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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3335204/2018 | 10 July 2020 | Mr M Cairns | Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200380/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Mr R Femi-Ola | 24x7 Ltd | England & Wales | £6,969 |
| 1601753/2018 | 10 July 2020 | Mr J Ellis | GB&I Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203986/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Mr N Newman | NUU Mobile UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201513/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Ms R Titmarsh | Ngosa Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404102/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Ms L Wells | NMM Education Ltd (Dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321535/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Ms J Vanhinsberg | West Engineering And Spiral Tube Limited and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1300681/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Mr A Singh & Others | 1) Utility Professional Business Operations Limited (in Administration) 2) The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
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 |
| — |
| 3200832/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Ms L Bernard | S&P Global Inc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400075/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Mr R Else | Tiger Trailers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803390/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Miss M Budding | Boots UK Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3318773/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Mr S. Hazeldine | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2600898/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Mrs Maureen Porter | Springhead Ales Limited | England & Wales | £19,928 |
| 2400057/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Ms A Maddocks | Links Projects Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300470/2019 | 10 July 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202481/2019 | 10 July 2020 | Mr O Rakibet | Den Automation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4113141/2019 | 9 July 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113141/2019 Mr E Legedin | Represented by: Mr N Fraser, Solicitor NHS Education For Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 3313869/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Mr I Chukwudolue, solicitor For the | Mr A Burgess, consultant (Peninsula) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321542/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr S Crisp | Atlas Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802900/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Miss T Williamson | Earthmover Tyre Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320834/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Bonnie Mc Call | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 1302298/2020 | 9 July 2020 | in person For the | Dhruv's Pub's Ltd | England & Wales | £1,400 |
| 3202260/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Miss M Johnson | Ranc Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300078/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Not in attendance and also failed to attend the trial Skype hearing on 5 June 2020 For the | Mr D Woods, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 4114938/2019 | 9 July 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114938/2019 Ms P Trivedi | Represented by: Mr R Russell, Solicitor The Dundee United Football Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1307763/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr R Rogers | Barrel & Tap Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £140 |
| 2300457/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr J Griffiths | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304399/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Miss K Collins | Worcester Guitar Centre Limited | England & Wales | £1,511 |
| 2401868/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Mr C Linnane | North West Maintenance Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £3,841 |
| 2200277/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Mr A Sheikh | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3203035/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr T Simpson | Burberry Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800656/2020 | 9 July 2020 | Ms M Penn | Global-Fitness Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301497/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr A S Centioni | Fire Design Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100007/2019 | 8 July 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100007/2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr G Gill | Ridgefern Ltd t/a A’challtain Restaurant | Scotland | £9,554 |
| 2600695/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr. A Goodman | Snows Timber Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1307976/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr G Challis | Bayhorse Motors Ltd T/A Fownhope Mitsubishi | England & Wales | — |
| 1802227/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs C Sharp | Playtopia Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3304151/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Ms M Earlington | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600701/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr. D Shaw | Snows Timber Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305098/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Miss L Terrell | Merchmaker Ltd | England & Wales | £6,216 |
| 2300560/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr R Aguado | Hamilton Hotels | England & Wales | — |
| 3324878/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr N Kernick | EveryonePrint A/S | England & Wales | — |
| 2402316/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr S Crossley | Intertrade Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332500/2018 | 8 July 2020 | Miss L Petetti | Randstad Student Worker Support | England & Wales | — |
| 1809876/2018 | 8 July 2020 | Mr F Hakim | R1. Lawyers Incorporated Employment Services Limited R2. Lawyers Incorporated Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300475/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs J Jalaf-Hadley | Under the Hammer Auctions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405817/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr R Yowaa | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201606/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr S Kang | AEM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404687/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr M Priebe | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101432/2020 | 8 July 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101432/2020 P Mr Allan Hay | Bryan Steele Carpets Ltd | Scotland | £11,675 |