Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200095/2020 | 17 May 2020 | Mr J Desai | Paycasso Verify Limited | England & Wales | £6,314 |
| 3314605/2019 | 17 May 2020 | Mr S K Salter | D & P Coaches Limited | England & Wales | £2,136 |
| 1601848/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr C Flanders | Hallmark Care Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 3322612/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr S Corcoran | Amberstone Guarding | England & Wales | — |
| 2400246/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr C Hall | ADM Plumbing Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600976/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr S Bhandal | VM Fabrics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306002/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs M Berns | Kaan Academic Limited | England & Wales | £4,735 |
| 2416641/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Miss R Gray | Bupa Dental Care | 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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
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| 1404991/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr P Milkowski | Princess Yachts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406145/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr I Roberts | The Donkey Sanctuary Trustee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401152/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr W O’Carroll | Will Nixon Construction Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200384/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr K Brough | Executive & Business Aviation Support Limited | England & Wales | £4,817 |
| 1600662/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Miss N Price | Mrs Sarah Jayne Canvin | England & Wales | — |
| 2405407/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs S Dale | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1404182/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr R Huthwaite | SSE Services plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304419/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Ms Phyllis Clarke | The Restaurant Group (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405552/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs A Steadman | Cumberland Medical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414741/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr E Done | LM Protection Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £6,121 |
| 1801601/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr D McGlone | Edwin Snowden (2018) Ltd | England & Wales | £13,566 |
| 2300689/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr William Smith | P.R. Services (Cuxton) Ltd | England & Wales | £16,670 |
| 2500161/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr C Mitchell | Deepdale Building Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406305/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr J Hazzard | Weston College | England & Wales | — |
| 3301567/2019 | 14 May 2020 | In person For the | Mr Coller, Director | England & Wales | £2,100 |
| 1401544/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Miss S Povey | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404580/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr AA Marsland | Secure Pizzas Ltd t/a Pizza Hut Swinton (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1406390/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr B Penman | Morson Human Resource Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800033/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Miss K Larkin | Innserve Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304223/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mrs L Gates | Earth Source Energy Ltd | England & Wales | £4,904 |
| 2603123/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Miss T Bradshaw Hayes | PMM Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601962/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr R. Haines | Panasonic Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415043/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Ms C Wilson | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3322410/2019 | 14 May 2020 | — | Zanetti v Société Air France | England & Wales | — |
| 1400343/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Miss I Uniacke | Sure Telecommunications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600331/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Miss D Corby | Carlton Cleaning UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400483/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mr S Smart | Industrial Door Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304507/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mrs L Wilson | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405491/2019 | 14 May 2020 | In person For the | Homebazaar UK Ltd | England & Wales | £1,454 |
| 1406243/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr I Sangster | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300626/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mr M Porter | Rightbuilduk.com. Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202670/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr G Weeks | EUF Group Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401708/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mr KG Martin | Bells Shoes Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2603425/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mrs A Hill | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £7,508 |
| 2301305/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mr Z Solymosi | 2Box Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305174/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Miss KA Peckham | East Sussex College Group (escg) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300234/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mr J Siphika | Wickes Building Supplies Limited STRIKE OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 2304793/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Miss Lindsey Ravillious | Village House Nursery School (Langton Green) Limited, T/A Little Birches Tunbridge Wells | England & Wales | — |
| 2603431/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mrs J Haywood | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £6,546 |
| 2304852/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Ms Rachael Wells | Clarion Housing Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202479/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mrs M Paraia | Eden Brook Home Care Limited | England & Wales | £3,290 |
| 1804860/2019 | 13 May 2020 | Mr PK Martin | PlanB Professional Services Limited | England & Wales | — |