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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4123795/2018 | 4 June 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123795/2018 Mr J Martin | Aberdeen City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2500580/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mrs C Gilbraith | Kyles Legal Practice Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600881/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mr D Wilson | Chesterfield Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4105406/2018 | 4 June 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105406/2018 Hearing (by Written Submissions) at Edinburgh on April 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Mr N Laidlaw | Represented by Ms K Osborne Solicitor John Scott Plumbers Ltd | Scotland | £1,495 |
| 4103360/2019 | 4 June 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103360/2019 Mr J Hardie | FMS Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £19,685 |
| 4102808/2016 | 4 June 2019 | J Hendry Members: Mr IC MacFarlane Mr CR Neill Mr A | Z Limited | Scotland | £7,500 |
| 4102218/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mr M Britton | Worldwide Transport Solutions |
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 |
| £329 |
| 2600199/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mr M A Jones Mr D E Tyers Mr A D A Steele Mr L M Stocks Mr P R Gee Mr D J King | K.E Express Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100640/2017 | 4 June 2019 | — | East Ayrshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3306656/2018 | 4 June 2019 | Mr N Karthick | Mr Ravi Chandran Ponnampalam | England & Wales | — |
| 4104271/2018 | 4 June 2019 | Miss R McLaren | Caledonian Bar st | Scotland | £327 |
| 1401716/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mrs R Kelly | Annettes Domicilary Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401215/2019 | 4 June 2019 | Mr Lee Alderton | AND Cathco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305794/2018 | 3 June 2019 | Mr A Kumar | Broadway Kitchens And Bedroom (midlands) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300389/2019 | 3 June 2019 | in person For the | Shapes Hair Design | England & Wales | — |
| 4121233/2018 | 3 June 2019 | Mr George Hope | Represented by: Ms M Javed –15 Trainee Solicitor & Mr M O’Carroll Advocate United Biscuits UK Ltd t/a pladis | Scotland | £7,845 |
| 1801209/2019 | 3 June 2019 | Mrs R Parkin | Mr M Fieldhouse | England & Wales | — |
| 2303791/2018 | 3 June 2019 | Mrs Karima Jaria | Imperial West Academy Limited At: London South Employment Tribunals | England & Wales | £7,897 |
| 1402847/2018 | 2 June 2019 | Lorraine Parkinson | Lee Filters (a division of Panavision Europe Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102847/2019 | 31 May 2019 | — | Wallace Water Ltd | Scotland | £14,039 |
| 2301444/2018 | 31 May 2019 | Mr S Lockley | East Lifestyle Ltd (In Liquidation) Interested Party: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2202286/2019 | 31 May 2019 | Ms A Plaza | 1 Trevor-Roberts School 2 Intercontinental Facility Services Ltd | England & Wales | £386 |
| 2402202/2019 | 30 May 2019 | Mr M Smith | James Baxter & Sons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800395/2019 | 29 May 2019 | (1) Mrs S Whitehouse (2) Miss D Dawson | *Stephen Clark* | England & Wales | £12,733 |
| 3327596/2019 | 29 May 2019 | In person, with interpreter assistance For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4123612/2018 | 29 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4123612/2018 Mr F Clayes | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor Perth & Kinross Council | Scotland | — |
| 2403969/2018 | 29 May 2019 | Ms R Ashworth Mrs G Neill | Nicola Barrett t/a Nicola Tanning Limited | England & Wales | £10,753 |
| 2414933/2018 | 29 May 2019 | Mr G Griffiths | Burscough Boats Trading Limited | England & Wales | £1,391 |
| 4123399/2018 | 28 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4123399/2018 Mr R Traynor | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2404021/2017 | 28 May 2019 | Ms S M Brennan | Newbarn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4122638/2018 | 28 May 2019 | Mr J Priestley | Represented by: - see above JD Coaches Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £14,599 |
| 3329395/2017 | 28 May 2019 | Mr A Murphy | Delice de France Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600653/2019 | 28 May 2019 | Mr A Hammoudi First | Fortune Hotel (uk) Limited & Others Second Respondent: Belmont Hotel (Leicester) Ltd Third Respondent: The Belmont Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 2500475/2019 | 28 May 2019 | Mr D Ions 1st | Addison Motors Limited t/a Benfield Motor Group 2nd Respondent: Lookers plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302217/2017 | 26 May 2019 | Miss K Johnson | Department of Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2202617/2018 | 25 May 2019 | Mr Leo Davis | Trinova Real Estate LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3328907/2017 | 25 May 2019 | Miss S Hanif | Singhar Beauty | England & Wales | — |
| 2301896/2021 | 25 May 2019 | Graham Kempster | The Rec Horsham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503248/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Mr P Robinson | R1 R Care Procurement Services R2 Paymax Ltd R3 Ezy Solutions Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2500194/2019 | 24 May 2019 | Miss E Stephenson | Castleview Group Training Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403419/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Miss E Hooper | Ethical Power Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401869/2019 | 24 May 2019 | Mr S Higson | Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307310/2019 | 24 May 2019 | Mr S Singh | European Metal Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101696/2019 | 24 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101696/2019 Mr C Abeyratna | Global Rugby Network Limited | Scotland | £19,799 |
| 1304301/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mrs E Goodwin (Solicitor) For | Mr PV Hall (Director) | England & Wales | £10,808 |
| 4102677/2019 | 23 May 2019 | J Hendry Mr Marshall Powrie | McGill & Co Ltd | Scotland | £5,914 |
| 3332155/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mr D Howells, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301877/2019 | 23 May 2019 | Mr D Foat | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1800277/2019 | 23 May 2019 | Miss B Toor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300545/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mrs GR Patel | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |