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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414573/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr N Holt | Ontime Interiors And Joinery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301146/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr P Mace | Kenton Black Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603727/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs S Blatherwick | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £8,335 |
| 2411600/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs C Graham First | Integra People Limited Second Respondent: Vitax Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111249/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms Valerie Joyce | - Solicitor The Beeches Home Care Agency Ltd | Scotland | £540 |
| 2411140/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss A Brunt | Alternative Futures Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603556/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr N Broughton | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £8,088 |
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 |
| 1804876/2019 | 25 February 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2415076/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr G Lloyd | Property Hub Invest Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201397/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr SJ Hurren | TA Trucking (formerly MPS) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410298/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr J McNamee | Breedon Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3332131/2018 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs D Scullion | Bupa Care Homes (GL) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603599/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs J North | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £8,131 |
| 1804275/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr N Farr, in person Ms D Flather, in person Mr B Robertson, did not attend | Umbrella Protect & Compare Ltd | England & Wales | £4,666 |
| 1600794/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms C M Raileanu | React Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400102/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Ms Sara Padroni | England & Wales | — |
| 1302049/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Did not attend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500773/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss T Dalby | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2202632/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr K Mutombo | Base Building Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602542/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss E Dickson | 4pmates Limited | England & Wales | £20,513 |
| 1400576/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Miss N Hall | Omnitude Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202956/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr R Merrick | DB Group Services (UK) Limited (sued as “Deutsche Bank”) | England & Wales | — |
| 1308776/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr D Flis | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601162/2018 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs A Vale | Joy Chep Ltd (Dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201567/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr J Brennan | Lanes Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202052/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs M Shaw | CC Hydrosonics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202398/2018 | 25 February 2020 | Mr K O’Donnell | 1) Barclays Bank UK plc 2) Barclays Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2401490/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr D Foley | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306082/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss HJ Owen | Gladwin Family Butchers | England & Wales | — |
| 1601091/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss H Trumper | Michelle Hoskin of Standards International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603496/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr J Tansley | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £5,000 |
| 2502669/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs A Taylor | Samuel Smiths Brewery | England & Wales | — |
| 2415251/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss E Kidd | Tramp Hair Boutique | England & Wales | — |
| 2600223/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Mr S Watson | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers & Others | England & Wales | £4,125 |
| 2603586/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr N Johnson | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £18,300 |
| 3203026/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr E Awe | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3203025/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr D Chapman | Hilltop Infant School | England & Wales | — |
| 3201257/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms EB Koscielniak-Kasprzyc | Learning & Skills Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410311/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr K Hanlon | Move Residential Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406533/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr A Mbarushimana Mr Z Syed Miss S Isanta Crusellas | Safwan Baig Group Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300095/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Miss S Harris | HC-One Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400700/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr A Dixon | S M Trucking Ltd | England & Wales | £4,503 |
| 2202318/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms D Asiamah | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603723/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs A Crabb | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £11,295 |
| 2603716/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs T Petts | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £10,069 |
| 2603632/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms J Thomas | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £5,763 |
| 3202630/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Miss K Spicer | Walton Pre School | England & Wales | — |
| 2603726/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs S Grocock | Richard Charles Thorpe T/A Southern & Thorpe Butchers | England & Wales | £9,191 |
| 2602995/2019 | 25 February 2020 | — | Dunne v Wilko Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301306/2017 | 25 February 2020 | Ms F Novsarka | M&K Pharma Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) and others | England & Wales | — |