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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4102247/2020 | 16 June 2020 | Mr K Czerniak | McPhee Logistics Ltd | Scotland | £2,430 |
| 2600232/2020 | 16 June 2020 | Mrs C Ryan | Hear4u & Healthscreen Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320837/2019 | 16 June 2020 | Mr R O’Dair (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300018/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr D East | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 3325852/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Miss J Grocott | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401469/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Miss L Brannigan | (R1) The Shakespeare Pub (R2) Liverpool Townhouse Limited | England & Wales | £1,654 |
| 2603179/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs D O'Shea-Snell | Atalian Servest Food Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600634/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Ms K Foster | Asda Stores Limited | 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 |
| — |
| 3200319/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Mr A Richardson | Pie & Pint Inns (The Cherry Tree) Limited | England & Wales | £494 |
| 3323644/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr M Bangs | Pharmadex Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | £11,025 |
| 1406168/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr B Greaves | Hedge End Town Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2601078/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs J Saywell | Advanced Healthcare Products Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603469/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs C Obahiagbon | Central Source Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302420/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs S Bryan | Temps Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2305481/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs Stacey Easton | The Clock Tower Gym | England & Wales | £1,332 |
| 1402119/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Ms S Stracey | Elisabeth Dean Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 1403700/2019 | 15 June 2020 | (1) Mr A Tofano (2) Miss G Mensaite | The Burger Chain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406284/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Miss M Aghaei | L’Oreal (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302421/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr M Bromley | Temps Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3302363/2020 | 15 June 2020 | — | Mott MacDonald Ltd T/a Cambridge Education and London Borough of Barnet | England & Wales | — |
| 3324550/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr J Lemos | Martin McColl Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300156/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Mr P Melbourne | Go Outdoors Fishing Ltd t/a Fishing Republic | England & Wales | — |
| 2302754/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mrs L Perry | Mr Anthony Little Coolfruit Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105967/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Miss P Bowie | HMV Retail Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1801072/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Miss N Western | PDS Dental Laboratory Leeds Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £8,329 |
| 1402926/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Miss S Lowe | The Committee of the East Devon Hunt Incorporating East Devon Casualty Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302157/2020 | 15 June 2020 | Mr J Cardoso | Servest Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406150/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Miss K Bhui | First City Nursing Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305500/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr S Simpson | Frip Finishing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104196/2020 | 14 June 2020 | Mr F Mills | Stella Brodie t/a Grouchos | Scotland | £21,420 |
| 4104197/2020 | 14 June 2020 | Mr L Scott | Stella Brodie t/a Grouchos | Scotland | £6,592 |
| 4104195/2020 | 14 June 2020 | Ms M Rogers | Stella Brodie t/a Grouchos | Scotland | £14,910 |
| 1801242/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Miss C Sweetlove | Faster Mobile Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416495/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Miss R Kenny | Jackson-McElligott Ltd | England & Wales | £4,232 |
| 1600352/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mr PJ Bradnam | Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig | England & Wales | — |
| 1601025/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mrs H Powell Mr P Davies | Michael Morgan | England & Wales | — |
| 2401786/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mr M Sherwood | Tradeforce Group | England & Wales | £801 |
| 1600895/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Mrs R Evans (C1) Miss R Pridmore (C2) Mr M Walters (C3) | Padda Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600872/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mr Peter Geary | Pyramid Press Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201077/2020 | 12 June 2020 | — | Apex Build Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £13,198 |
| 1602360/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Mr T Evason | Abrasive Technology Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500565/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mr M Meddings | John Harrison (stockton) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600807/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mr T Bailey | Polyverba UK Ltd | England & Wales | £2,879 |
| 2503620/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Gary Swan | Lakemere Global Holdings Ltd t/a AGO Outsourcing (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3325751/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Mr D Connor | Coinford Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3323559/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Mrs M Reilly | And R1 – Michelle and Peter Cozens R2 – Bimsec Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500504/2020 | 12 June 2020 | Mrs L Cryan | Elite Health & Fitness Sunderland Ltd | England & Wales | £3,154 |
| 2503522/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Robbie Nolan | Lakemere Global Holdings Ltd t/a AGO Outsourcing (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411447/2019 | 12 June 2020 | — | Mr N Hussain and others | England & Wales | — |
| 4114365/2019 | 12 June 2020 | Mr J Williams | Blachere Illuminations (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |