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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| Withdrawn | 1,636 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3315354/2023 | 23 December 2024 | Mrs R Vierra | Pinford End Nursing Home CORRECTED | England & Wales | £21,536 |
| 3200253/2024 | 23 December 2024 | Miss Lisa Cornell | Christine Weston and the estate of the late Patrick Weston, formerly trading as Westons Bakery | England & Wales | £5,859 |
| 2601867/2024 | 23 December 2024 | Mr. B Cunliffe | Basketball League Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600120/2025 | 23 December 2024 | Mr T Ortmann | Quartex Components Limited | England & Wales | £1,955 |
| 6014864/2024 | 23 December 2024 | Ms E Calcavecchia | SAIA Aesthetics Limited | England & Wales | £3,181 |
| 6006505/2024 | 23 December 2024 | R K M Mohite | The Mates Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600121/2025 | 23 December 2024 | Mrs E Ortmann | Quartex Components Limited | England & Wales | £1,955 |
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 |
| 3311619/2022 |
| 20 December 2024 |
| Mr E Eluwa (solicitor) For the |
| Mr R. Chaudhry |
| England & Wales |
| £4,794 |
| 6002518/2024 | 20 December 2024 | Ms. S McKee | Applegreen (Petrogas) | England & Wales | — |
| 2216163/2023 | 20 December 2024 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800695/2024 | 20 December 2024 | Mr M Koksal | Eight Continents Management & Consulting Limited AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2305677/2023 | 20 December 2024 | Ashley Hammond | East Kent Road Car Company Limited t/a Stagecoach Southeast | England & Wales | — |
| 6002629/2024 | 20 December 2024 | Mr Guy Japhett | Iheat.me Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £2,250 |
| 2301986/2024 | 20 December 2024 | Mr E Fernandez Breis | Weaveworks Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) Also sent to: The Secretary of State for Business & Trade (as statutory guarantor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300328/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Mrs Samantha Jackson | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 1405114/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr K MARTIN | Blooming Baskets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6022504/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Miss B Wytrzes | Gatwick Turret Ltd | England & Wales | £450 |
| 6008784/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Mr G Roberts | Push Streaming Technologies Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £30,025 |
| 1405488/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr Peter Crates | JD Sports Fashion plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3300813/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Mrs F Stewart | Galloway European Coachlines Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2303809/2022 | 19 December 2024 | Miss J Chen | Cut Your Wolf Loose Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408706/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr D Morrison | Unity Service Group Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1405972/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mr Tomasz Janicki | Northcot Brick Limited (the "First Respondent") EH Smith (Builders Merchants) Limited (the "Second Respondent") Heard: By a Cloud Virtual Platform ("CVP") at Exeter | England & Wales | — |
| 2500335/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mr S Lowrey & others (see schedule attached) | Tolent Construction Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004223/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Ms R J Kasisi | Zirojob Limited | England & Wales | £2,183 |
| 6010711/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr P Wint | Switch My Business Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,064 |
| 3307489/2023 | 18 December 2024 | In person | Lorraine Whalley, lay representative | England & Wales | — |
| 6013874/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Olga Dagmara Rozanska | Amora Linen Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,098 |
| 4106260/2024 | 18 December 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106260/2024, 4106262/2024 & 4106261/2024 Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (1) Aneta Broncel | (2) Dereick Rushton (3) Ashley Macmillan Enseigner Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £12,010 |
| 1601013/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J E Roberts | Celtic Cleaning Services Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,752 |
| 2302578/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr R Leeman | Kentish Plumbers | England & Wales | — |
| 6014388/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Anderson | Johnsons and Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6015927/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr D Runec | Photography Middlesbrough limited | England & Wales | £14,772 |
| 2401005/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr I G Tinica | Beckers Industrial Coatings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013555/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr. J Lawley | Vmaxbitz.com Ltd | England & Wales | £7,671 |
| 8000642/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Ms H Weckler | Blackarrow Financial Solutions Limited (in liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3311041/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A el hassai | Craftovator | England & Wales | — |
| 2403388/2024 | 17 December 2024 | K Bradley | Tibard Laundry Services Limited | England & Wales | £17,206 |
| 3302162/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr D J Speed | St Ignatious College | England & Wales | — |
| 2601772/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Ms S Kent | Gala Technology Limited | England & Wales | £1,471 |
| 3304605/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mrs Andrea Niles (formerly Lorking) | Nathan Ramm NGR Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601335/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mr A Goodwin | A.T.D Carpentry Ltd | England & Wales | £12,024 |
| 3310903/2023 | 16 December 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £3,080 |
| 2301320/2022 | 16 December 2024 | Ms S Howell | GLETS London Ltd | England & Wales | £1,986 |
| 4105425/2023 | 16 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105425/2023 Mr E Murning | The Secretary of State for Business and Trade Skye Care Limited (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3314136/2022 | 16 December 2024 | (1) Mr G Krason (2) Mr Robert Chyrc (3) Mr Deividas Samauskas (4) Mr Andrew Sadler (5) Mrs Natalie Mallard (6) Mr Adrian Andrews (7) Mr Wilford Jones (8) Mr Neil Packman (9) Mr Guntis Stepans (10)Mr Andrew Collins | RSM Castings Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £127,342 |
| 3313302/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr G Mwesigye | AFE Recruitment Ltd R1 Booker Ltd t/a Best Food Logistics R2 | England & Wales | — |
| 3315344/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr M Bennett | MA Prestige Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1404340/2023 | 16 December 2024 | (1) Ms R Santucci (2) Ms C Thorne (3) Ms L Hamilton | S&K Fruit and Veg | England & Wales | £43,885 |
| 4106784/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Ms K Zakharova | Metix Limited | Scotland | — |