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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400617/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Ms Caoilfhionn Warne | Rochdale Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1801804/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mr A Holt | Link Market Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416407/2018 | 24 June 2020 | Miss S Walker | Oldham Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1801714/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs M Carey | Mr David Mannion on behalf of the Committee of St Ann’s Club | England & Wales | £6,215 |
| 1801628/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs L Erksine | Egton Medical Information Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302294/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Miss T Jackson | Apples Aesthetic Beauty and Relaxiation Spa Ltd | England & Wales | £583 |
| 2402636/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mr R Bryan | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLP T/a Muller Milk & Ingredients | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 3202348/2019 |
| 24 June 2020 |
| Mr B Seeger |
| Steinhoff UK Retail Limited |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2403011/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs D Sadler | Profertil (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325721/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs B Russett | Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity | England & Wales | — |
| 3200866/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Miss D Ellis | Ecoames Ltd | England & Wales | £25,848 |
| 1807369/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mr J Milner | Dugdale Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300875/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Miss A Jones | Surbiton Food and Ale Limited | England & Wales | £7,535 |
| 1802783/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mr H Rachdi | Sloanes (York House Hotel) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801790/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs A Heaps | Skipsea Beach & Social Club (an unincorporated association) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403589/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs S Hillyer, Claimant’s mother (Claimant attending) For the | Miss S Kasote, General Manager (Mr Arrabbetou attending) | England & Wales | £199 |
| 1805362/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mr A Misiunas (1) Ms J Momgaudiene (2) | AVC Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306991/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs S McCormick | Staffordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301337/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mr N Simoes | C. Palace Living Limited | England & Wales | £2,083 |
| 3323707/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mr G Aujlay | DSV Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2304230/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs J Turner Mr P Turner | The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (R1) Country Cars (Gatwick) Ltd (in liquidation) (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802181/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Miss H Barraclough | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802620/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Mr F Siddiq | A – Z Motor Factors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410771/2019 | 24 June 2020 | Mrs T Broadway | Search Consultancy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402267/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Ms K Penney | Easi-Drive Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1306238/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Miss L James | GG Total Care Ltd T/A Caremark (Redditch And Bromsgrove) | England & Wales | — |
| 2400708/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr S Kelly | The Zoltar Group Ltd | England & Wales | £17,379 |
| 1309037/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Miss N Donnelly | University of Warwick | England & Wales | — |
| 2414075/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Mr Dennis Evans | Stamford Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327147/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Mr M Bryant | Pb Donoghue | England & Wales | — |
| 3200529/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Michael Ian Rooke | Executive & Business Aviation Support Limited | England & Wales | £33,633 |
| 2203557/2019 | 23 June 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £4,313 |
| 1306931/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Mr D Busby | McPhillips (Wellington) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600832/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr R Shepherd | Fairfield Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306872/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr S Shoker | Optivo | England & Wales | — |
| 1801679/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr P Kavanagh | Business Marketing Services Limited | England & Wales | £1,174 |
| 2302616/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Mr R White | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500588/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr A Suddick | Mr David Tate | England & Wales | — |
| 3200374/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mr Phillipe Francis | Ford Retail Limited trading as Trust Ford | England & Wales | — |
| 2500585/2020 | 23 June 2020 | Mrs L Cryan | Mr David Tate | England & Wales | — |
| 2500103/2020 | 22 June 2020 | Mr F Craciun | Ilhan Ozcan | England & Wales | — |
| 2402367/2020 | 22 June 2020 | Miss E Cimochowska | Cliffs Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1800413/2020 | 22 June 2020 | Miss A Nix Mr A Wick Ms Amanda Rowland Ms Alison Rowland | Lotus Home Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601418/2019 | 22 June 2020 | Mr C Bermingham-McDonogh | Panasonic Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301273/2019 | 22 June 2020 | Mr J Bofarull Guix | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205713/2019 | 22 June 2020 | — | Binary District London Ltd | England & Wales | £67,506 |
| 1308503/2019 | 22 June 2020 | Mr NM Leaver | Integrated Medical Holdings (imh) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413845/2019 | 22 June 2020 | Mr J McCool | Heat Trace Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2504365/2019 | 22 June 2020 | Mr K Craig First | Ian Riches T/A JR Fisheries Second Respondent: Ian Riches Third Respondent: Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2400985/2020 | 22 June 2020 | Mrs E Frost | Avios Group (AGL) Ltd | England & Wales | — |