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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806250/2017 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs T Ward | R1. Ms Kellie Noble (Leodinis) trading as Ingrams Solicitors (and Paul Stott against whom proceedings are currently stayed) R2. Lawyers Incorporated Limited R3. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Efficiency | England & Wales | — |
| 2402316/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr S Crossley | Intertrade Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401487/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs P Wakefield | Swinton Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201298/2019 | 8 July 2020 | Mr B McSweeney | Crossrail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200851/2018 | 8 July 2020 | Mr R Masood | ADSEC Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2406048/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr G Seed | 1.Steamhouse | 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 |
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 |
| £11,675 |
| 1401862/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mr J Rapley | Centurylink Communications UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802227/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs C Sharp | Playtopia Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2504309/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Ms J Christon | Renal Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402496/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Mr G Fernandes | White Lion (2020) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304768/2020 | 7 July 2020 | In Person For | Mr K Bains (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404755/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Mr J Vickery | Western Power Distribution (South West) plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1401070/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Mr D McArdle | Fortem Services Limited | England & Wales | £7,369 |
| 1405230/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Mr L Asabar | First Greater Western Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406105/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Mr A Roman | Ariska Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806921/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Miss F Pusey | R1] Mama’s & Papas (Retail) Limited (In Administration) R2] Mamas and Papas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305291/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Miss R Stapleton | 1) Mr John Horan 2) Polhill Floral Design Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305529/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Ms J Taylor | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401065/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Miss K Chadwick | David Mouland Haulage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406013/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Miss S Bausor | Capita Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804308/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Mr G Burn (by his personal representative Ms J De-Vries) | Martin Williams (Hull) Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £10,865 |
| 1401775/2019 | 7 July 2020 | in person For the | Solent Civils Ltd | England & Wales | £81,235 |
| 2300658/2019 | 7 July 2020 | Mr D Cox (the Claimant's father) For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2405224/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Mr I Webb | Nugent Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1402132/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Miss L Heath | Resort Sales Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500147/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Mr K Moluluo | Star Meats Limited | England & Wales | £9,235 |
| 1802946/2020 | 7 July 2020 | Mr Dale Conway | Stonebridge Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601118/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr J Hatton | Vale of Rheidol | England & Wales | £485 |
| 1305890/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Miss E Webb | Andrew Partoon | England & Wales | — |
| 2503743/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Mr B Symes | Focus(mdc) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300438/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Both in Person For the | Ms G.Holt – Respondent’s Representative Case Numbers: 1300042/20 & 1300438/2020 2 | England & Wales | — |
| 1802464/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr A Isaacs | Fitness Connection 1079 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1309055/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Miss G Goodwin | The Cattle Shed Penhros Court Ltd Mark Bentham Laura Lane | England & Wales | — |
| 1305972/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Mr M Mustard | Michelle Fitzpatrick | England & Wales | — |
| 1304835/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr D Swaby | Blue Mountain Water Limited | England & Wales | £939 |
| 1300259/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Miss M Hinkley | Cobs Bar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311632/2023 | 6 July 2020 | Mr M Kerita | BMW (UK) Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201379/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Ms K Barry, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | £1,121 |
| 1406016/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Mr S Clark | Wrights Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300369/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr D Biddulph | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301617/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Miss C Smith | And Finest Dental | England & Wales | — |
| 1300327/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr G Easson | Tbr Payroll Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300194/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Ms E- Scrivens | Madinatul Uloom Al Islamiya | England & Wales | — |
| 4100154/2020 | 6 July 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100154/2020 Mr Z Wilgosiewicz | EE HR Solution Limited | Scotland | £3,079 |
| 1602232/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Ms D Tucker | Safer Wales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503745/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Mr J Fisher | Focus(mdc) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406161/2019 | 6 July 2020 | Mrs T Roberts | Calderprint Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300368/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr R Biddulph | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |