Figuresemployment.tribunal.breach_of_contract_cap

Employment tribunal breach-of-contract claim: maximum award

The maximum award an employment tribunal may make on a breach-of-contract claim.

£25,000.00GBP
Corroborated Statutory Instrument jurisdiction GB-EAW in force since 1994-07-03
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Scope: Per contract (or per set of claims on one contract). England & Wales; Scottish parallel is SI 1994/1624. Never uprated — not linked to any annual limits order.

Instrument retains its original 'Industrial Tribunals' citation despite the 1998 rename.

Current sources

Source A · LegislationIndustrial Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) Order 1994, SI 1994/1623 art.10
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Source B · Official guidanceGOV.UK — Making a claim to an employment tribunal (T420) ('compensation up to the sum of £25,000')
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History

ValueFromToStatusSources
£25,000.001994-07-03Corroborated

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