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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300067/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Edward Richard Foster | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £13,010 |
| 2304778/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Penny Ashton | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £9,135 |
| 1402751/2019 | 22 April 2020 | 1. Mrs C McGuire 2. Miss C Tutt 3. Mrs W Jameson | White Daisy Catering Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300036/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Reiss Paige | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £10,215 |
| 2304836/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Rashpal Kaur | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £53,032 |
| 2305228/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Liam Cleworth | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £7,490 |
| 1402892/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Miss L Purdy Mrs C Hare | White Daisy Catering Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304750/2019 |
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 |
| 22 April 2020 |
| Paul Dickinson |
| The Foster Partnership Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| £50,631 |
| 2304762/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Robert Newman | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £31,273 |
| 2300204/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Sally Ann Austin | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £27,295 |
| 1405986/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Mr S McGrath | SWL Security Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2304759/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Michelle Latimer | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £26,413 |
| 2305230/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Maria Homewood | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £35,378 |
| 2304771/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Jim Wright | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £8,050 |
| 2300206/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Christina Susan Foster | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £13,010 |
| 2304822/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Rebecca Elizabeth Newman | The Foster Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | £20,286 |
| 4111842/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr S Smith | Teleperformance limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600779/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr J Evans | ITNmark Education Ltd [R1] A-Day Consultants Ltd [R2] | England & Wales | — |
| 2500030/2020 | 21 April 2020 | Alison Ross And Mark Ross Trading As Hairbase | Miss Jessica Wall | England & Wales | — |
| 2402967/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr M Hilditch | Oldham Athletic (2004) Association Football Club Limited | England & Wales | £10,836 |
| 3300000/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Ms L Dixon-Davies (Friend). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202030/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr S Lester | Hermes Fund Managers Limited & Paul Mortley | England & Wales | — |
| 1806336/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mrs G Bradley | Three Sixty Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203132/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr M Penny | Veolia ES (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202638/2019 | 21 April 2020 | — | Q.S.V Solid Surfaces Ltd | England & Wales | £9,809 |
| 2400935/2020 | 21 April 2020 | Mr D Woodall | Workspace Design And Build Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800907/2020 | 21 April 2020 | Mr J Standing | Facultatieve Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413882/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr A Harlow | Huws Gray Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304097/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mr WH Primrose | Aequitas Packing Group (uk) Ltd. | England & Wales | £5,104 |
| 1600176/2019 | 21 April 2020 | Mrs T Atherton Mrs Z Utley Mr W A Williams | The Pilot Boat Inn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500067/2020 | 21 April 2020 | Mr S Garbutt | Avant Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 1404088/2019 | 20 April 2020 | Mr S Coulls | Falmouth MAT | England & Wales | — |
| 2200002/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Ms S Bervas | Jefferies International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804896/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mrs S Bielby | Excil Electronics Ltd. t/a LPA Lighting Systems AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2500204/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr S D Wood | W. Liddy & Co. Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204793/2019 | 20 April 2020 | Mr DA Delgado | Porsche Retail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600036/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr W Farley | H.A.A.N.K Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400439/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr W Harrington | AND KB Security and Training Ltd | England & Wales | £1,089 |
| 2304124/2019 | 20 April 2020 | Mr G West | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400334/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr C Drever | FosteringMaters Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800698/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr A Barkley | Revis Of York | England & Wales | — |
| 3334219/2018 | 20 April 2020 | Mr N Thawe | Mick George Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400641/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mrs T Cureton | TN Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601204/2019 | 20 April 2020 | Miss L Bullimore | Graeme Carnegie t/a Miss Poppy's Coffee Shop | England & Wales | — |
| 3327960/2019 | 20 April 2020 | Mr K Adams | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400960/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Miss E Adams | AND Temp Healthcare Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £620 |
| 1810589/2018 | 20 April 2020 | Mr SD Proctor See schedule | First West Yorkshire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200507/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mr A Morgillo | Iresuccess Care Ltd t/a Caremark Camden | England & Wales | — |
| 1400528/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Miss M Wright | Inn Freshford Ltd | England & Wales | £2,480 |
| 3303309/2019 | 18 April 2020 | (1) Mrs P Howard (2) Mrs S Allfree (3) Mrs K Walsh (4) Ms S Fenwick (5) Mrs J Fuller | Mrs S Stanley | England & Wales | £13,688 |