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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2405445/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Connell | Darwen Windows Ltd | England & Wales | £4,920 |
| 2424293/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs Mary Ann Eyre First | Harrison Brothers (Furniture) Ltd (in administration) Second Respondent: Wendy Etchells Ltd | England & Wales | £26,937 |
| 1300944/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms T. Hudson, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602204/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr G Gibson | Intelligent Modelling Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1303994/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr J Duckworth | Hampshire Demolition and Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201923/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs K Wyligala | Virgin Active Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303263/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr Robert Harding | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 1403380/2019 |
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 |
| 29 November 2019 |
| Mr W Gentry |
| M Brierley Plumbing Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1403734/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr T Muzeja | Pinnacle Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802922/2019 | 29 November 2019 | In person | Babs Baps Ltd | England & Wales | £3,918 |
| 1403936/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Green | Paulette Blackmore | England & Wales | — |
| 2302247/2019 | 29 November 2019 | — | Mrs M Dabke | England & Wales | — |
| 2406135/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr P A Davis | Pure Claims Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600799/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr A Tarczynski | Tremorfa Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400060/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Williams and others (see schedule) | Mrs Caroline Timmons t/a Hillside Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2500596/2019 | 29 November 2019 | (1) Ms A Blevins (2) My Pet HQ Limited | My Pet HQ Limited | England & Wales | £433 |
| 1401654/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms C McNamara | Mr. P and Mrs. E Pitt t/a The William IV | England & Wales | — |
| 1804312/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Keenan | Department for Work and Pensions AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3201761/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr A Clarke | Omni Serv Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503594/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr M McKeswick | Bolton Brothers Ltd | England & Wales | £32,312 |
| 3202341/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs L Gillott | Factor Follow Ltd T/a Hospitality Av | England & Wales | — |
| 2303310/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr K Hill | Kona Partners LLP | England & Wales | £15,791 |
| 3201722/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr N Perry | Hr Go Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403593/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs J Rostami | Central Flying Instructors School Ltd | England & Wales | £787 |
| 1305804/2018 | 28 November 2019 | In Person For the | Jonathon Hunt | England & Wales | £11,113 |
| 2301275/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs F Babalola, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1305820/2018 | 28 November 2019 | In Person For the | Jonathon Hunt | England & Wales | £18,607 |
| 3201802/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr B Marsh | Premier Moving Services | England & Wales | £4,950 |
| 3310902/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Miss D Kazandzhieva | Titan Healthcare Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1808657/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Miss E Bouse | Quicktan Sunbeds | England & Wales | — |
| 2411307/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr P Jones | Direct People Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £1,925 |
| 3202191/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr E Bantar | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201540/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Ms D Ward | Laville Limited t/a Brittania Pharmacy | England & Wales | £61 |
| 1804336/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr S Dobson | Made By Sauce Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313793/2019 | 28 November 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102991/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Member J McCullagh Tribunal Member J Burnett Mr H Rae | Ramsay and Mrs Arabella Ramsay | Scotland | £8,242 |
| 1806437/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr P Grzywna | Leeds Plywood & Doors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801025/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr L Kenealy, solicitor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2410405/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Ms T Lyon, Miss J Andrews, Miss L Crabbe, Miss J Carroll, Mr J Richter, Miss L Hudson, Mr A Johnson, Mr M Davies, Miss N Stenson, Mr R Owen, Ms J Lyle. | Asel Fashion Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403293/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr C Condurache | Carlauren Technology Ltd | England & Wales | £21,992 |
| 1400552/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Miss K Linsley-Hood | Camps International Group Ltd | England & Wales | £42,284 |
| 2304206/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr M Sprack, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3330610/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr J Davies, Counsel For the | Mr C Strutt, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 4102924/2019 | 28 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102924/2019 Ms G Duncan | Scottish Slimmers (2009) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2421210/2017 | 28 November 2019 | Mr B Ansell | Mitie PFI Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302386/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr A Sirin | Pizza Express Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804196/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr P Goodwin | Rn Mechanical Limited ( in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4110442/2019 | 28 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110442/2019 Mr S McMillan | Tower Doors Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1303823/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mrs Janice Smith | Clear Box Premises | England & Wales | £20,567 |
| 2302650/2017 | 28 November 2019 | Mr D Martin | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |