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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601574/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr T Kirkpatrick | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602034/2018 | 25 September 2019 | Mr SM Firth | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2405964/2019 | 25 September 2019 | — | Fergus v Cleaning And Catering Recruitment | England & Wales | — |
| 2500913/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr A Mark | Kyles Legal Practice Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600725/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr S Drakley | Babcock Aerospace Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600297/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr KL Da Cruz | Fields Associates Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3327859/2019 | 25 September 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4123624/2018 | 25 September 2019 | — | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
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 |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 2601998/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mrs T King | Henrietta Birgel | England & Wales | £629 |
| 2406229/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr H Latif | Coach Travel Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £1,150 |
| 4120663/2018 | 25 September 2019 | Represented by Mrs M Watson, mother Whitbread Group plc | Represented by Mr I Hartely, Solicitor | Scotland | — |
| 1600442/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr W O'Neill | Tata Steel UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401330/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr P Low | Road Planing Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601102/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss L Curtis | Admiral Car and Motor Insurance | England & Wales | — |
| 3300504/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr A Gibson | Winters Haulage | England & Wales | — |
| 2502338/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss N Cartner | Robert Woods Conveyancing Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2601057/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss A Z Pawlikowska | UBIT Limited (formerly Waffle & Scoop Limited) | England & Wales | £1,467 |
| 2406202/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss J Boyd | C S Car And Van Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402440/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr I Hartley | City Care Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600651/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr G O'Connor | Greensport Trading Limited T/A Inscapes | England & Wales | — |
| 2602210/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss A Latif | Straw & Pearce Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 1600947/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Mr J Yip | Vision Express (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401723/2019 | 25 September 2019 | Miss S Kilbane | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | England & Wales | — |
| 2301506/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Miss D Taylor | Mrs A Adewale | England & Wales | £721 |
| 2204814/2018 | 24 September 2019 | Mrs A Falkowska-Tumiel First | BM Jewels of London Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) Second Respondent: Studio 13 Jewellery Ltd Third Respondent: The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 1400549/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr J Keeble | Mr and Mrs Waters T/A Caffe Tutto | England & Wales | — |
| 1800598/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Ms J Burnett-Wain | Thorpe Underwood Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205903/2018 | 24 September 2019 | Mr D Brown of Counsel For the First | Marc Ltd and Mr C Jones | England & Wales | £89,500 |
| 3313979/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr Keith Joyce | French Sole Limited | England & Wales | £10,749 |
| 2300499/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr. Merbin Beltre Mendez (1) Mr. Henry Manuel Matos Matos (2) Mr. Leonardo Mendez (3) Mr. Hansel Suarez Espejo (4) Miss Margherita Sacchet (5) Mr. Emanuele Di Lauro (6) | Wandsworth Restaurants Limited trading as Meatup Grill | England & Wales | £17,796 |
| 1601866/2018 | 24 September 2019 | Mr M Goodwin | Toucan Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801163/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr S Caldwell and others Mr M Connor and others | Healthcare Environmental Services Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601361/2018 | 24 September 2019 | Mr Richard Laybourn | Stephens & George Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404753/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Miss K McTernan | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800235/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr M Brown and others | Healthcare Environmental Services Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601637/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr E Valauskas First | Hire Power Contracts Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) Second Respondent: Starglaze Windows and Conservatories Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405553/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mrs B Mistry | Coop | England & Wales | — |
| 3201241/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mrs S Garba | Promisedland Academy | England & Wales | £22,000 |
| 2601623/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Miss L Walker | Chris Fewster | England & Wales | £24,111 |
| 2402380/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Mr David Towers | M K Illumination (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602135/2019 | 24 September 2019 | Ms Y White | Afro Caribbean National Artist Centre Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103127/2019 | 23 September 2019 | Mrs K MacAskill The Carloway Mill Ltd The Secretary Of State For Business, Energy And Industrial Strategy | Represented by: Mr N MacDougall Advocate | Scotland | £38,226 |
| 1403730/2018 | 23 September 2019 | Mrs Julia Turner | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2414701/2018 | 23 September 2019 | Ms A Hurst-Shaw | Emma Taylor trading as Emma Taylor Hair Design | England & Wales | — |
| 2406213/2019 | 23 September 2019 | Mr C Morris Mr M Lennon Mr A Little | IJM Print Limited | England & Wales | £53,461 |
| 2302961/2018 | 23 September 2019 | Miss H Perkins | Soul Coffee House Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304088/2017 | 23 September 2019 | Mrs J Fearon | Medway Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2405309/2019 | 23 September 2019 | Miss S Kinsella | Vodafone Hr Legal | England & Wales | — |
| 2404694/2019 | 23 September 2019 | Mr M Jackson | Certas Energy | England & Wales | — |
| 2402828/2019 | 23 September 2019 | Mr M Kennedy | Ainscough Crane Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |