Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300210/2020 | 8 September 2020 | Mr M O'Loughlin | Windows To Trade Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304319/2019 | 8 September 2020 | Ms A Ahmed | Sunrise Recruitment Agency Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306987/2019 | 8 September 2020 | Mr D Gould | Clearabee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307844/2019 | 8 September 2020 | Mrs R Powell | Windsor Bathrooms And Showers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100167/2020 | 8 September 2020 | Mr G Ewen | Reids Deli Cafe Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2504253/2019 | 8 September 2020 | Mr A Henderson | Gale And Philipson Advisory Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201442/2019 | 8 September 2020 | Mr H Butala | DB Group Services (UK) Limited (sued as “Deutsche Bank”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500801/2020 | 8 September 2020 |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
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| 1803808/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Miss J Tozer | Minstercaregroup | England & Wales | — |
| 2202325/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Mr T Wallace | The National Magazine Company Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2206046/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Mr H Elghany | 1 Faraday Property Management Ltd 2 Brickfield Property Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201701/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr Philton Alfred | J B Riney Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303445/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Ms Linda Burke (Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804800/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mrs L Clay | Open Law | England & Wales | — |
| 3325732/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Ms A Rixer | CSC Computer Sciences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601831/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Miss. E Hargreaves | Go Travel Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303024/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr J Lane | NRJ Developments Ltd | England & Wales | £741 |
| 3200528/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Nathan Pearce | Executive & Business Aviation Support Limited | England & Wales | £27,678 |
| 3330624/2018 | 7 September 2020 | Mr J Evanson | RWE Generation UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201463/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mrs M McWade | Fedex Express | England & Wales | — |
| 2303597/2018 | 7 September 2020 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401420/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr T Robinson | D Dalton & Son Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303354/2018 | 7 September 2020 | Mr M Welborn | Rayburn Plastics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3326375/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Mr P Pembroke | Buffalo Data And Media Ltd | England & Wales | £1,442 |
| 1306022/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr A Taib | Bierkeller Management Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2200835/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Mr P Hayes | Interserve (Facilities Management) Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4102285/2020 | 7 September 2020 | Mr C Lister | Floricana Limited | Scotland | £22,229 |
| 3319930/2019 | 7 September 2020 | Ms Charmaine Smith | Wellspring Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | £425 |
| 3300185/2020 | 6 September 2020 | Miss H Ruffles | Caroline Godderham | England & Wales | — |
| 3321152/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mrs S Vickers | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3321603/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Ms P Wainsford-Yau | Keith Richard Alden | England & Wales | — |
| 3333756/2018 | 6 September 2020 | Mr D Sherlock-Lewis | BMW (UK) Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303642/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mr T Steliga | Modern Glass & Mirrors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303902/2020 | 6 September 2020 | Miss A Canning | Jmc Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312378/2020 | 6 September 2020 | Mr Stuart Lazenby | Skyline Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314015/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mr M McKenna | Nvent Solutions (UK) Limited Ms Fiona Aaron | England & Wales | — |
| 3327822/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mr J Price | MB Motor Specialist Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321899/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mr A Catal | And Computer Salvage Specialists (Special Waste) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327626/2019 | 6 September 2020 | Mr L Lala | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602670/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr J Heath | Merch CMT Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804267/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Ms N Armah | Anchor Hanover Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2402298/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Ms M Higgs | Slater and Gordon (UK) 1 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103659/2020 | 4 September 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103659/2020 Mr J Foster | Rw Autos Ltd | Scotland | £9,394 |
| 3201453/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mr Emilijus Jankauskas | Home Decisions Ltd | England & Wales | £2,562 |
| 1400901/2020 | 4 September 2020 | In person For the | Source PV Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201796/2020 | 4 September 2020 | Mr M El | Khoueiry Maroush Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807635/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Miss C Whiteley | Lowell Financial Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414987/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mrs A Legerton | Intrinsic Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | £10,194 |
| 2305221/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mr Wildman - representative For the | Mr Lomas - consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2402910/2019 | 4 September 2020 | Mrs O Obanor | Versatile Hygiene Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |