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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600453/2024 | 5 November 2024 | Mr. P Corrigan | Meter Provida Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409302/2023 | 5 November 2024 | Mr M Abbotson Second Claimant: Mrs A Abbotson First | La Maison Retail Limited (In Liquidation) Second Respondent: The Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 6001509/2024 | 5 November 2024 | Mr A Marques | Inn In the Park ( Maggie Dale ) | England & Wales | — |
| 6003533/2025 | 4 November 2024 | Mrs. R Dilbar | Everest Barlow Ltd | England & Wales | £2,780 |
| 6004618/2024 | 4 November 2024 | A Cowles | Uppercrust Cumbria Limited | England & Wales | £9,000 |
| 4105630/2024 | 4 November 2024 | Mr D Moffat | Bonnyrigg Rose Charitable Society | Scotland | £1,506 |
| 6015184/2024 | 4 November 2024 | Mr G Cummings | Sandmaster (UK) Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 6013646/2024 |
| 4 November 2024 |
| Ms L Farahmandazad |
| Pearl Chemist Group |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2500742/2024 | 4 November 2024 | Mr P Dixon | Surgo Construction Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1808695/2023 | 4 November 2024 | each in person For the | Rise 2 shine Ltd | England & Wales | £33,680 |
| 3312965/2023 | 3 November 2024 | Mrs S Hornby | Jerry Rushbrook and Terrie Brown T/A Seasons Fruit and Veg | England & Wales | £2,472 |
| 6017133/2024 | 2 November 2024 | Mrs C Timms | Shantell Leoni Richards | England & Wales | £6,460 |
| 2500540/2023 | 1 November 2024 | Mr R Armstrong | Cook & Turnbull Painting Contractors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403716/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr B Hoofe | Link Paper Recycling Ltd | England & Wales | £6,262 |
| 1800991/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr M Earnshaw | I-Motion (Rotherham) Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6005601/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr S S Digpal | Bidvest Noonon (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £1,010 |
| 2403689/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr D Meredith | Brighouse Homes (Sandbach) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301137/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Not appearing | Belmont School (Feldemore) Educational Trust Limited (in Administration) Interested Party: Secretary of State for Business and Trade | England & Wales | £4,754 |
| 3305384/2023 | 1 November 2024 | Mr R Rogers | Ceva Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305611/2023 | 31 October 2024 | Mr Z Sadowski | Staffline Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000592/2025 | 31 October 2024 | Mrs G McDonald Allan | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2208189/2023 | 31 October 2024 | Mr S Ambrosio | Crème de la Crepe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007026/2024 | 31 October 2024 | Mr Paul Cope | Multimodal Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311094/2022 | 31 October 2024 | Mr Owen Lewis | Firmitas Design & Build Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411815/2023 | 31 October 2024 | Mr G Hill | ICoNiChem Widnes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001260/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr K Mitchell | Morgan Woods Ltd | Scotland | £2,514 |
| 8000869/2024 | 30 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000869/2024 Mr W Haddow | MF Heating and Plumbing Ltd | Scotland | £12,632 |
| 2306138/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Mr G Charters-Rowe | Cementaid (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6001262/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Miss A M Walsh-Balshaw | Alexander Court Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2400949/2022 | 30 October 2024 | Mr F Wandji Mboungueng | Utilities Design & Planning Ltd HELD AT: Manchester in person | England & Wales | — |
| 3201349/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Ms Dawn Thompson | Safeguard SVP Limited (In Administration) RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2302587/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Mr D Moulton | MEPA College | England & Wales | £964 |
| 8001032/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Ms S Onyan | Represented by: Mr J Aluya, lay representative Eildon Care Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2600175/2022 | 29 October 2024 | Mr M A Till | Ms C Mathews on behalf of Mr J Mathews (deceased) t/a THM Construction | England & Wales | £13,285 |
| 2304920/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr L Marcelo | Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600569/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Ms AJ Angless | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 2214037/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Ms Yiching Wu | Bank of Taiwan, London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 2603205/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr D McCaskill [First Claimant] Miss L McCaskill [Second Claimant] | Wold Farms Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301665/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr N Georgiev | MDP Recruitment | England & Wales | — |
| 2402642/2020 | 29 October 2024 | Mr S Kassama | Cherish Children’s Care Limited HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | £17,161 |
| 8000663/2023 | 29 October 2024 | C Thomson | Cambuslang Grill Ltd (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 2600176/2022 | 29 October 2024 | Mr K Hutchings | Ms C Mathews on behalf of Mr J Mathews (deceased) t/a THM Construction | England & Wales | £12,778 |
| 3307716/2023 | 29 October 2024 | B Trainor (director of the respondent) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103189/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Mr H McCahon | Roadbridge UK Limited (in administration) | Scotland | — |
| 1602900/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Mr R Toghill | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402184/2024 | 28 October 2024 | N Froud | V7 London Limited | England & Wales | £2,602 |
| 3335142/2018 | 28 October 2024 | Mr Robin Collingridge | Toma Business Enterprises Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601185/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Paul Evans | Geesink Norba UK Ltd | England & Wales | £13,277 |
| 1801616/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Mr J Baldwin | Chafer Construction Services Limited Heard by Remote Video Link CVP | England & Wales | £1,090 |
| 3311839/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Ms P Mayenin (Solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |