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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4107490/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms R Porter | Represented by: Mr D M Hutchison, Solicitor Student Loans Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3319541/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Miss R Davies | VAKS Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300162/2020 | 17 February 2020 | Mr J Sinka | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201478/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr R Reeve | LJ Transportation Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414472/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms C Crawley | Urmston Group Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 3202298/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms G Gregory | Complete Jobs Limited | England & Wales | £1,734 |
| 3304153/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mrs A Evans | TNT UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314950/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Miss T Cochrane |
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 |
| — |
| 3335547/2018 | 16 February 2020 | Mr M Render | The Community Heartbeat Trust & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3300335/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mr G Asiamah | Metroline Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3329251/2017 | 16 February 2020 | Mr N Makenji | Econovate Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321950/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mr J Siggers | Record UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312335/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mr F Lynch | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327133/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mr E Ulunchayli | Sinda Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327162/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Mr K James | The Haverbury Housing Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 3326452/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Ms S Parameshwar | The Beer Lover Bow Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602252/2018 | 15 February 2020 | Mr Stillings (1) Mr Lomax (2) Mr Short (3) | Touch Electrical Engineering Limited (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411121/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr P Stewart | Q Medical Technologies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403531/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Ms J Satchell | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 1303610/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr K Frost | Diamond Logistics Ltd - Adam Gaunt | England & Wales | £2,418 |
| 2600122/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Ms AC Grant | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2602217/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. C Blain | Creative Spaces Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404354/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr B Thomas | P.O.C Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600709/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs J Morley | The Hair Shop By Myles Ltd Deborah Fisher The Hair Shop | England & Wales | — |
| 3321124/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Miss Jessica Lucas | VGMedispa Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,411 |
| 1400544/2020 | 14 February 2020 | Mr A Parrott | Chicken Hospitality Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3335031/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr J Mooney | Atkis Strategy Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602531/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. A Binns | The Governors of Bourne Grammar School | England & Wales | — |
| 2603575/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr I Stancu | The Care Alliance Ltd | England & Wales | £672 |
| 2600434/2019 | 14 February 2020 | In Person For the | Mr Fahy, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4107467/2019 | 14 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107467/2019 Ms C Coyne | Office Angels Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302081/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr R Bannocks | University of the Arts London | England & Wales | — |
| 1303802/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr N Ali | Gogna Schoolwear and Sports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202667/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. K.McMahon | Government Legal Department | England & Wales | — |
| 2206519/2018 | 14 February 2020 | in person For | Mr S. Hoyle of Croners | England & Wales | — |
| 3314868/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr Umberto Raiola | Northumberland Park House Ltd | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 2601791/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. U Musella | SPS Aerostructures Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400113/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Miss M Georgiev | Hanover Insolvency Limited | England & Wales | £120 |
| 1806337/2019 | 14 February 2020 | In person with Miss M Andrews and Mrs D McGinnies For the | Mr J Symons (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600629/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. SA Bowen | Trent Motor Traction Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306547/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr P Read | S K Wright Building Contractors Limited | England & Wales | £3,264 |
| 2203473/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. G. Gyimah | Santander UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2601886/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs J Taylor | Premier Insurance Brokers Ltd (R1) Steve Morley (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2603617/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr N Wainwright | Morrison Utility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202082/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr N Glover | Alexander Hamilton Estates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304145/2019 | 13 February 2020 | in person For the | Miss Lunney, solicitor | England & Wales | £3,346 |
| 2304243/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs B Payne | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414564/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr A M Zourmand | Northern Schools Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300233/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P O’Neill | Veolia Energy UK Limited & Veolia CHP UK Limited | England & Wales | £324 |
| 3201346/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P Wicker | XPO Logistics | England & Wales | £1,804 |