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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3319593/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss L Saxton | Hethersett Old Hall School Limited (in liquidation) Interested party: McTear Williams & Wood Limited (liquidator) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602073/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss J Fox | Julian Boween Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201496/2019 | 31 October 2019 | In Person | Tantalum Corporation Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3304480/2018 | 31 October 2019 | In person For the | Mr A Sayani, Partner of the Respondent firm Interpreter: Mrs Joanna Jones, Polish speaker | England & Wales | £1,494 |
| 2200472/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mrs S Malik | Wax Angelesz Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201925/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss A Zdunicz-Skoskiewicz | Holy Shot Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804543/2019 | 31 October 2019 | In person For the | Trident Bathrooms (Yorkshire) Ltd |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £2,644 |
| 2304338/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Ms T Linstead | Peasmarsh Place (Country Care) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304496/2018 | 31 October 2019 | In Person For the First | Miss T Vittorio - Consultant For the Second Respondent: Mr P Morris - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3319599/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss L Skipworth | Greywolf Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £600 |
| 2602268/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr G Williams | L A Steeplejacks Limited | England & Wales | £32,124 |
| 1305628/2019 | 31 October 2019 | in person For the | Mr M Miah, Managing Director | England & Wales | £1,839 |
| 2405824/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr M Mather | Richard Deacon t/a Fastprint | England & Wales | £6,560 |
| 2602956/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mr M Anderson | 1) PWS Realisations Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) 2) Premier Trade Limited | England & Wales | £4,996 |
| 2411075/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss D Wilcox | Happy Life Quotes | England & Wales | — |
| 2602410/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr A Hill | Heavy Duty Parts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600710/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss N Vasdewan | Private Home Care UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600492/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mrs B Gethings | St Barnabus Catholic Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2404635/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr P Virgin | Middlewood Landscape Services Ltd | England & Wales | £26,640 |
| 2410274/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr P Andrews | Trelleborg Rochdale Ltd T/a Trelleborg Applied Technologies | England & Wales | — |
| 1800486/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr S Pinder | Hallam Automotive Manufacturing Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304461/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Mr C Pitterson | Kier Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1402646/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr D Knight | Prestige Windows (Bristol) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410468/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr A Andersens | Ludwidge Arms Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804561/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mrs J Griffith | Golcar Lilys Pre-School Limited | England & Wales | £5,034 |
| 2404661/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Ms K Rice | Hawthorn Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406465/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mrs T Wright | Johns Chemist | England & Wales | — |
| 1400892/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss H Wallace | Anchor Hanover Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2416243/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Mr D Moore | P A Aesthetics Ltd | England & Wales | £1,750 |
| 3300414/2019 | 30 October 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4121646/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Mr M Sherlock | John McGeady Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301594/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Miss E Yates | Long Maddox Farm | England & Wales | — |
| 2410729/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr A Keita | Rachel Higham | England & Wales | — |
| 1804508/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr W Mewis | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303833/2019 | 30 October 2019 | — | National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society | England & Wales | — |
| 2202197/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr T Morgan-Grenville | Bondford Group Limited «resp_others» | England & Wales | — |
| 1804754/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr S Haggerty | LP Hairdressing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302237/2019 | 30 October 2019 | In person For the | Ms Gyane – Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2402744/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss P Swift | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501654/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Mrs K Winham | DMS Northern Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400038/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr C Chancellor | Leisure Employment Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300704/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Ms E Sule | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410010/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr M Yates | Mr Bernard Evans | England & Wales | — |
| 1300206/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss A Moss | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1803618/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Ms S Jackson | New Look Retailers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4111915/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Jennifer Howie | Srinivas Badam | Scotland | £791 |
| 1600769/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr D Almore | Blueprint Life Limited | England & Wales | £4,509 |
| 1400810/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mrs H Kinlan | Shuropody Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301555/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss A Dorlikar | Bagel World Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401693/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss K Davidson | Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | England & Wales | — |