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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806633/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mrs S Todd | Bonmarche Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502808/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Miss S Long | Secretary Of State For Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2501383/2020 | 15 July 2020 | Ms D Robson | Mayborn (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202524/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Miss K Dosanjh | Software Training London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801808/2020 | 15 July 2020 | Miss K Norris | Mr J D Segal | England & Wales | — |
| 1309210/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Miss R Jones | Haydn-Barlow Care Limited T/A Holmfield Nursing Home & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2500847/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Miss L Cox | Utilitywise plc (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3313261/2019 |
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 |
| 15 July 2020 |
| Ms A Mierzejewska |
| Twinkle Stars Nursery School |
| England & Wales |
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| 1806627/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mr C Imbourne | Bonmarche Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803378/2020 | 15 July 2020 | Mrs U Grabowska | Carsio Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502801/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mr I Edwards | Utilitywise plc (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4107323/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mr M Trainer | Utilitywise plc (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806760/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mrs N Parker | Bonmarche Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400269/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Ms P Bates | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200396/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Miss S Bullici | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200588/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Miss R. Grant | Jack Bell (trading as “The Cock Pub and Kitchen”) | England & Wales | £4,563 |
| 1402700/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr D Sanders | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112033/2019 | 14 July 2020 | — | Hood Salons Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2400984/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr T Birtwistle | Westshield Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402182/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr T Reid | Corsham Institute Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601398/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Ms Laura Thompson | The Vine Ashby Limited | England & Wales | £3,145 |
| 1402191/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr P Koszmida | Centenary Care Home Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600781/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr Stephen Picton | Lizard Workwear and Safety Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) Heard by: CVP link | England & Wales | £16,031 |
| 1402597/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr M Bennett | Black Hangar Studios Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101979/2020 | 14 July 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Order and Judgment of the Tribunal in Case No: 4101979/2020 (A) Issued Following Closed Preliminary Hearing and converted Final Hearing Held at Edinburgh on st July 2020, by Telephone Conference, at pm Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Miss J Burgess | The Dug House Ltd | Scotland | £1,112 |
| 3304544/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Ms S Coleman | Fox’s Pallets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800592/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr L Sutheren | Northside Truck and Van Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300384/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mrs J Sutherland | Pat Black’s Caribbean Kitchen (Martineau Place) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201228/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Ms J Borkowska | Mini Delikatesy Kubus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413252/2018 | 14 July 2020 | Mrs DM Clarke | Toys R US Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303084/2019 | 14 July 2020 | Miss J Gerring | Ms Louise Green | England & Wales | £3,907 |
| 3200000/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr S Bartlett | Choice Discount Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402620/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mrs S Chapman | Babcock Aerospace Ltd, Martass | England & Wales | — |
| 1400944/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr C Thorne | Franklin Design Associates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600957/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr Jordan Williams | Lizard Workwear and Safety Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) Heard by: CVP link | England & Wales | £6,181 |
| 3200496/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Miss E Bailey | Vista Training Solutions Limited – Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2304838/2019 | 14 July 2020 | Mr D Patterson | Amberstone Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403523/2019 | 13 July 2020 | Mr KC Chan | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1802612/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs D Beacock | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503660/2019 | 13 July 2020 | in person For | Eden Global Infrastructure Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200586/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Ms A Downer | Total Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334412/2018 | 13 July 2020 | Mr M Mensah, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402558/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Miss J Togher | Livingcity Works Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400597/2019 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs N M K Brake (1) and Mr A Y Brake (2) | Axnoller Events Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300064/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs J Dunn | Aloto Logistics Ltd Heard via: CVP | England & Wales | £333 |
| 3313246/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mr L Bronze, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403171/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mr J Hands | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414032/2019 | 13 July 2020 | (1) Mr Gareth Hunt | Great Places Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2401503/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mr M Zubair | Concentrix CVG Intelligent Contact Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320177/2019 | 12 July 2020 | Mr P Broderick | Bathstore.com Ltd | England & Wales | — |