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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3200867/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Miss M Wilson | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2410359/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mrs S Cleary | The Manchester Washhouse Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200510/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mr A Haile | UK Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £456 |
| 1601207/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mr P Williams | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101853/2020 | 2 July 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101853/2020 (P) Mr P MacFarlane | Dundee East Inns Ltd | Scotland | £9,958 |
| 2413417/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Ms N Beaver | Ms Anita Waring | England & Wales | — |
| 2401646/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mr L Fellows | Nuffield Health | England & Wales | — |
| 2302343/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mr I Nzabahimana | Tearfund |
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 |
| — |
| 1802025/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mrs K Shires | Taylor Wimpey UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306206/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mr G Thorley | Rotometrics International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335165/2018 | 2 July 2020 | Mrs O Ania | Advanced Training Academy (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801727/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Miss J Thompson | My Trade Force Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600357/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Ms S Croydon | Sarah Cuffin | England & Wales | — |
| 1308245/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mr T Walker | Holmes Chapel Fencing and Sheds | England & Wales | — |
| 1602000/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mr CJ Griffiths | Northop Management Services Limited Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200767/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mr J MacKay | Carnival Cruise Line | England & Wales | — |
| 3202655/2019 | 2 July 2020 | Mrs SL Cuello | Divino Restaurant | England & Wales | — |
| 1601154/2020 | 2 July 2020 | Mr B Brindley | Moos Cafe | England & Wales | — |
| 1600091/2017 | 2 July 2020 | Mr G Howells | Mr Francis Neil Thomas, Ms Susan Thomas and Ms Patricia Thomas (trading as “Helping Hands Homecare”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300388/2020 | 1 July 2020 | In person. For the | Mr. James Barr (lay/committee member) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801317/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Miss G Mitchell | Butterfly Leisure Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402231/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Mr A Belton | Swan Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | £3,692 |
| 2500200/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Ms N Imaan | Darlington Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1800009/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Miss L M Richardson | Hollybank Trustees Ltd. TELEPHONE PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2305442/2019 | 1 July 2020 | Ms Janice McCarthy | Polhill Floral Designs Ltd | England & Wales | £4,219 |
| 1802600/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Mr P Clarke | Mosaic Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324414/2019 | 1 July 2020 | In person by video | Walverden Ltd | England & Wales | £15,107 |
| 1804180/2019 | 1 July 2020 | — | Y and Z | England & Wales | — |
| 2600959/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Miss. B Warrington | Splendid Restaurants (Colonel) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401502/2020 | 1 July 2020 | Mr D Tuohy | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4102359/2020 | 30 June 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102359/2020 Mr M Dima | RoseWorkforceSolutions | Scotland | £2,613 |
| 3200033/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mr Christopher Lloyd | Industrial Roof Coatings Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,317 |
| 4101965/2020 | 30 June 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101965/2020 Mr D Slaga | The St Andrew Street Hotel Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3307411/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mr Kozik, Legal Consultant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3324802/2019 | 30 June 2020 | In Person | Mr D. Charity (Consultant) | England & Wales | £22,051 |
| 2416822/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr A Bedford | MBNA Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308103/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr M Birbeck | Air Door Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302347/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr John O'Neill | A W Champion | England & Wales | — |
| 1405980/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Simon Wyatt | The Welding Supplier Limited T/A Black Bull Engineering | England & Wales | £4,950 |
| 1309181/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr P Nesbitt | Stour Vale Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3302058/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mrs M Kamrudin | Honeypot Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 1307476/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mrs T Lewsey | NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit | England & Wales | — |
| 2411452/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Miss AL Bates | Kairos Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1308011/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr R Marusiak | Ivor King (Civil Engineering Contractors) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102301/2020 | 30 June 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102301/2020 Mr D McGregor | Dundee East Inns Ltd | Scotland | £2,059 |
| 1305479/2018 | 30 June 2020 | Ms Talwar (solicitor) For the 1st | SP GROUP (IN ADMINISTRATION) Second Respondent: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION & SKILLS | England & Wales | £6,911 |
| 3305385/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mr Matthew Purchase, of Counsel For the | Mr Simon Cheetham, of Her Majesty’s Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1602177/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr M Knott | Boyes Rees Architects Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £13,752 |
| 3322238/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Not present or represented For the | Ms C Smith, Chair of Trustees | England & Wales | — |
| 1304333/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mr A Tomkins (lay representative) For the | Mr P Whelan (lay representative) | England & Wales | — |