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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303090/2019 | 21 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403236/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mr A Madden | Born & Bread Ltd | England & Wales | £3,500 |
| 3301985/2020 | 20 December 2020 | Mr L Kane | Allard Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500918/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr A Dawson | Roseberry Grange Community Golf Club Limited | England & Wales | £587 |
| 1602386/2019 | 19 December 2020 | Mr K Smith | Dan-Y-Craig Labour Club and Institute Limited | England & Wales | £236 |
| 2603441/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr S Ladwa | Tanber HR 168 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303118/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr M Fleming | Wayne Parker | England & Wales | — |
| 3327232/2019 | 19 December 2020 | Mr David Chambers | Interserve Group Ltd |
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 |
| — |
| 1406456/2020 | 19 December 2020 | Mr S Andrews | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327614/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mr P O’Callaghan, of counsel For the | Mr J Shepherd, Managing Director | England & Wales | £6,659 |
| 2401696/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr G Stevens | B And K Block Paving Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200165/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mr O O Okanlawon | London City Airport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327196/2019 | 18 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1305414/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mrs J Taylor | The Whitehall Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406035/2020 | 18 December 2020 | in person For the | Mr A. Ross | England & Wales | — |
| 1402701/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr I Seex | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3311790/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr J Wynne | And Charles Ross Auctioneers Limited t/a Holloways Auctioneers | England & Wales | £5,408 |
| 2300767/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Ms N Redman | Empress Coaches Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306644/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mrs Helen Broad | Commission Air Limited | England & Wales | £9,751 |
| 2200332/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr M Aamir And | Axis International Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204903/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr C Sfakianakis | Salt & Partners UK Limited Salt & Welcome UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416645/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mr S Palmer | Greenfingers Landscape Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303490/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mrs Reeta Kapoor | Dostiyo-Asian Women and Girls Organisation | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1804369/2020 | 17 December 2020 | — | Brown v Baxterstorey | England & Wales | — |
| 1403584/2019 | 17 December 2020 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | Ms A. Niaz-Dickinson | England & Wales | — |
| 2302190/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr T Moore (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603615/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Mr K Hillery | Premier Electrical Services Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2414211/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Miss J Richey | Jackson-McElligott Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320250/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr G Sims (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601793/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Mr Z Khan | AAR Bradford Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603626/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Miss T Allen | MPD FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807353/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr S Warden | Kirkgate Anglers Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £22,902 |
| 3304574/2020 | 17 December 2020 | For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600799/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Miss L Minton | Pine View Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601402/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Mr G Jones | Glasfryn Park Limited | England & Wales | £4,608 |
| 1600954/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Mr N Seshadri | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1402190/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr Kayser | Kwik-Fit GB Ltd | England & Wales | £393 |
| 1601017/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr R Kirkpatrick | RRC Crane Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303303/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Rebecca Drewett | Rosemary Appleton Limited trading as Regency Properties | England & Wales | £914 |
| 1601411/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Miss Jamie Leigh Merrick | Ellegance Limited | England & Wales | £1,867 |
| 2201699/2020 | 16 December 2020 | — | York Investments Ltd | England & Wales | £4,361 |
| 1300462/2020 | 16 December 2020 | In Person For the | Mrs S Furber (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202222/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr C Huggett | Connect 4 Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3203149/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Mrs Natalie Bruce | Dayers and Crown Partnership and/or | England & Wales | £4,753 |
| 3322621/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Mrs Y Subramanian Babu | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3319926/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Ms B Suwalska, Consultant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203299/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Miss B Ogrodowska | Mizkan Euro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602126/2018 | 16 December 2020 | Mr I Ash | Gas Safe Europe Limited | England & Wales | £577 |
| 3310998/2019 | 16 December 2020 | — | Better Bathrooms (UK) Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3202092/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Mr M Choudhury | Castleplus Limited | England & Wales | £500 |