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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2603550/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr N Berzins | DHL Supply Chain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101263/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Mr N S Munro | NES North Limited | Scotland | £2,029 |
| 1800204/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Mrs J Johnson | I Build Property Management Ltd | England & Wales | £8,255 |
| 2303115/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Miss G Palmer | Marine Society And Sea Cadets | England & Wales | — |
| 2501161/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Mr P Edwards | Darlington Railway Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | £2,158 |
| 3200725/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Mr T Jones | East Strathaven Facilities Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310912/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr A Hallsworth | NAM Global Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414679/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr P Penrose | Northern Estates Services 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 |
| — |
| 1406247/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mrs A Gundry | Simplyhealth People Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400041/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mrs M G Rose | Park Dental | England & Wales | — |
| 1801474/2020 | 5 May 2020 | — | CW Window Cleaning Services Ltd | England & Wales | £640 |
| 1602118/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Ms J Llewelyn | Oyster Bay Systems Limited Heard: via telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2203333/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Ms K McCarthy, McKenzie Friend For the | Mr P Maratos, Legal consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1403381/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr G Jackson | D R Groundworks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200348/2020 | 5 May 2020 | — | Settembre90 Ltd | England & Wales | £3,448 |
| 2400579/2020 | 5 May 2020 | (1) Mr J Penswick (2) Mrs J Smith (3) Miss A Lynch (4) Miss C Sutton (5) Miss J Aspinall (6) Mr M Eaves (7) Miss M Topping (8) Mr W Vine | Bite Club LLSA Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £23,755 |
| 2200366/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr J | C Cangiano Zero965 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1309053/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr C Farrow | Arctic Preservation Limited | England & Wales | £20,663 |
| 2204826/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr M Casagrande | Underground Retail Ltd | England & Wales | £1,866 |
| 2500106/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mrs E Monaghan | The Secretary Of State For Justice & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1400758/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mrs J Galaszia | Care Horizons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4101425/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr G Robertson | Ferrier Pumps Limited | Scotland | £6,533 |
| 1801438/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr M Ciobanu | Active Response Security Services Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING BY TELEPHONE | England & Wales | £635 |
| 1400521/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr S Wyatt | Airways Optical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400602/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Miss H Bennett | Loungers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415011/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr J Bardsley | The Guinness Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416656/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr R Taylor | Marks & Spencer Financial Services plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3324150/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr J Singh | And Global Freight Systems Limited | England & Wales | £1,503 |
| 2500509/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr Stuart Williams | PW Pub Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802018/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr J Gunnee | Rock and Bone Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1406096/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr P Ineson, Claimant’s Partner For the | Mr J French-Williams, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2416530/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr P Rochford | Keolis Amey Metrolink Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3203103/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr J Barker | Tesco Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401562/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr T Punter | Stoneham Construction Ltd c/o David Harris | England & Wales | — |
| 1302300/2020 | 4 May 2020 | In person For the | Mr M Boxhall, Managing Director | England & Wales | £300 |
| 1403826/2019 | 4 May 2020 | in person For the | MSV Enterprises Ltd | England & Wales | £8,793 |
| 1403941/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr A Murphy | KES Power and Light | England & Wales | — |
| 3203128/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr O Ogunleye | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200516/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Ms C Hughes | MacArthys Laboratories Limited T/A Martindale Pharma | England & Wales | — |
| 2303689/2018 | 4 May 2020 | (1) Mrs J Webb (2) Mr M Foster-Thomas | Ampersand Care Limited (in liquidation) Interested Party: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2200367/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Ms. Lisa da Costa | — | England & Wales | £128 |
| 2402605/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr T Pickin | Wilmslow Kitchen Interiors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600738/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Miss Y Braithwaite | Mathew Burrows & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2414940/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Miss K Doherty | Body Pulse Limited t/a The Warehouse Gym | England & Wales | — |
| 2401951/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr P Roberts | Meridian Controls Limited T/a Turbo Controls UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2200057/2020 | 4 May 2020 | — | Nestify Ltd | England & Wales | £460 |
| 2406546/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr A Morris | Mr Nick Buckley, Mancunian Way | England & Wales | — |
| 3203081/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Miss S Ivanova | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred | England & Wales | — |
| 1406427/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Miss S Blackmore | Kensington Community Care (Gloucester) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3203094/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mrs K Virk | Romford Specsavers Hearcare Limited | England & Wales | — |