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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601820/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Ms K Hancock | Standford Management Process Limited | England & Wales | £144 |
| 2602941/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs T Beasley | Fairgrove Homes Limited | England & Wales | £11,403 |
| 2305640/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Vasilica Maria Chis | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805680/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr G Thompson | Thornton Processing Ltd | England & Wales | £16,187 |
| 3306347/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr K Mc Loud | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201857/2019 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs K Olizarowicz | Essex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3300359/2019 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs T Heath | Town Tub (The Denes) Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4111247/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr S Chisholm |
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 |
| City Gate Construction (Scotland) Ltd |
| Scotland |
| £3,634 |
| 3305512/2024 | 2 November 2020 | Ms M Eemann | Quickfit Safety Belt Services Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2406284/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr S Onwudiwe | Sector Security Services Ltd | England & Wales | £94 |
| 3313560/2019 | 2 November 2020 | — | CH & CO Catering Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301449/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Miss C Vekony | OHC Services Limited T/a Right At Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1806765/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr P Stevenson | Mr J Hunt T/a Granelli’s | England & Wales | £9,328 |
| 2401209/2020 | 2 November 2020 | Mr C Woodthorpe | AFC Fylde Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400957/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mrs B Gill | RAEF Limited | England & Wales | £3,404 |
| 3201951/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Ms Yasemin Ozcan | Turkish Bank (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113111/2018 | 2 November 2020 | Mr F Shields | Thomas Smith | Scotland | — |
| 1400385/2019 | 2 November 2020 | Mr R Johns (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203148/2019 | 2 November 2020 | not present For the | Cergis Software Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404242/2018 | 2 November 2020 | Mr R Wakeling, Solicitor For the First | Freshways Dairystix Ltd (In Voluntary Creditors’ Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200639/2021 | 31 October 2020 | Ms C Dynott | KMS (Scotland) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201582/2021 | 31 October 2020 | Ms. Urszula Hajdas | Took US A Long Time Ltd | England & Wales | £230 |
| 2603167/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Miss K Brown | Hearn Care Homes Ltd Considered on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 1303467/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Ms E Baker | Aegis Moto Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301407/2021 | 30 October 2020 | In Person | Mr. Lincoln Bhebe, Director | England & Wales | £280 |
| 4103605/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr Daniel Linney | Represented by:15 Mr Thornber, Consultant Stuart Niven & Son | Scotland | — |
| 3321694/2019 | 30 October 2020 | In person For the | Ms Rachel Dudley, Director of Respondent | England & Wales | £924 |
| 1401058/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr Liam Preston | Converge Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £1,448 |
| 2302552/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mr A Korn (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2206347/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr P Ward, Counsel For the 2nd claimant: Representing herself For the | Mr L Davies, Solicitor PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4103821/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr C Adams | Porta vadie Marina | Scotland | — |
| 1406367/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Mrs S Rogers | Gurney Harden Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304542/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr F Bollom | The Bull Hotel And Vaults Bar (King Arthur Inns Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100386/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Member R Martin Tribunal Member E Coyle Mr B Hunter | Represented by: Self Golf Inn @ Ladybank Ltd | Scotland | £954 |
| 3201255/2020 | 30 October 2020 | Mr D Stewardson | Royal Mail Group Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4111815/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Member Taylor Tribunal Member Coyle Mr B Fitzsimmons | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | £17,635 |
| 2305119/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mrs C Cretan | Mr A Al-Chalabi | England & Wales | — |
| 4100062/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Miss L Muggins | Mr Yasir Bari | Scotland | £350 |
| 1301603/2017 | 29 October 2020 | MRS J LUCAS | John Kyrle High School and 6th Form Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1804840/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr D Casement | Hose Care (UK) Limited trading as Pirtek Bradford | England & Wales | £9,291 |
| 3303052/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mrs R Smith-Batchelor | ISIS Chiropractic Healthcare LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2602619/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr S Anderson | R&S Construction Waste Disposal Limited | England & Wales | £653 |
| 2201459/2020 | 29 October 2020 | in person For the | Twice Exclusive Agency Ltd | England & Wales | £856 |
| 1401372/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr R Phillips | The Cosy Winter Pub Company Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | £8,713 |
| 2201435/2020 | 29 October 2020 | — | Cavendish Engineers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304830/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr F Wildman For the | — | England & Wales | £21,116 |
| 1805248/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr M Ajala | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401582/2020 | 29 October 2020 | Mr L Coleman | Williams Plumbing and Heating SW Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | £2,759 |
| 1602353/2019 | 29 October 2020 | Mr J Belle | Lonsdale Vehicle Contracts Limited | England & Wales | — |