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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804932/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr P Hall | Craggs Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404066/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr S Jones | Natwest plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201818/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr O Loremikan | Heads Recruitment Limited T/A Proman | England & Wales | — |
| 3318971/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Ms D Arteaga | NAC Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804361/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr A Hall | F Sherwood & Sons (Shepshed) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503513/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr B J Gardener | Trumark Properties | England & Wales | — |
| 1806312/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Miss K Furniss | Wilde-Eagle Group Ltd | England & Wales | £722 |
| 1403215/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Ms G Gigg | Mr J Dicker |
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 |
| — |
| 1401919/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr P D Cornish | Mr Robert Hancocke | England & Wales | £6,453 |
| 3202577/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr D Barker | Jabez Securities | England & Wales | — |
| 3318936/2019 | 15 December 2019 | Mr H Burn | Computer Associates Holding Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107730/2019 | 15 December 2019 | Mr R Mason | Represented by: Mr D McCusker Solicitor Daniel Hoey | Scotland | £14,565 |
| 3300446/2019 | 15 December 2019 | Mrs D Taylor | McLaren Automotive Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502518/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr M Higgins | Connect Facilities Limited | England & Wales | £2,817 |
| 1402490/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Miss S Rich | Hair Corner Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406143/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr H Khalaf | Cabinet Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2602570/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mrs A Patel | Allansons Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | £4,158 |
| 1802156/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr C Bourne, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602521/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr A Manon | Gilsons Food Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2405132/2017 | 13 December 2019 | Mr G Powell | 1 Signature Living Hotels Limited 2 Signature Living Property Investments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302626/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr I Arif | Elite Site Supplies Ltd | England & Wales | £1,550 |
| 1805482/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr P Watkins | Kamej Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602608/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Miss J Dubbini | The Dental Suite (Loughborough) Limited Respondent: | England & Wales | — |
| 2302938/2019 | 13 December 2019 | N/K D Fergus | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331754/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mr J Kuisys | BAP Transport Limited(In Administration) & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1402397/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr S Taylor (in person) For the | Mr Bit Limited 1402397/2019 | England & Wales | £3,391 |
| 1401264/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr P Stroilov, (Christian Legal Centre) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3331850/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Miss W Ridehalgh | BAP Transport Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806371/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr S Gilbey, solicitor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3314454/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mrs A Wisniewska | Jewish Community Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804790/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr R Lightowler | John MacAdam & Son (Rescue) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402950/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr R Jones | Hobden’s Removal & Storage & Son | England & Wales | — |
| 3331822/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mr A Micallef | BAP Transport Limited(In Administration) & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1402734/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Ms L Akyea | Heath and Wiltshire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410549/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr L Goddard | Sellers Containers Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500803/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr K Lidster | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3323519/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Ms Y El-Kholy | (R1) Lampton 360 Ltd (R2) David ward | England & Wales | — |
| 3323512/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Miss R Davis | — | England & Wales | £1,067 |
| 3327565/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr B Thompson | Easton Gymnastics Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1305053/2020 | 12 December 2019 | Miss. T. Hand, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306706/2019 | 12 December 2019 | — | Dr James Holt c/o Matt Fox, Liquidator of Abracadabra Leaflet Distribution Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3201738/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr H Mir | Ghetia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319424/2019 | 12 December 2019 | — | R A V V Enterprise Ltd | England & Wales | £1,812 |
| 4111194/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mrs Nicola Davidson | Iain Aitkenhead Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2410250/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr D McCallion | Gavin Murray Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413420/2018 | 12 December 2019 | — | Canute UK Ltd (in Administration) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3313532/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr N Carmo | Wireless Excellence Limited | England & Wales | £3,253 |
| 2415202/2018 | 12 December 2019 | — | Canute UK Ltd (in Administration) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3304185/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr R I Wanniachchi | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300287/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr Daniel Chumbu | The Disabilities Trust | England & Wales | — |