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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302347/2019 | 30 June 2020 | Mr John O'Neill | A W Champion | England & Wales | — |
| 1304333/2020 | 30 June 2020 | Mr A Tomkins (lay representative) For the | Mr P Whelan (lay representative) | England & Wales | — |
| 2503485/2018 | 29 June 2020 | Mr A Popko | Ms Rachel Errington | England & Wales | — |
| 1800489/2020 | 29 June 2020 | Miss D Battye | Mary Wheatley | England & Wales | — |
| 3316046/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Ms A Gheorghe | VIP Break Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1602291/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mrs Sarah Henry | Ms Theresa Manners | England & Wales | £940 |
| 2302637/2018 | 29 June 2020 | — | Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | £29,631 |
| 2305244/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mr M Fiore | Aequitas Investments Limited |
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 |
| £2,415 |
| 1806623/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mr P Cole | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2503463/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mr T Pearson | R1 Jpm Autobodies Ltd R2 Lumac Insulating Coating Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413921/2019 | 28 June 2020 | Mr M Shead | Stobart Rail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410208/2019 | 28 June 2020 | Mrs C Cox | KRO Hotels Preston Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403197/2020 | 28 June 2020 | Mr S Woodward | Asda Superstores | England & Wales | — |
| 2201730/2019 | 27 June 2020 | Miss S Dukule | CRN Contract Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600916/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Mr A Wilkes | Viola Group Ltd | England & Wales | £1,989 |
| 3324074/2019 | 26 June 2020 | In person by telephone | Mr C. Singam (Director) by telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2409994/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Ms M Heath | Arrk Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402567/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Mr S Ali Dinse | Capita plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400706/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Miss E Jeffrey | Asda | England & Wales | — |
| 3323651/2019 | 26 June 2020 | — | Reliance Tours (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £9,235 |
| 2400196/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Mr G Robinson | Topnotch Contractors Ltd (Corporate Voluntary Arrangements) | England & Wales | — |
| 3328845/2017 | 26 June 2020 | Mr S Serrem | Jigsaw Cloud Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321197/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr H Kigundu | Tesco plc | England & Wales | £320 |
| 2414896/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mrs K Yau (nee Chan) | Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts | England & Wales | — |
| 3323668/2019 | 26 June 2020 | in person For the | Ms Hazel Royle, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1600527/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Mr D Griffiths | Web Marketplace Limited | England & Wales | £678 |
| 2305288/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr Gary Holness-Reid | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403600/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Mr R Morrison | Bcs Automotive | England & Wales | — |
| 2301507/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr. J Thomas | Elite Aroborists Ltd | England & Wales | £2,837 |
| 2304227/2019 | 26 June 2020 | — | Reliance Tours (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | £8,784 |
| 2401158/2020 | 26 June 2020 | Ms S Watson | 1.Raise The Youth Foundation Cic 2.Raise Education and Wellbeing School | England & Wales | — |
| 1306179/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr E Williams 1st | Python Performance Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) 2nd Respondent: Unbownd Limited | England & Wales | £17,333 |
| 2411340/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr B Tyrer | Woodley Equipment Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306126/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Mr. S Crabtree - 1306126/2019 Mr. P Crabtree - 1306127/2019 | Dudson Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2202957/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Miss C Wilson | DJ Franchise 4 Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801666/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Ms D Birch | Mr Mason Small trading as MMS UK Introduction The parties having taken part in Judicial Mediation And by consent | England & Wales | £8,000 |
| 1802770/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Miss S Long | White Young Green - Tetratech | England & Wales | — |
| 2600772/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Mr I Almond | SPS Aerostructures Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402293/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Ms G Forster | Valley View Dalton Limited | England & Wales | £1,913 |
| 2501158/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Miss M Woodford | Darlington Railway Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | £16,626 |
| 3200840/2019 | 25 June 2020 | Ms M Miah | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405436/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Mr R Adamczyk | T & E (Deansgate) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802447/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Mr W Anderson | Loop Telecommuncations Ltd | England & Wales | £2,497 |
| 3303690/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Miss R Finch | Galliat Ltd | England & Wales | £785 |
| 1801697/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Mrs S Cook | Hayley Coles and Adam Grey trading or formerly trading as The Royal Oak | England & Wales | £2,791 |
| 2601767/2020 | 25 June 2020 | Ms J Payler | The Monkey Tree Ashby Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4114641/2019 | 25 June 2020 | Mr D McDiarmid | D&D Paving Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3327546/2019 | 25 June 2020 | Mr D Gill | Greene King Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403818/2019 | 25 June 2020 | Mr Gloag - counsel For the | Ms Hollins, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2403011/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs D Sadler | Profertil (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |