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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| Withdrawn | 1,632 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000863/2024 | 4 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000863/2024 Miss C Potter | Edinburgh Construction Ltd | Scotland | £6,170 |
| 8000264/2024 | 4 September 2024 | Ms L McKay | Heritage Funeral Services Ltd | Scotland | £2,015 |
| 2500788/2024 | 4 September 2024 | Mr B Watson | Collingwood Sofas Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2412726/2023 | 4 September 2024 | in person For the | Mr D Whitehead, Commercial Director | England & Wales | £4,823 |
| 2502284/2023 | 4 September 2024 | Mr G Allen | Direct Car Sales and Finance North East Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000894/2024 | 4 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000894/2024 R Colquhoun | McTear Contracts Limited | Scotland | £2,916 |
| 3310553/2023 | 4 September 2024 | Miss C Edwards | Home Angels Healthcare Services Limited | 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 |
| 6000215/2024 | 4 September 2024 | Mr TH Dulak | Next Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602399/2024 | 4 September 2024 | Mrs S Rowley | Secretary of State for Business and Trade (R1) Ballyhoo Media Ltd (R2) HELD AT/BY: Mold by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1403681/2023 | 4 September 2024 | Mrs S Pangeni | EU Plants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200676/2024 | 3 September 2024 | Mr P Beard | Jsons Installations Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) Heard: East London Hearing Centre (remotely by video) | England & Wales | — |
| 3301910/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr Bridgewater (lay representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313204/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr H Chibangula | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405471/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr G Hinton (1) Ms J Doumer (2) | Drunken Lobster Limited | England & Wales | £2,541 |
| 1307974/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr. C Reeves | The OM Group Corporation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603217/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr T Heath | CME Contracts Ltd | England & Wales | £340 |
| 1400087/2024 | 3 September 2024 | Mrs L Phillips | Fish n Fritz Ltd | England & Wales | £3,885 |
| 4101743/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Miss C Doherty | Lochsong Limited (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1400084/2024 | 3 September 2024 | Miss S Phillips | Fish n Fritz Ltd | England & Wales | £11,695 |
| 2408652/2022 | 3 September 2024 | Mrs V Jones | MAN Energy Solutions UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6000427/2023 | 2 September 2024 | Mr J Mulhall | Solent Blue Line Limited T/A UniLink Bus | England & Wales | — |
| 1400223/2024 | 2 September 2024 | Mrs A Paun (1) Mr I Paun (2) | Greenfield Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £1,514 |
| 2400517/2024 | 2 September 2024 | L Lee Roberts | Easy Business Group Limited | England & Wales | £16,568 |
| 1803092/2023 | 2 September 2024 | Optimal Recruitment Solutions Limited | G Sowden | England & Wales | £425 |
| 2501243/2024 | 2 September 2024 | Glen Shields | North Hope Limited | England & Wales | £6,965 |
| 8001626/2024 | 2 September 2024 | Ms A Tullis | Indigo Pipelines Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301272/2024 | 2 September 2024 | Mr J Thorpe | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6006693/2024 | 31 August 2024 | Mr T Stone | TP-Exports Ltd | England & Wales | £6,883 |
| 6001690/2024 | 31 August 2024 | Mr T Nechita | FP McCann Ltd Considered on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 2601525/2024 | 31 August 2024 | Miss M Wright | SFE Chetwode Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2412865/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Carl Bennet | (R1) Waste Expert Limited (In liquidation) (R2) Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 8000183/2024 | 30 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000183/2024 Mr S Keillor | Elektrix Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301964/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Miss Kristina Sawyers | Little Kingdom Childminding Limited | England & Wales | £2,760 |
| 8000409/2025 | 30 August 2024 | Mr S Compton | No appearance and No representation Valve Components Ltd (in Administration) | Scotland | — |
| 8000648/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Mrs J F MacDonald | Careplus | Scotland | — |
| 3300119/2024 | 30 August 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6001326/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Ms E Sakwe | Methodist Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 1602442/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Ms M Beynon | Colin Charvis Flooring Ltd | England & Wales | £5,683 |
| 2500719/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Mr. A. Kent | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1300098/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Mrs S Messi | Hydrafacial UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311407/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Mrs A Frost | Galliford Try Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309689/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Ms A Defriend, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600014/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Mr Peter John Earnshaw | Arnold Top Clean Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £30,345 |
| 2218157/2024 | 30 August 2024 | Mr Ergi | Belgravia Property Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411380/2023 | 30 August 2024 | Ms J M Ansbro | Marshall Motor Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2218682/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Mr A Mann | Amber Labs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6003088/2024 | 29 August 2024 | Mr. Vivek Bhusal and | L40 Kitchens Limited Trading as Bindas Eatery SITTING AT: London Central | England & Wales | £1,155 |
| 3301282/2021 | 29 August 2024 | Mr K Jedlovsky | Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600869/2023 | 29 August 2024 | Miss K Elliott | Spectrum Franchising Ltd T/A Rainbow International | England & Wales | — |
| 3306686/2021 | 29 August 2024 | Mr M Singh & Others | Do & Co Event & Airline Catering Limited | England & Wales | — |