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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3301650/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Miss J Soydan | RCI Financial Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414987/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mrs A Legerton | Intrinsic Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | £10,194 |
| 1306454/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mrs E Walsh | Complete Washroom Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2602670/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr J Heath | Merch CMT Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201453/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mr Emilijus Jankauskas | Home Decisions Ltd | England & Wales | £2,562 |
| 2305221/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mr Wildman - representative For the | Mr Lomas - consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1400901/2020 | 4 September 2020 | In person For the | Source PV Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304506/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Miss M Maitland |
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 |
| £493 |
| 1807635/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Miss C Whiteley | Lowell Financial Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103659/2020 | 4 September 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103659/2020 Mr J Foster | Rw Autos Ltd | Scotland | £9,394 |
| 1801825/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr. Wiltshire, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306952/2019 | 4 September 2020 | In Person For the First | Mr. Zain Malik - Solicitor The Second respondent was dismissed from the proceedings by separate | England & Wales | £29,204 |
| 2402910/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mrs O Obanor | Versatile Hygiene Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201796/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr M El | Khoueiry Maroush Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402298/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Ms M Higgs | Slater and Gordon (UK) 1 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804267/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Ms N Armah | Anchor Hanover Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1303441/2019 | 3 September 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803057/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Miss J Hainsworth | House Proud Pristine Cleaning Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2602437/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Ms C Stephens | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3324526/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mr Cohen For the | Westex Ltd | England & Wales | £16,689 |
| 2403235/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mrs E Jones | Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602657/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr J Gibbs | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602440/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr M Beevor | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602441/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr P White | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404475/2018 | 3 September 2020 | Mr S Clough | Target Gas Utility Services Ltd (dissolved company) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602439/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr A Stimson | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305728/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr T Smallman | PJH Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307378/2019 | 3 September 2020 | In person For the | No Appearance or Response | England & Wales | £20,056 |
| 2411560/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Miss K Sangster | UK Carline Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401655/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Miss E Dobson | Inglenook Inns and Taverns Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201533/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Ms R Jones, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802244/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr C Tobin | Panoramic Group Limited PUBLIC HEARING Heard: BY CVP On: 3 September 2020 | England & Wales | £596 |
| 2601735/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Ms CM McGrath | Staff Of Life Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304688/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mr T B Barnden | Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2404676/2019 | 3 September 2020 | — | Demuth v Done Bros T/a BetFred | England & Wales | £3,762 |
| 3300360/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Ms I Saran (Counsel) First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302184/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr B Borge | Karl King Logistics Limited | England & Wales | £2,192 |
| 2402346/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr J Tetlow | Aesthetics Web Design Ltd | England & Wales | £1,471 |
| 2602438/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr R Kozaczek | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205017/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mr B Haywood | Cap Gemini UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602436/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mr P Blackshaw | Virtual Subsidiary Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201920/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mr G Davis | BT Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1404550/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mr R MacLeavy | Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300040/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Ms L Phipps | Swisscare Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405836/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Ms J Darlington | Food 4 Retail & Vending Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3325788/2019 | 2 September 2020 | Mr M Cooze | Scottish Southern Energy | England & Wales | — |
| 2200834/2019 | 2 September 2020 | Mr SP Hallissey | Capita Workplace Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803731/2020 | 2 September 2020 | Mr S Spencer | Skitcompany Ltd | England & Wales | £1,883 |
| 3323659/2019 | 2 September 2020 | Mr M Knight | Newsquest Media Group Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4103489/2020 | 2 September 2020 | Ms B Gauntlett | Ability Hotels (Aberdeen) Ltd | Scotland | — |