Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,168 UK employment tribunal cases involving breach of contract claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,050 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,508 cases. Tribunals upheld 69% of the 12,143 decided breach of contract claims. These cases name 23,646 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 8,434 | 55% |
| Dismissed | 3,709 | 24% |
| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,109 | 7% |
| Other | 429 | 3% |
| Settled | 128 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 321 | |
| 2018 | 636 | |
| 2019 | 3,862 | |
| 2020 | 5,472 | |
| 2021 | 3,723 | |
| 2022 | 3,560 | |
| 2023 | 3,377 | |
| 2024 | 2,991 | |
| 2025 | 2,667 | |
| 2026 | 1,559 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3203098/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr L Ollomani | Suc.exc.uk.ltd T/a E One Haulage | England & Wales | — |
| 2204751/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr BJ Clachar | Strong Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1807402/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr A Roman | The Construction Recruitment Company UK Limited | England & Wales | £1,280 |
| 2302981/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Miss I Johnson | BMI Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 1307345/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss J McFarlane | Smart Move Supported Housing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401768/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr P Rothwell | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1403661/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss D Allen | Bliss4 Hair & Beauty C/O Melissa Beer | England & Wales | — |
| 2302901/2018 |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 24 |
| 30 January 2020 |
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| 3307235/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mr Samuel Mason | AV Studios plc | England & Wales | £2,490 |
| 2404534/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr J Thacker | Secretary of State for Education | England & Wales | — |
| 3324362/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss L Jackson | NH and MB Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | £3,154 |
| 2405591/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs M Williams | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1302155/2019 | 29 January 2020 | No Appearance For the | Add2 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103362/2019 | 29 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103362/2019 Ms D Harris | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor HMRC | Scotland | — |
| 2304251/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr M Rowden | Crown Support Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2503339/2018 | 29 January 2020 | Ms S Mitchell | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3314854/2019 | 29 January 2020 | In person For the | Mrs G Mohammed, Solicitor | England & Wales | £4,311 |
| 3201645/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Ms N Spence | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601927/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Miss Z Seddon | M E Goddard | England & Wales | — |
| 4107423/2019 | 29 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107423/2019 Mr G Forbes | Represented by: Mr P Lefevre, Quantum Claims Apex Industrial Chemicals Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302292/2018 | 29 January 2020 | PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Limited | Mr Edward Oliver | England & Wales | — |
| 3202425/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr M Rashel | The Unite Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2504073/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr P Snowdon | Thompson Power Tool Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | £2,656 |
| 2414082/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr S Liptrot | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306103/2018 | 29 January 2020 | Miss K Smith | Telford College Of Arts & Technology | England & Wales | — |
| 2601651/2019 | 29 January 2020 | — | J V Hyland T/a Sign Windows and others | England & Wales | — |
| 4123062/2018 | 29 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123062/2018 Mr S Wylie | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2303715/2019 | 29 January 2020 | In Person For the | Southern Gem Displays Ltd | England & Wales | £2,988 |
| 2414705/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr JM Burdess | Steven Marston | England & Wales | — |
| 2301452/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Ms C Ndambiri | Adsen Moore Financial Consulting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313583/2019 | 29 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr R Daniel – Contracts Manager | England & Wales | — |
| 3303780/2019 | 29 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,149 |
| 1810644/2018 | 29 January 2020 | In person | Matt Engineering Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | £5,615 |
| 2302316/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Mr L Gorman | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301575/2018 | 29 January 2020 | Miss J Shrubsole | Swalecliffe Pharmacy Ltd | England & Wales | £780 |
| 1805124/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Miss J Melbourne | Vito Logozzi 2.Brewery and Tap Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) 3.Ale Houses Inc Ltd 4.Genevieve Ryan | England & Wales | — |
| 1807082/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Ms Mellor, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807598/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr J Power | Speedboat Acquisition Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206758/2018 | 28 January 2020 | No attendance For the | Mrs Lydia Edgar, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2304399/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr A Selagea | The Best Connection Employment Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306812/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr M Brookes | Photobooths.co.uk | England & Wales | — |
| 1303860/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs M Bradbourn-Miles | Orbit Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3325476/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr M Andric | Marcus Fink | England & Wales | — |
| 2301312/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss K Maxwell-Simpson | The Nehemiah Project | England & Wales | — |
| 1306974/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr D Rodger | Litterboss | England & Wales | — |
| 2302215/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss E McCarthy | Dtsn Limited t/a The Fordwich Arms | England & Wales | — |
| 1403869/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr D Ashford | Valmar Pallets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3323567/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr E Bentall | Regus Management (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300930/2018 | 28 January 2020 | Mr E Oyedeji | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2602198/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss. R Simon | NJUK Hair & Beauty Ltd | England & Wales | £4,199 |