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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1303803/2019 | 25 March 2020 | Mr T Barnard | Hub26 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800610/2020 | 25 March 2020 | Mr S Nelson and Mr DP Hague | Ramus Seafoods Limited AT A HEARING BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL | England & Wales | £11,911 |
| 3324972/2019 | 25 March 2020 | Mr S Shah | — | England & Wales | £3,173 |
| 2203538/2019 | 25 March 2020 | Mr Fairclough Ahammed | 1SA Limited t/a Subway | England & Wales | — |
| 1800911/2020 | 24 March 2020 | Ms M Avalos-Perez | Cathedral Leasing Ltd t/a Cathedral Hygiene | England & Wales | — |
| 2414191/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Ms J Leyland | Graham Halliwell t/a That Carpet Place | England & Wales | — |
| 1802872/2020 | 24 March 2020 | Mr F Taylor | Maha Ibrahim Qteish | England & Wales | — |
| 4100898/2020 | 24 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100898/2020 Mr G Millar |
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 |
| Neptis Media Ltd |
| Scotland |
| £4,291 |
| 1303849/2018 | 24 March 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313831/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Mr E Prost | (R1) Kingston Smith and Partners LLP (R2) Mr Ian Robert (R3) Quadriga Worldwide Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401613/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Miss KA Buckling | The Jatis Project CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2503655/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Mr C Lawson | Herrington Industrial Services Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 4106042/2019 | 24 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4106042/2019; 4106043/2019 and 4106044/2019 Mr James Kerr | Murchland Construction Limited | Scotland | £56,962 |
| 3324509/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Mr S Penniston | Trendless HandmadeLtd | England & Wales | £346 |
| 2204913/2019 | 24 March 2020 | Mr H Varsani | Seed Property Consultants Ltd | England & Wales | £9,064 |
| 4107534/2019 | 23 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107534/2019 Mrs N Barnett | Windmills Lanarkshire Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2603505/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr E Peet | The Ralph George And Dragon Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100034/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Mrs S Murison | Represented by Mr P Murison,15 Son Mr G Crombie and Ms Y Smith, | Scotland | £7,500 |
| 1402424/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr M Neal | CW Engineering (Devon) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601986/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mrs N Trow | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800514/2020 | 23 March 2020 | In person | Mr Elwood, manager | England & Wales | £647 |
| 1405257/2018 | 23 March 2020 | Miss T Simmons | City Facilities Management (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310962/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Miss May, Solicitor For the | Mr Brewer, Sole Trader | England & Wales | £25,715 |
| 2600322/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Mr C Coker | Hartland Pies Limited | England & Wales | £7,401 |
| 2204589/2019 | 23 March 2020 | — | The Quilliam Foundation Ltd | England & Wales | £20,048 |
| 1400725/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Mrs N Ricketts | Dean Close Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601512/2017 | 23 March 2020 | Mr S Silcock | Carlsberg UK & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2603464/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Miss C Joita | Joita Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800189/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Mr G Starr | Dove House Hospice | England & Wales | — |
| 1403133/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr P Bassnett | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307217/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr B Swann | Oakland International | England & Wales | — |
| 4111700/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr Greig Paterson | Represented by Ms A Bowman,15 Solicitor SSE Contracting Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2603363/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Ms R Smith | TLC The Training And Learning Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2303732/2018 | 23 March 2020 | Ms M McGrevey | B & M McHugh Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306686/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Mr L Aulton | Stewart Kemp | England & Wales | — |
| 3318754/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Bradshaw Support Limited | England & Wales | £2,921 |
| 2603567/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Miss LM Corbett | Skegby Family Medical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320813/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Ms C Anderson, counsel For the | Ms. Mould, solicitor. | England & Wales | — |
| 2300937/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Miss Jacqueline Henshall | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1303920/2018 | 23 March 2020 | Mrs Z Noor | Mitie Cleaning & Environment Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400245/2020 | 23 March 2020 | Mr M Eldershaw | Simons Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £4,166 |
| 3320889/2021 | 23 March 2020 | Bharat Sachdev Respondent Stephen M S Lai & Co Business Consulting Ltd | — | England & Wales | £34,204 |
| 3202500/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Miss B Towers | CO Bathrooms Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £5,478 |
| 1304122/2020 | 20 March 2020 | Mr K Afzal | Extra Personnel Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2303567/2019 | 20 March 2020 | Miss K Thomas | 1) Optivo 2) Christina Barton 3) Suzie Woodhams | England & Wales | — |
| 2400882/2020 | 20 March 2020 | Ms U Patel | Spamedica Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600408/2019 | 20 March 2020 | Mrs D Hughes | Tweedmill Textiles Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414720/2019 | 20 March 2020 | Ms MJ Stephens | Payswell Limited | England & Wales | £22,693 |
| 2410353/2019 | 20 March 2020 | Mr J Chesney | R Swain & Sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111500/2019 | 20 March 2020 | Miss Haiqa Kashif | — | Scotland | £462 |