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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3305445/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr W Migacz | Panificio Italiano Ltd Adams Bakery Ltd T/A Heathrow Bakery | England & Wales | — |
| 1804158/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr K Jackson | Hill And Standard Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4120176/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs PC Vasquez Herrera | Represented by: Mr L Rusu Edinburgh Group Accommodation | Scotland | — |
| 2404603/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr R Smith | Glen Dimplex Home Appliances Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400508/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Miss M Albusel | Abdul Mannan T/A Montpellier Bar and Grill | England & Wales | £10,902 |
| 2302656/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr L Da Silva | Kavanagh Motor Group Ltd | England & Wales | £1,637 |
| 1401304/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr N Rayner | Sivarasa Dirojan | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 2601420/2019 |
| 22 October 2019 |
| Mr S Morrow |
| Wilko Retail Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 4106993/2019 | 22 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106993/2019 Mrs F Tachti | Avenue Care Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3335369/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr T Mititelu | Fast Despatch Transport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411352/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs T Phillips | Safe Base Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302115/2016 | 22 October 2019 | Mr D Williams | The Police Federation of England and Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 2404193/2017 | 22 October 2019 | in person For the | Mr Clarke (litigation Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400219/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr S Benjafield | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2500357/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs M Karenkla | Ascentis | England & Wales | — |
| 1601552/2018 | 21 October 2019 | — | McCarthy v Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2500540/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs S Heslop | Centrex Computing Services Limited | England & Wales | £10,400 |
| 1403074/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr J Atlee | Invinsec Limited | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 3202583/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr D McCarthy | Balfour Beatty plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4120797/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr. AB Grant Mr. G Doherty A | Represented by: Ms L Sourbutts - Director, Cube HR Consultancy Ltd Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 4104075/2019 | 21 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104075/2019 Ms L Ivanova | Represented by: Mr B McLaughlin - Solicitor Mitie Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804294/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss S Holmes | Tellemachus Limited | England & Wales | £26 |
| 2302630/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs I John | Tuscun Group Limited | England & Wales | £160 |
| 2302149/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr R Burn | Katherine Dore | England & Wales | — |
| 2413383/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Ms M Watmough & others | IBA Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £91,679 |
| 1306122/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs A Abdel-Malek | Larchwood Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1804737/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss C Gerrard | The Dark History Museum | England & Wales | £981 |
| 4106981/2019 | 21 October 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106981/2019 Preliminary Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Raffaele Grasso | Represented by Ms R Mohamed Solicitor John McMenamin Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600946/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss A Reeves | Frontier Plastics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804734/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs K Yaneva | Kirens International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100319/2020 | 20 October 2019 | Mrs J McTaggart | Community Maintenance & Environmental | Scotland | — |
| 1600171/2019 | 20 October 2019 | Mr M Desforges-Grey | Glass World (Cardiff) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304886/2018 | 20 October 2019 | Ms N Toner (Solicitor) For the first | No appearance For the second respondent: No appearance | England & Wales | — |
| 1600523/2019 | 20 October 2019 | Mr R Pajimolin | Voltcom Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302166/2019 | 20 October 2019 | In person For the | Ann Summers Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3302280/2020 | 19 October 2019 | Mr M Reese | Westgrove Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | £510 |
| 3200919/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Ms B Ogunyanwo 1st | London Borough of Newham 2nd Respondent: Liquid Personnel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402931/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr T Pugh | Brent Cars Ltd T/A Carbase | England & Wales | — |
| 2406375/2019 | 19 October 2019 | — | Ashbrook v Melissa Wilson, MacOuti Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406547/2019 | 19 October 2019 | Mr R Holmes | Fibresafe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110817/2019 | 18 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110817/2019 Ms A Ward | Koc & Koc | Scotland | £3,864 |
| 1403518/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr RJ Thomas | Aim Exhibitions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400773/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr M Wheeldon | The Cornwall Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403777/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr R Blackmore | Matthew Reid Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405958/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr C Baleca | Italian Express Salford Limited | England & Wales | £1,195 |
| 2602133/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Miss C Newell | La Steeplejacks | England & Wales | £2,690 |
| 1403127/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr CC White | Earley & Lock (Weymouth) Ltd | England & Wales | £16,335 |
| 2600779/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Mr A Newsham | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2401935/2019 | 18 October 2019 | — | Griffiths v Paul Twigg T/a Bright Futures Day Nursery and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | £3,225 |
| 2400009/2019 | 18 October 2019 | Miss E Georgieva | In Recycling Service Ltd | England & Wales | £1,321 |