| 1310376/2020 | 22 February 2021 | In person For the | Advanced Business Software & Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £400 |
| 3303038/2020 | 22 February 2021 | — | Field Marketing Serviced Ltd | England & Wales | £7,375 |
| 2600270/2021 | 22 February 2021 | Mr R Cooper | Quack recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401318/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr B Wallace | DB Cargo (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £7,399 |
| 3201314/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr P Ogieriakhi | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321016/2019 | 22 February 2021 | Amritpal Aggarwal | World Duty Free Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | £527 |
| 2406401/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr B Litkei | Lark Lane Conservatory Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314380/2019 | 22 February 2021 | Ms J Evans | Docklands Restaurants and Bars Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200681/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr Oliver Cleghorn | S&T (UK) Limited (in Administration)«resp_others» | England & Wales | £43,528 |
| 2418428/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Miss N Garrett | Ashley’s Cakes Limited | England & Wales | £2,956 |
| 1601702/2020 | 22 February 2021 | Mr. P. Hughes | T.M. Lewin (Shirtmakers) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3319438/2019 | 21 February 2021 | Miss Plume First | HBD Europe Limited Second Respondent: SK Clinic & Spas Limited | England & Wales | £1,300 |
| 3319437/2019 | 21 February 2021 | Mrs L Davies First | HBD Europe Limited Second Respondent: SK Clinic & Spas Limited | England & Wales | £664 |
| 3305512/2020 | 20 February 2021 | Mr Peter Lindsay | Walton High School | England & Wales | — |
| 2205761/2020 | 19 February 2021 | — | St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 4107271/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr P McLean | Mr Amin Hussain | Scotland | £2,408 |
| 4105476/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr Y Bubulchuk | Mr K Khan | Scotland | £2,316 |
| 2304538/2019 | 19 February 2021 | Mr R Simpson | Plexus Resource Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401738/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr R Kidd | Bury Football Club Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | £16,451 |
| 2203734/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr G A Baryar | Masterclean Drycleaner Service Limited | England & Wales | £1,456 |
| 1403991/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs P Mills | Bristol International College Ltd | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 2304056/2018 | 19 February 2021 | MR S THOMAS | Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2413587/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs N Harvey | Maidens Butchers Limited Appearances | England & Wales | £1,517 |
| 1602183/2019 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs L Mountford (1) Mrs P Thomas (2) | Dr Anna Kuczynska, Dr Huw Thomas, Dr Daniel Hertogs and Ms Heather Crowley (partners in a partnership known as Highlight Park Medical Practice) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402159/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs A J Hickman | Mr Paul McDermott t/a Barry’s Barbers | England & Wales | £240 |
| 2204492/2019 | 19 February 2021 | Mr A Beba | Mitchells & Butler Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601336/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr B Boardman | Keys Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304455/2019 | 19 February 2021 | — | Vitality Home Health Limited | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 1600516/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr R Burrows | PMP Recruitment Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301399/2019 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs K C Bunker | Adorae Care Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1310347/2020 | 19 February 2021 | In Person For | Mr J Haimes (Director) | England & Wales | £525 |
| 3335248/2018 | 19 February 2021 | In person For the | Ms Jennifer Cogger (director) | England & Wales | £322 |
| 2206506/2018 | 19 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2502219/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs M Buller | Piramal Healthcare UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204786/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mr. O Olalemi | Apex Venture Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | £29,400 |
| 3319393/2019 | 19 February 2021 | Mr J Braham | Galaxy Sports (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £6,524 |
| 2301587/2020 | 19 February 2021 | Mrs M Leto | Vanquis Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2202979/2019 | 18 February 2021 | — | OTGL Ltd | England & Wales | £12,359 |
| 1306890/2019 | 18 February 2021 | Mr T Ahmad | Butterfly Embroidery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201719/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr P Nechita | Epidaurus Limited | England & Wales | — |