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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2603574/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mrs A Badwal | Mitie Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401974/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mrs Y Mills | Waterfront Cars Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400462/2020 | 11 January 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301319/2019 | 11 January 2021 | Mr L Evans, Mr D Harrison, Mr P Jackson, Mr K Philips, Mr C Reid, Mr P Hull, Mr L Mulvey, Mr F Francis | ETA Parcel Solutions Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802712/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mr D Ball | Attercliffe Liberal Club and Institute Limited | England & Wales | £4,798 |
| 2603932/2020 | 11 January 2021 | — | Prendergast v Carrington Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603087/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mr M Handley | Tatenhill Aviation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306120/2020 | 11 January 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 |
| Mr P Judah |
| HBOS plc |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 3327639/2019 | 11 January 2021 | In person For the | Ms Marnie Burke, HR Officer | England & Wales | — |
| 3301836/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mr C Husbands | And Tesco Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402880/2021 | 10 January 2021 | — | The Hair Venue | England & Wales | £2,263 |
| 2413908/2020 | 9 January 2021 | Ms A Ackroyd | Amy Thomas | England & Wales | — |
| 2206002/2019 | 9 January 2021 | Mr A Pap and 20 others | Jobs 2 (To) Go Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305175/2018 | 9 January 2021 | Mr J Hemphill | Laser Metal Fabrication Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321604/2019 | 9 January 2021 | In person For the | In person. | England & Wales | £1,210 |
| 2603149/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr RA Khan | Consortio Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311821/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mrs N Beale | And Charles Ross Auctioneers Limited t/a Holloways Auctioneers | England & Wales | £3,334 |
| 3305367/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr S Franklin - Jones | Steven Oates Property Management Limited Heard: By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2603278/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr M Chapman | Degree-Six Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £2,595 |
| 2415563/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Miss E Harding | Adliz Leisure Limited | England & Wales | £785 |
| 2406275/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr Adrian Zieba | Heskin Fabrications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202291/2019 | 8 January 2021 | Mr D Semla | Unisystem Freight UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201558/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr Kenny Olatunji | TC Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603287/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mrs D Spencer | Unison Leicestershire Health Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 2602876/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr T Le Sage | Maindrain Lincs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803833/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr J Wild | Gillian & Baines Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500560/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr S Harrell | NECS Midlands and South Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | £1,227 |
| 2603646/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr Amdad Ali | Tanber Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £10,511 |
| 2304423/2018 | 8 January 2021 | Ms Fredericka (Vann) Durham | The members of the Management Committee of the Retreat Animal Rescue, being Neil Richard Davies, Ian Henry Thompson, Dr Cara Robinson, Alexandra Elliott, Mandy Pierce, Lisa Yvonne Thompson, and Kathleen Vegan Marie Foster | England & Wales | £906 |
| 1403907/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mr Q Walker | Fonix AV Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £2,208 |
| 1401128/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mrs P Al Said | Bath Spa University PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3303301/2019 | 8 January 2021 | Mr W Armstrong | The Secretary of State for BEIS | England & Wales | £14,244 |
| 1601682/2019 | 8 January 2021 | Mr. J. Hincks | Office Equipment Systems Ltd. HELD by: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1403366/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Mrs A Davies | 1.Vision Petlon Polymers Limited (In Administration) 2.Polyram UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314022/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Mrs Alice Cubbin | Suffolk County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2201869/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Ms. T E Silva | Kehc (uk) Limited | England & Wales | £8,534 |
| 1401706/2019 | 7 January 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402069/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Ms D White | OneTek Business Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £230 |
| 3307532/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Mr R Lee | JRBET Limited | England & Wales | £11,539 |
| 1404970/2019 | 7 January 2021 | In Person First | No appearance Second Respondent: Ms J. Hounsell (HR Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806253/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Mr C Lyons | Rowland Scaffold Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405574/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Miss S Pegg | Lisa Blissett | England & Wales | £162 |
| 3320060/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Mr R Pandey | Rolta UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202404/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Mr D Rayment | Kordas Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105609/2020 | 7 January 2021 | — | Shopfitting Partners LLP | Scotland | £10,133 |
| 1403714/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Janet Fisher | Bakers Arms 2019 Limited | England & Wales | £7,415 |
| 1405249/2019 | 7 January 2021 | Mr D Brooks | Watson Gym Equipment Limited | England & Wales | £15,584 |
| 2601248/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Ms C Chime | Kitty Café Birmingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4105433/2020 | 7 January 2021 | Mr. J Kevin Horner | World Duty Free Group UK Ltd | Scotland | £2,321 |
| 1406270/2019 | 6 January 2021 | Mrs Wormington-Jones | Devon Eye Centres Ltd | England & Wales | — |