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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4102998/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Ms A Love | Paisley Indoor Bowling Club plc | Scotland | £0 |
| 2204533/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Mr S Ambler | Vohkus Limited | England & Wales | £1,693 |
| 2600087/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Miss J Colclough | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £1,991 |
| 2600192/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Mr I Murray | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £19,902 |
| 2600124/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Mr H Richardson | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £13,484 |
| 1800501/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Mr P Wilkinson | Tierney And Co Solicitors Limited T/a Tierneys Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 1807284/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Mr I Parker | R1: L T Cleaning Services Limited R2: MTM Environment Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1900030/2012 | 18 March 2020 |
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 |
| In Person (on the first day only) |
| Mr. R Powell - Counsel |
| England & Wales |
| £82,931 |
| 2600099/2020 | 18 March 2020 | — | Pitchford v Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £2,867 |
| 2600092/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Ms M Subhrai | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £1,433 |
| 1403527/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Ms YJ Makani | Cherry Orchards Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304660/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Mrs P Howard | Burkinshaw Management Limited | England & Wales | £3,735 |
| 1308927/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Mr P Smith | Dk Tuning Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603686/2019 | 18 March 2020 | Mr D Burton | Buckley Lamb Ltd | England & Wales | £20,532 |
| 1801030/2020 | 18 March 2020 | Mr R Howard | Tesco Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801159/2016 | 17 March 2020 | Mrs M Iles | LDD Group Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201647/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr D Sweeney | Frederick J French (Contracts) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304665/2018 | 17 March 2020 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100501/2020 | 17 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100501/2020 Mr P Lynn | Paul Stevenson Funeral Directors Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2401218/2020 | 17 March 2020 | Mr J Heywood | Sid Lee | England & Wales | — |
| 2413872/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr T Williams | Frederiks Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414100/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr N Paulo | Pin Mill Textiles Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806436/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr S Gatehouse | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602162/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr M McNamara-Waddington | Close Comms Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603451/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr N Jones | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £4,252 |
| 2602598/2018 | 17 March 2020 | Mrs M Nowland | J&Y Webber Services Limited (Creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2603164/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mrs J Maloney | Design Shack Interiors Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £25,493 |
| 2603577/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mrs N Ward | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £7,358 |
| 1306106/2018 | 17 March 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,840 |
| 2415226/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr K Ehimwenma | LM Protection Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £1,780 |
| 4113051/2019 | 17 March 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113051/2019 Mr J Berrie | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2200299/2020 | 17 March 2020 | In person For the | United Jewellers Ltd and NQ Retail London Ltd | England & Wales | £25,727 |
| 2603517/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr A Penna | Ellis & Hughes | England & Wales | — |
| 3322050/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr R Jenks | Clearglen Limited (T/As ‘Cg Consultants’) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100427/2020 | 17 March 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4100427/2020 Miss F Davidson | Converged Communication Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2405498/2019 | 17 March 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 2405498/2019 Mr N Smith | Represented by: John Muir Solicitor Smart Leasing Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2603495/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr M Tandel | Gilsons Food Ltd ( in creditors voluntary liquidation):R1 Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy & Others:R2 | England & Wales | — |
| 4101232/2020 | 17 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101232/2020 Mr A Richardson | Nordfields Properties Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2603494/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr S Beavers | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £5,635 |
| 1807120/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mrs J Bell | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £6,909 |
| 2603503/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr C Green | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £3,122 |
| 1600465/2018 | 17 March 2020 | (1) Ms R Halliwell (2) Ms M Rowlands | Gekko UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3327642/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr L Andrew | Hutchings & Harding Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300183/2020 | 17 March 2020 | Mr M Phillips | Sendatutor Limited | England & Wales | £2,274 |
| 4111862/2019 | 17 March 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111862/2019 Smart Leasing Solutions Limited | Represented by: Ms A Beattie, Solicitor Mr N Smith | Scotland | — |
| 2603459/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Mr C Whitecross | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £7,175 |
| 3332250/2018 | 17 March 2020 | Mr P Tucker | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602250/2019 | 17 March 2020 | Ms K Palmer | Midas Display Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £1,064 |
| 1800712/2020 | 17 March 2020 | Miss B Whitwell | Clear My Credit Ltd | England & Wales | £1,244 |
| 2600097/2020 | 17 March 2020 | Mr D Foster | Meddo Limited | England & Wales | £11,472 |