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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500629/2020 | 8 June 2020 | Mrs S Leighton | John Gibson Hire & Sales Ltd | England & Wales | £3,431 |
| 2503621/2019 | 8 June 2020 | Miss K Winship | Cygnet Events Ltd | England & Wales | £1,790 |
| 3307500/2018 | 8 June 2020 | Mr P Sperry | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320761/2019 | 7 June 2020 | Mr R Hewitt | Hotelplan (UK Group) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320778/2019 | 7 June 2020 | Miss S Norris | Hotelplan (UK Group) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321377/2019 | 7 June 2020 | Mrs J Coe | Great Yarmouth Heating Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3318789/2019 | 7 June 2020 | — | Oculantim v Finedale Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300187/2020 | 7 June 2020 | Ms B Simic | Pharmacentre 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 |
| — |
| 3202224/2019 | 6 June 2020 | Miss L Curno | Barehams Kennels | England & Wales | — |
| 2201393/2020 | 6 June 2020 | — | Wolfco CP One Ltd | England & Wales | £3,739 |
| 2203971/2019 | 5 June 2020 | — | Rodriguez v O.W. Loeb & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602603/2019 | 5 June 2020 | Croner Group Ltd | Mr Mark Watkiss | England & Wales | — |
| 2400587/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Mr S Arnold | Hillary Meredith Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300743/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Ms J Vallance | The Bull Inn East Farleigh Ltd | England & Wales | £1,437 |
| 1302297/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Mr S Lowden (in person) For the | Mr J Cummany (managing director) Mr S Lavin (director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602109/2019 | 5 June 2020 | Mr Mark Watkiss | Croner Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332709/2018 | 5 June 2020 | Mrs Suman Sharma | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | £15,844 |
| 2201263/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Ms L Zadrozny | Pereira AND Ironbark Design & Construct Limited At Central London | England & Wales | — |
| 2200319/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Mr D Augeri | Elephant Family | England & Wales | — |
| 3325517/2019 | 5 June 2020 | In Person | — | England & Wales | £8,896 |
| 2401250/2020 | 5 June 2020 | Mr J Walden | Scotmex Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320821/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Ms Victoria Louise | Snow Complete Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402382/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Mr J Rodriguez | Carrico Parma Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200439/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Miss T Swerdlow | Bills Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600818/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Ms T Munir | RMR Electrical Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502208/2019 | 4 June 2020 | North East Ambulance Service | Ms Aleksandra Czarkowska-Agbaso | England & Wales | — |
| 3200490/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Miss C Smith | JHD Hospitality | England & Wales | — |
| 1402585/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Miss C Marlow | Bluefrog Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102126/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Miss A Smart | Caledonian Language Ltd | Scotland | £330 |
| 2502648/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Mrs L Steele and Mrs Z Willis | Grovewood House Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401261/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Miss M Brash | McComb Property Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321659/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Mrs Marta Inskip For the | Ms Danielle Fitton | England & Wales | — |
| 2416546/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Mr S Brennan | James Hall & Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414575/2019 | 4 June 2020 | Mr S Jiggins | 1.St Helens And Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 2.Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400443/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr Johns - counsel For the | Mr Small - counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2504372/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr K McGough | MW Lift Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400256/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr R Fraser | TAA Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £1,224 |
| 1801725/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr M Saleem | Mitie Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403731/2019 | 3 June 2020 | In Person For the | Ms C Moore, Respondent’s HR Director | England & Wales | — |
| 4102162/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr G Budge | Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1801617/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr S Dambel | Royal Mail Group Limited Heard by telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2400699/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr M Dangi | Florentines Tea Room Ltd | England & Wales | £2,295 |
| 1309196/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Miss Z Harrison | Skechers USA Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603417/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Miss K Ritchie | D. Williams Electrical Services and Danny Williams | England & Wales | — |
| 2305580/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr Raymond Ranch | Complete Cellar Services Limited | England & Wales | £2,554 |
| 1801002/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Ms Grossman (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2503472/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr L Hetherington | Richard Lloyd Hughes T/a Swift Resolution | England & Wales | — |
| 1400470/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr P Luther | Clearcom Analytics Limited Heard by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | £31,204 |
| 2502132/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Miss J Witherspoon | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300530/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr O Emumejakpor | M E C E Fire & Security | England & Wales | £240 |