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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414546/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mrs Donna Bowen-Anderson | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414540/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Steven Lewis | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414552/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Miss Nicola Burridge | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414557/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Ms Stacey-Rose Wells | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414543/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Christopher Roberts | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414537/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr John Taylor | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414555/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Ms Deborah Healey | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414549/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Ms Charlotte Harbottle |
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 |
| Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 3200212/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr SS Sandhu | Firstport Property Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414538/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Miss Iram Zaman | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802611/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr S Abernethy | Thor Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414534/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mrs Shasta Ruparelia | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300213/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Ms. Daniella Gilbert, counsel. For the | Mr. Andrew Wheeldon, solicitor. | England & Wales | — |
| 2414541/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mrs Mirna Meta | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801320/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr C Castle | Chique Makeovers & Photography Ltd Introduction The parties having taken part in Judicial Mediation And by consent | England & Wales | — |
| 2410436/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr G Walker | Best Dressed Group Limited | England & Wales | £20,270 |
| 2414536/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Jamie Prentice | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £8,746 |
| 2414551/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Philip Spenceley | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201002/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr I Baskan | Ap Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414554/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Ms Amanda Britland | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300577/2021 | 4 August 2020 | Dr. Ma. Elena Hernandez-Hernandez | University of Warwick | England & Wales | £4,283 |
| 4111229/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr A Higgins | University of St Andrews | Scotland | — |
| 2403517/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Miss P Lindsay | Flexi Agent | England & Wales | — |
| 3201596/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Ms Z Williams | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2414539/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Mohammed Patel | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201143/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr J Ahmad | Impwell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302904/2018 | 4 August 2020 | Mr W Gomez Tovar | Cleanwise Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4122492/2018 | 4 August 2020 | Ms F Ruiz Arrechea | Andron Contract Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414545/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr David Henderson | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600142/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr P Taylor | NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit | England & Wales | — |
| 2414556/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Ms Sharon Charnock | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1309213/2019 | 3 August 2020 | — | Haydn-Barlow Care Ltd T/a Holmfield Nursing Home and Holmfield Nursing Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414548/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr David MacDonald | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414547/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Peter James | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,615 |
| 2414558/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Matthew McDonnell | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414542/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Matthew Hobbs | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300665/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr G Cheadle | Goals Soccer Centres plc (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2414550/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Craig Coxon | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600359/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr. L. Morgan | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2414544/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Ms Nanette Garbutt | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405164/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr M Jones | Manchester Community Transport Limited (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,821 |
| 2405429/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr D Doran | Unique Solutions Central Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414559/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr Donald Edward Davies | Sonetik UK Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501458/2020 | 3 August 2020 | Mr D Jones | Mitie Tsm | England & Wales | — |
| 2603055/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr C Chatterie | E S Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601637/2016 | 3 August 2020 | Mrs D O'Donnell | Judd Whyle Enterprises Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324950/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr D Renford | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302202/2019 | 3 August 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1309207/2019 | 3 August 2020 | — | Haydn-Barlow Care Ltd T/a Holmfield Nursing Home and Holmfield Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303782/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Miss Duane, Counsel For the | Mr Soanes, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |