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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2604044/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr A Hunt | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803842/2020 | 9 February 2021 | — | Selby Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £131,079 |
| 2300908/2020 | 9 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr P Burridge (Director) | England & Wales | £2,629 |
| 2300902/2020 | 9 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr P Burridge (Director) | England & Wales | £5,080 |
| 2300905/2020 | 9 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr P Burridge (Director) | England & Wales | £5,765 |
| 2301181/2020 | 9 February 2021 | In person For the | Mr P Burridge (Director) | England & Wales | £5,471 |
| 4107622/2020 | 9 February 2021 | — | J&A Anderson Roofing Services (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | £6,105 |
| 1304227/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Mr M King | JLB Shipping & Logistics 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 |
| £0 |
| 3202563/2019 | 9 February 2021 | Miss S Laver | The Ground Rent Business Ltd | England & Wales | £8,709 |
| 2502085/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Ms J Ross | Sedge Funding Ltd | England & Wales | £3,208 |
| 2202750/2020 | 9 February 2021 | Dr N Couvaras | The Fine Clinic Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805174/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Philip Staines | North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2415386/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Ms B Chapman | Hammond Camper Beds Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207292/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr Justin Kee Son | Santi & Santi Limited | England & Wales | £8,667 |
| 2304479/2018 | 8 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1305799/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr A Anderson | District Enforcement Limited | England & Wales | £1,672 |
| 1307518/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr S P Wilson | Environmental Energy Solutions Ltd (formerly Renewable Integrated Solutions Ltd) FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £16,340 |
| 3204562/2021 | 8 February 2021 | Slawomir Lazdzin | Messiah Corporation Limited | England & Wales | £3,243 |
| 2414502/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr M Meredith | Alice's Tearoom Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321111/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr H Elhalabi | Avis Budget UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406307/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs K Cornthwaite | Able Construction North West Limited | England & Wales | £430 |
| 2301865/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr Nadarajah Nakama | Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300199/2020 | 8 February 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202301/2019 | 8 February 2021 | Mr Sean Dubarry | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400941/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Manmeet Singh Saini | Tata Consultancy Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300053/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Mr W Zhu First | Mr X Zheng Second Respondent: Dekon Company Limited Third Respondent: Dream in Reality Limited (company dissolved) | England & Wales | £55,070 |
| 1806835/2020 | 8 February 2021 | Miss Dickens | BUPA Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203468/2021 | 8 February 2021 | Mrs. Samia Abed | Capital City College Group Hearing: Final Merits Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 3335271/2018 | 7 February 2021 | Ms Z Sadriyeva | Mr M Megahed | England & Wales | — |
| 3311997/2020 | 7 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806837/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Miss M Gedzheva | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300524/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr A Gloag, of counsel For the | In person UNANIMOUS | England & Wales | — |
| 2604378/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Banks | Tiny Buzzer Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416811/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mrs J Eaton | Laser Schoolwear Limited | England & Wales | £3,807 |
| 1308211/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Ms C A Grandison | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403742/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mrs S Cloke | Break Bucket Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602682/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Cheung First | Horizons Limited Second Respondent: Orb Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323716/2021 | 5 February 2021 | Mrs Tolseeamah Veeramundar | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202548/2019 | 5 February 2021 | Mr S Hingston | Clearspring Ready Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501910/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr A Porter | Paul Pybus Scaffolding Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | £1,695 |
| 3306501/2021 | 5 February 2021 | No attendance For the | Mr T Rubython, Director | England & Wales | £223 |
| 2603146/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Mr M Haggis | Wellspring Alternative Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2501379/2020 | 5 February 2021 | Miss N Hutchinson | Elite Hair & Beauty (North East) Limited | England & Wales | £3,427 |
| 2303348/2018 | 5 February 2021 | no appearance or | No appearance or | England & Wales | £22,000 |
| 3332483/2018 | 4 February 2021 | Mrs P Elliott | Barnet and Southgate College PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1403162/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr Russell Wincott | CDS (Superstore International) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3326453/2019 | 4 February 2021 | Miss D Patel | Hundred Degrees (UK) Limited Heard : By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2307747/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Mr. B. Campbell | Bread Ahead Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802764/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Ms A Rejdych | Polypipe Building Products Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3302772/2020 | 4 February 2021 | Ms Pauline Koleszar | Home Angels Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | £531 |