Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 28,150 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 23,628 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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 | 1,541 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4109514/2018 | 17 August 2018 | Mr Steven Wilson | Xel Manufacturing Services Ltd | Scotland | £2,448 |
| 2303143/2017 | 16 August 2018 | Ms S Parkins | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1301439/2018 | 16 August 2018 | Miss Moreen Malcom | Homebased Care (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £12,718 |
| 2206237/2018 | 15 August 2018 | Mrs R Wright-Turner | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | 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 | — |
| 3304839/2018 | 14 August 2018 | Mr F Pereira | — | England & Wales | £2,700 |
| 4110952/2018 | 14 August 2018 | Mr R Caliwag |
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 |
| 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 | — |
| 1600212/2018 | 7 August 2018 | Mr Z Roberts | Neil Coulson, Merit Body Repairs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600077/2018 | 7 August 2018 | Mr Christopher Eccles | 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 |
| 3325937/2017 | 3 August 2018 | Mr. David Stephenson – Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304440/2018 | 3 August 2018 | Mr S Brochwicz-Lewinski (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1600430/2018 | 3 August 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £445 |
| 2300677/2018 | 3 August 2018 | Miss S Bernard | Southwark Charities | England & Wales | — |
| 4102343/2017 | 3 August 2018 | Mr S Rutherford | Represented by: Linda Beedie Solicitor Genesis CC Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3352830/2017 | 2 August 2018 | Mr A Rozycki, counsel For the 1st | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300757/2018 | 2 August 2018 | Mr S Phillips | Evergreen Coaches Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4108909/2018 | 1 August 2018 | Mr A Cumming | Stephen Dobson T/a John Scott Plumbers | Scotland | £17,031 |
| 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 |
| 4106162/2018 | 31 July 2018 | Mrs C Duncan | Greenstar Insulation Ltd | Scotland | £3,845 |
| 3303850/2019 | 31 July 2018 | Ms K Mortimer, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600249/2019 | 27 July 2018 | Mr E J Czerniak | Broxtowe Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1801044/2014 | 26 July 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1303361/2017 | 25 July 2018 | no appearance | Mr I Besant | England & Wales | £4,725 |
| 4102292/2018 | 25 July 2018 | (sitting alone)10 Miss L Somerville | Represented by: Mr B McQuillan NSPCC | Scotland | — |
| 1303959/2015 | 25 July 2018 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3304023/2018 | 24 July 2018 | — | Zaman Hotels (PVT) Ltd and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1805361/2018 | 24 July 2018 | Mrs D Norman | Arrow Coach Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335380/2018 | 23 July 2018 | 1. Mrs Bellot 2. In person 3. In person 4. In person 5. C Owen, Representative 6. Ms T Grant, Solicitor 7. In person 8. In person 9. Mr S Eckett For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104784/2017 | 19 July 2018 | Mr William Allison | — | Scotland | £6,276 |
| 4107252/2018 | 18 July 2018 | Mr K McLaughlin | Somerset Crown & Bridge Limited | Scotland | £5,369 |
| 4100780/2017 | 17 July 2018 | M Kearns (sitting alone) Mrs P K Hamilton | Represented by:20 Mr Baird Lay representative Clarins UK Ltd | Scotland | £8,071 |
| 4104951/2018 | 17 July 2018 | Mr Lee Attenborough | Envirokleen (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | £1,847 |
| 4104207/2018 | 17 July 2018 | R Gall Mr Alexander Cleland | My Kenneth Andrew Wilson | Scotland | — |
| 2302770/2017 | 16 July 2018 | Mr K Limpert, Representative For | Mr T Russell, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2601450/2017 | 16 July 2018 | Mr Mustapha Alli | Duval FM Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2304099/2018 | 15 July 2018 | Miss A Ahmad, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104988/2018 | 12 July 2018 | Mr D MacKinnon | GEO & Sam Ltd | Scotland | £1,438 |
| 4100115/2018 | 12 July 2018 | — | British Gas Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105159/2018 | 12 July 2018 | Mr J Young | Drunken Ltd | Scotland | £975 |
| 4106914/2017 | 11 July 2018 | Mr I Povse | Innseagan House Hotel Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3401143/2015 | 10 July 2018 | Mr WP Burns | Hewlett Constrution Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3318944/2019 | 10 July 2018 | Mr K Rodgers First | Stevenage Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1601092/2017 | 9 July 2018 | Mr A Keedwell | Abnormal Load Specialists Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200016/2018 | 9 July 2018 | Mr A Stinton | Cambria Automobiles (South East) Limited Ms Jo Coakley | England & Wales | — |