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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400699/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr M Dangi | Florentines Tea Room Ltd | England & Wales | £2,295 |
| 4112472/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr T Borcescu | - Solicitor FDM Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2504372/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr K McGough | MW Lift Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601235/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mrs B Gregory-McCourt | Douglas Gill International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403015/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr M Stokes | SK Electrical (NW) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300530/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr O Emumejakpor | M E C E Fire & Security | England & Wales | £240 |
| 1400470/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr P Luther | Clearcom Analytics Limited Heard by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | £31,204 |
| 1800140/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Ms H Dobson |
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 |
| — |
| 2601242/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Miss BL Walker | New Look Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801710/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr M Seegobin | Leeds City Council AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2600820/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr R Spencer | Matro Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603417/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Miss K Ritchie | D. Williams Electrical Services and Danny Williams | England & Wales | — |
| 4102162/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr G Budge | Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2503472/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr L Hetherington | Richard Lloyd Hughes T/a Swift Resolution | England & Wales | — |
| 2502132/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Miss J Witherspoon | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400169/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mr J Chapti | The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401778/2019 | 3 June 2020 | Mrs L Wakefield | Cornwallis Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801797/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Miss J Griffiths Miss M Swan Miss E Ellis Mr J Page Mr A Brocklehurst Miss S Akhter | Careers Publishing & Media Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4113418/2019 | 2 June 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4113418/2019 & 4113420/2019 P Mrs J Brewster | Harry’s Bakery Ltd | Scotland | £4,433 |
| 1306124/2019 | 2 June 2020 | In person For the | Ms L McCabe, Director | England & Wales | £4,186 |
| 2402569/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Miss H Bellamy | RG Recruitment Group Limited | England & Wales | £4,167 |
| 1806681/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Miss A Bartle | Sheffield Bath Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401167/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr J Featherstone | Trusted Group Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £532 |
| 1405965/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Mr R Couch | Southwest Building Contractors (Cornwall) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502030/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Mr. P Dickson | Kevin Paul Storie (T/A HMS Mot and Service Centre) | England & Wales | — |
| 1405991/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Mrs Susan Rogers | Mrs Avril Plunkett | England & Wales | £3,188 |
| 1302324/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mrs A Biddle | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307344/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Ms T McCann | Affinity Workforce Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500117/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr M Price | Newcastle University | England & Wales | — |
| 2401708/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr G Hatton | NWMS Facilities Services Ltd | England & Wales | £2,886 |
| 2410117/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Mr Z Iqbal | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1304277/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr D Morris (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800898/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr P Drake | Total Polyfilm Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2204773/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Miss N Bange | Roheen Berry & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3333809/2018 | 2 June 2020 | Miss Bradbury, Counsel. For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400563/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mrs H Townsend | Thrive Cafe And Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £1,944 |
| 3324598/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Miss A Crowther | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201376/2020 | 2 June 2020 | — | Language House London Ltd | England & Wales | £2,033 |
| 1404093/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Did not attend For the | Ms Moss, HR Manager | England & Wales | — |
| 1405992/2019 | 2 June 2020 | Mrs Felicity Nicola Boase | Mrs Avril Plunkett | England & Wales | £2,414 |
| 2200329/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr S Moore | Lucy Murray | England & Wales | — |
| 1801351/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Mr P Franklin | Fjg Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401558/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Ms J Wilcox | Elevate EBP Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400527/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Mr P Blythe | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801668/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Mr S Ferris | Roxspur Measurement and Control Limited trading as TT Electronics PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: BY TELEPHONE (BT MEET ME) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404215/2019 | 1 June 2020 | Mr Q Wasselez | JC&C Bowers Holdings | England & Wales | — |
| 1800696/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Miss S Wint | The York Handmade Brick Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405688/2019 | 1 June 2020 | In person For the | Mr C Johnson, Tribunal Advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 1801896/2020 | 1 June 2020 | Paul Edmonds | Coretex Surfacing Ltd | England & Wales | £14,282 |
| 1406336/2019 | 1 June 2020 | Mrs C Gillard | Dimensions Somerset SEV Ltd | England & Wales | £5,764 |