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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303979/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Miss N Thomas | The Northwood Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303101/2020 | 19 February 2020 | Mr Inge Larsen | Doormatic Limited | England & Wales | £1,916 |
| 2205081/2019 | 19 February 2020 | — | Noyon Environmental Ltd | England & Wales | £2,133 |
| 2502718/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr A Thurgood | George Scott Hairdressers North East Limited | England & Wales | £40 |
| 3326454/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs IM Pietras | R.T.S Grp plc | England & Wales | £2,381 |
| 2601912/2018 | 19 February 2020 | Miss S Exton | The Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2411285/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr A Stephenson First | Fells & Dales limited Second Respondent: Fells & Ales Limited Third Respondent: Knipe Hall Limited Fourth Respondent: Cumbrian Cuisine Limited Fifth Respondent: Shap Lodge Limited Sixth Respondent: Yew Tree Farm |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2304511/2019 | 19 February 2020 | — | Nemeth v Asda Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603189/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs M Hayes | Palm Tree Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | £1,260 |
| 1300065/2020 | 19 February 2020 | Mr D Winn | Schneider Electric | England & Wales | — |
| 2603331/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Miss F Harmer | Paul Harris-The Greyhound | England & Wales | — |
| 1807425/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr O O’Donnell | Whisperdale Sporting Club Limited | England & Wales | £8,213 |
| 3304874/2018 | 19 February 2020 | Mr O Okanlawon | Optimum Group Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807342/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Ms D Chester | Nevison Pharmacy Limited | England & Wales | £1,195 |
| 1300435/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Ms M Archer | WM Morrison Supermarket plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1807312/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Ms Z Smith | Caroline Hart 247 Security and Events Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602374/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Ms T Westerman | Lincolnshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1303670/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr M Clift, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600035/2020 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs K Markiewicz | Kl Invest (Boston) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,418 |
| 2304273/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Miss K Birmingham | Warners Law LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3316136/2019 | 19 February 2020 | In person For the | Information Publications Ltd | England & Wales | £6,260 |
| 3319528/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr Andrew Reid, McKenzie-Friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603475/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr D Lee | Tennoc Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603689/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs J Kaur | Article-10.Limited | England & Wales | £4,262 |
| 2304953/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs D Roots | Griggs of Hythe Limited | England & Wales | £4,997 |
| 1300618/2019 | 19 February 2020 | In attendance For the | Mr M Davis, Employment Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 4106010/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs B Smith | Real Estate Signs Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3315877/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr D George | The Turvey Pub Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304610/2018 | 19 February 2020 | Mrs E De Carteret | Birmingham City Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1602213/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr P Knight | South Wales Car and Van Service Centre Ltd | England & Wales | £1,754 |
| 2504297/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Miss S Harker | Marine Management Organisation | England & Wales | — |
| 1806590/2019 | 19 February 2020 | In person | — | England & Wales | £960 |
| 1807554/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Ms J Ghiloni | Care Signature Christian Homecare Services Limited | England & Wales | £347 |
| 4113043/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Mr Chris McIntyre | Archibald Investment Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100052/2020 | 19 February 2020 | Mr Philip Jameson | Ecosse Inns Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600911/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr L Francis | Smokin Skulls Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404124/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Miss L Power and 29 others | Pitney Fabrication Co. Ltd | England & Wales | £201,107 |
| 3334487/2018 | 18 February 2020 | Mr S Austin | Stanborough Motors Ltd – Trading as Watford Vans | England & Wales | — |
| 3322403/2016 | 18 February 2020 | Mr G Badara | Pulse Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414215/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr J Wilhelm | Stoodley Vehicle Auction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406079/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr N Walker | Taziker Industrial Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601358/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr PC Bradshaw | Lyte Ladders & Towers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404173/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mrs L Buckley | Pillow Adventure Travel Co Ltd (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £11,186 |
| 1806309/2019 | 18 February 2020 | No attendance, contacted by telephone | Mrs J Fowler | England & Wales | — |
| 4101691/2019 | 18 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101691/2019 Mr X | Kintyre Development Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2303584/2018 | 18 February 2020 | Mr Brackstone | Beck Interiors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319196/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Miss I Zavorotnaja | Verisure Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301137/2017 | 18 February 2020 | Mr J Chall | Commercial Foods Limtied | England & Wales | £9,294 |
| 1307224/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr A Griffiths | Saic UK Technical Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600183/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr D Jones | Duval FM Limited | England & Wales | — |