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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2408993/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mrs N Fisher | Connect Medical Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204701/2019 | 18 February 2021 | Ms Perla Cunha | Leather Unlimited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304492/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr T Baker | Riva Surveyors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201268/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mrs Leigh Hedley-Mansfield | Comeval Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202979/2019 | 18 February 2021 | — | OTGL Ltd | England & Wales | £12,359 |
| 3201719/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr P Nechita | Epidaurus Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307273/2019 | 18 February 2021 | in person For the | Mr Dar, director | England & Wales | £6,321 |
| 2401430/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Miss A Reece | Branded RS Trading Limited | England & Wales |
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 |
| — |
| 2204153/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr P Wilson, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302970/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr D Murphy | Apcoa Parking Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200327/2020 | 18 February 2021 | Mr L Sapsford | PRL Realisations Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1308779/2019 | 18 February 2021 | Mrs L Mole | Mehar Retail Limited &Others | England & Wales | £14,157 |
| 2301390/2020 | 18 February 2021 | In Person For the | Mr John McArdle, Chartered Legal Executive | England & Wales | — |
| 2417514/2020 | 18 February 2021 | in person For the | Mrs N Shukla (director of respondent company) | England & Wales | £1,026 |
| 1402576/2020 | 17 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603658/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Mrs J Clarke | Lets Talk Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £6,606 |
| 2603721/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Miss M Murphy | Lets Talk Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £3,034 |
| 2300673/2019 | 17 February 2021 | Ms Ulla Luttners Represented by: Mr Kennedy of Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408110/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Mr Liam King | Fylde Sports UK Ltd | England & Wales | £3,934 |
| 4105450/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Ms Kristyna Hozakova | Vimo Ltd | Scotland | £1,161 |
| 2603939/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Miss H Schindler | Lets Talk Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £7,691 |
| 1400999/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Mr D Afonso | Chester Buildings Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304103/2019 | 17 February 2021 | Ms C Loizou | Stock Hill Medical Centre (a partnership) | England & Wales | £11,738 |
| 4101181/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Member N Elliot Tribunal Member J Gallacher Ms S Davis | Represented by Mr J Campbell - Family Friend Wm Donnelly & Co Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2502238/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Callum Fysh | Hedley Design Limited | England & Wales | £4,268 |
| 4102981/2020 | 17 February 2021 | — | The AA | Scotland | — |
| 4107706/2019 | 17 February 2021 | (sitting alone) Ms L Walsh | Inco Marketing Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1402538/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Mr N Potts | Commercial IT Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501076/2021 | 17 February 2021 | Mr K Young | North Tyneside Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2502275/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Mrs S Armstrong | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500793/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Nigel Stewart | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2604073/2020 | 17 February 2021 | Miss K Charles | Lets Talk Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £3,374 |
| 2409008/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr G Rogers | The Bedford Hotel Blackpool Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,093 |
| 4103836/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr I Hamilton | Represented by:10 Ms A Bowman - Solicitor DHL Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4106681/2020 | 16 February 2021 | (sitting alone) Mr T Callaghan | YWR Airdrie Ltd | Scotland | £12,281 |
| 2202003/2019 | 16 February 2021 | Ms L Sylvester | I-Movexpress Limited | England & Wales | £9,920 |
| 4103631/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mrs N Keel | Represented by: Ms J Mullen - Sister Coffee Club | Scotland | £511 |
| 2409799/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr K Atherton | M & W Autobodies Ltd | England & Wales | £716 |
| 2204769/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr A Almeida | Al Arez Ltd Heard via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 2205794/2019 | 16 February 2021 | Mr A Mascia | Pizza Express (Restaurants) Ltd Heard remotely via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2300219/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mrs Isabelle Cirlan | The Montessori Children’s Hospital Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807157/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr Steven King | Automotion CPM Group Limited T/a Carmotion | England & Wales | £4,145 |
| 2401723/2020 | 16 February 2021 | — | Everydayz Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306005/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Miss Sue Ellis, Lay Representative & Support Worker For the | Mrs S Riaz, Solicitor By consent, this hearing took place against the background of the coronavirus pandemic; and was conducted remotely by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) in accordance with safe practice and guidelines. | England & Wales | — |
| 4103515/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr P Nykiel | Mulroy Civil Engineering Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £4,692 |
| 2305339/2019 | 16 February 2021 | Mr Toby Fieldhouse | Penshurst Fine Foods | England & Wales | £1,641 |
| 1306635/2019 | 16 February 2021 | Ms R White (Counsel) For the | Mr C Price | England & Wales | — |
| 2203590/2019 | 16 February 2021 | In person Accompanied by his mother Lindsay Boswell. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2205681/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mr E Jackson | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2205600/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Ms. E Bogdan | Gordon Yates Limited | England & Wales | £3,750 |