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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600104/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr P Bual | Utopia Tableware Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415245/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr D Jackson | Auberge Brasserie | England & Wales | — |
| 3203155/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Ms Anna Gut | Community Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306147/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr P Pitrakou | T G Ram Limited | England & Wales | £1,154 |
| 2303670/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr S Bile | Ward Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200853/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr S Babaei | Final Post Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601310/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Ms A Ellis | For Under Fives Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325455/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr Wiencek, Eurolexpartners LLP For the | P Khan T/a Khan Maintenance |
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 |
| £5,779 |
| 3304663/2018 | 15 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804869/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr K Daniel | Cardinal Shopfitting + Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £1,110 |
| 2604288/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr M Allen | NEP Midlands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401731/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr Lucian Degrassi | Walsh & Evans Plastering Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100212/2020 | 15 December 2020 | — | Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (Scotland) | Scotland | — |
| 3321042/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mrs P Udeze | Enchor Healthcare Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2303450/2018 | 14 December 2020 | Mr Dom Aitchison | Transport for London | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1309573/2020 | 14 December 2020 | In person For the | Miss S Smith, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2603081/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr D Parker | Exciting Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806369/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr L Pugh | Prodigium Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804270/2020 | 14 December 2020 | — | Coldwell v The Body Doctor Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321929/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mr P Breden | Persimmon Homes Ltd v | England & Wales | — |
| 2203565/2019 | 14 December 2020 | Mr S Taylor | Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation | England & Wales | — |
| 2403297/2020 | 14 December 2020 | Mr A Mitchell | BSL Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305866/2019 | 14 December 2020 | John Martin First | Prudential Distribution Limited Second Respondent: David MacMillan Third Respondent: Robert Hickson Fourth Respondent: David Ellis | England & Wales | — |
| 2305588/2019 | 14 December 2020 | In person For the | Ms J Mate | England & Wales | £77 |
| 2500934/2020 | 13 December 2020 | M Austin | A1M Retro Classics Limited Heard by CVP at: Newcastle Upon Tyne | England & Wales | £28,560 |
| 2304161/2016 | 13 December 2020 | In Person plus on day 1 as notetakers Mr Tierney and Mr Connel. On day 2 morning only Mr Tierney For the | Ms R Azib, barrister at law | England & Wales | — |
| 1402629/2019 | 13 December 2020 | Mr Passman (Solicitor) For the | Miss Irvine (Solicitor) Page 2 of 2 | England & Wales | — |
| 3302622/2020 | 12 December 2020 | Miss K Clough | NH and MB Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319425/2019 | 12 December 2020 | Miss E Neisz | The Burger Chain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204879/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Ms P Tung | Mace Limited | England & Wales | £4,308 |
| 2501073/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Mr C Wilson | City Fresh Food Services Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | £1,779 |
| 2300351/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Jennifer Ndhlovu | Hestia Housing and Support | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 1309221/2019 | 11 December 2020 | No Attendance For the First | Mr B Jones - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2501220/2020 | 11 December 2020 | PW Pub Co Ltd | Mr Stuart Williams | England & Wales | — |
| 1401531/2020 | 11 December 2020 | MICHAEL WITHERSPOON | Thames Valley Specialist Products Limited | England & Wales | £3,831 |
| 3325499/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Mr Joyce, Director STRIKE OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 3202522/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Paul Jackson | Park Holidays UK Limited | England & Wales | £9,336 |
| 2303314/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Mr N Davies, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204588/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Ms EK Zerva | Trinity Grand Investment Management Ltd | England & Wales | £4,809 |
| 1800668/2020 | 11 December 2020 | Mr. M Yasin | Albert Farnell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304435/2019 | 11 December 2020 | Ms K Wadmore | Expertise Homecare (Central & West Kent) Ltd | England & Wales | £108 |
| 2302403/2017 | 11 December 2020 | Mr J Neckles (Union Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | £250 |
| 2200516/2020 | 11 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1602103/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Mr Ricardo Sharry (Claimant’s son) For the | Mr Thomas Fuller (Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 3327200/2019 | 10 December 2020 | In person For the | Mr Peter Deady, Director | England & Wales | £500 |
| 4107206/2020 | 10 December 2020 | (sitting alone) Mr Grzegorz Matula | Windparkservice UK Ltd | Scotland | £3,053 |
| 2204441/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr R Heaton | Ably Resources Limited | England & Wales | £10,040 |
| 1601499/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr G Shannon | Williams Haulage Limited | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 2303117/2019 | 10 December 2020 | Mr M Pollard | Aquinas Church of England Education Trust, | England & Wales | — |
| 2204349/2020 | 10 December 2020 | Mr S Hewitt | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | £1,080 |