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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301037/2018 | 29 August 2018 | Mrs J Timperley | Alpha Therm Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101542/2017 | 29 August 2018 | Mr. L. Sanderson | Stena Line PTE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600615/2017 | 29 August 2018 | Ms J.B. Bartlett (1) Ms. D.J. Davies (2) | The Committee for the time being of Radnor Valley Little Dragons | England & Wales | £11,477 |
| 4112611/2018 | 29 August 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112611/2018 Mr M Arriola | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4103946/2018 | 29 August 2018 | Members: Ian Poad Martha McAllister Ms Heather McColville | Represented by: Mr E Mowat -15 Solicitor Z A Care Ltd | Scotland | £4,384 |
| 4112075/2018 | 29 August 2018 | Mr J Marr | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £15,790 |
| 4103329/2018 | 28 August 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103329/2018 Oceaneering International Services Ltd | Mr Brian Davidson |
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 |
| — |
| 4103330/2018 | 28 August 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103330/2018 Oceaneering International Services Ltd | Mr Craig Dawson | Scotland | — |
| 4112539/2018 | 27 August 2018 | Miss G Mahikal | Oceanic Hair and Beauty Studios | Scotland | £366 |
| 4112613/2018 | 27 August 2018 | Mrs G Wilson | Fullerton Street Café Ltd | Scotland | £8,500 |
| 2201246/2019 | 26 August 2018 | In person For | Ms L Usher, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2601147/2017 | 25 August 2018 | Dr Geoffrey Ijomah | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3305958/2018 | 23 August 2018 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2601591/2018 | 23 August 2018 | Miss C Pickett | Silverstream Trading Limited (R1) Timothy Gray (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805085/2018 | 22 August 2018 | Mrs J Owens | Mr Olu Femiola trading as Manor Park Care Home | England & Wales | £735 |
| 4104531/2018 | 22 August 2018 | Mr J McCann | The Phoenix Car Company Limited | Scotland | £4,980 |
| 2302079/2017 | 22 August 2018 | Miss Tracey Robinson AND | PMP Recruitment Limited Amazon UK Services Ltd ON: 22nd August 2018 APPEARANCES: For the Claimant: Failed to appeal For the Respondent | England & Wales | £164 |
| 2301712/2018 | 21 August 2018 | Mr N Rofail | Noor Mohamed Nasar | England & Wales | — |
| 4100043/2018 | 20 August 2018 | Members: Mr H P Boyd Mrs A J Middleton Ms Kate Coventry | Represented by:Mr M Briggs -Solicitor | Scotland | — |
| 1401205/2018 | 18 August 2018 | Mr A McDonagh-Smith | Nationwide Building Society | England & Wales | — |
| 4109514/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mr Steven Wilson | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £2,448 |
| 4111860/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mrs E Hamilton | Xel Manufacturing Ltd | Scotland | £17,430 |
| 4109543/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mr W Mc Michael | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £13,931 |
| 4104763/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mrs Wendy Grierson | LLP | Scotland | £4,673 |
| 4111750/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mrs I McDonald | Hamishes Hoose | Scotland | £607 |
| 4110823/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mrs M Marron | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £9,234 |
| 2301248/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mr C Lammy | Dartford Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4108587/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mr W Stewart | Haulage Contractors Limited | Scotland | £7,003 |
| 1301439/2018 | 16 August 2018 | Miss Moreen Malcom | Homebased Care (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £12,718 |
| 2303143/2017 | 16 August 2018 | Ms S Parkins | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2403115/2017 | 15 August 2018 | Mr R Morgan | Mr S Burton | England & Wales | — |
| 4104652/2018 | 15 August 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104652/2018 Ms T Woods | Ellees Hair Design Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2206237/2018 | 15 August 2018 | Mrs R Wright-Turner | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | England & Wales | — |
| 3304839/2018 | 14 August 2018 | Mr F Pereira | — | England & Wales | £2,700 |
| 4110952/2018 | 14 August 2018 | Mr R Caliwag | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £6,120 |
| 3200382/2017 | 13 August 2018 | Miss S Marwick | J D McDougall Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400878/2019 | 12 August 2018 | Mrs D M Shepherd | Isupply Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501622/2017 | 10 August 2018 | Mr R Gibson For the | Mr P Sangha | England & Wales | — |
| 1600077/2018 | 7 August 2018 | Mr Christopher Eccles | Neil Coulson, Merit Body Repairs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600212/2018 | 7 August 2018 | Mr Z Roberts | Neil Coulson, Merit Body Repairs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4104718/2018 | 6 August 2018 | M Robison Mr S Jones | Represented by:- Munisa Malik - Solicitor L & M Survey Services Land & Mineral Survey Services Limited | Scotland | £4,066 |
| 2300677/2018 | 3 August 2018 | Miss S Bernard | Southwark Charities | England & Wales | — |
| 3325937/2017 | 3 August 2018 | Mr. David Stephenson – Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102343/2017 | 3 August 2018 | Mr S Rutherford | Represented by: Linda Beedie Solicitor Genesis CC Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1600430/2018 | 3 August 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £445 |
| 1304440/2018 | 3 August 2018 | Mr S Brochwicz-Lewinski (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1300757/2018 | 2 August 2018 | Mr S Phillips | Evergreen Coaches Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3352830/2017 | 2 August 2018 | Mr A Rozycki, counsel For the 1st | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4105001/2018 | 1 August 2018 | M Robison Miss A McDonald | L-Tee Controls Ltd | Scotland | £4,803 |
| 4105220/2018 | 1 August 2018 | M Robison Mr A Gray | McConnell Timber Engineering Ltd | Scotland | £1,607 |