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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,571 UK employment tribunal cases involving unlawful deduction from wages claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,375 (the largest £3,449,329) across 15,206 cases. Tribunals upheld 76% of the 20,823 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,365 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,817 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,006 | 19% |
| Struck out | 2,084 | 8% |
| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |
| Other | 543 | 2% |
| Settled | 200 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2018 | 672 | |
| 2019 | 4,550 | |
| 2020 | 6,663 | |
| 2021 | 4,863 | |
| 2022 | 4,993 | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | |
| 2024 | 4,282 | |
| 2025 | 3,724 | |
| 2026 | 1,556 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404855/2018 | 5 June 2019 | In person For the | University of Southampton | £3,449,329 |
| 1403379/2024 | 29 May 2025 | Ms Herbert (in person) For the Second Claimant Ms Orimolade (in person) For the | Tech | £2,083,333 |
| 2202223/2019 | 5 November 2019 | Mrs J Marsan | Big Marcel Ltd | £423,868 |
| 3304188/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Cyril Gregory | Petro Trace Limited | £340,213 |
| 2204168/2021 | 23 June 2022 | Elle Kim | Finablr Ltd | £279,566 |
| 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 |
| 2414266/2021 | 7 March 2022 | Mrs N Denmade and others (see schedule) | Trinity Brands UK Ltd | £219,664 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303809/2022 | 19 December 2024 | Miss J Chen | Cut Your Wolf Loose Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400176/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Ms J Hadlow | Arcobaleno Cafe Bar C/O Iain Heatlie | England & Wales | £120 |
| 2408706/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr D Morrison | Unity Service Group Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402575/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Miss C Ettore | Pro Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4117878/2014 | 19 December 2024 | Mr S Irwin | Argyll & Bute Council | Scotland | — |
| 1405488/2023 | 19 December 2024 | Mr Peter Crates | JD Sports Fashion plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2501966/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Hannah Johnson | Scott Martin | England & Wales | £400 |
| 2302160/2024 | 19 December 2024 | No appearance and no |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the unlawful deduction from wages caseload if unlawful deduction from wagesis 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.
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| 15 | British Gas Trading Limited | 45 |
| 16 | The Secretary of State for Justice | 45 |
| 17 | West Lothian Council | 43 |
| 18 | H M Revenue & Customs | 41 |
| 19 | North Lanarkshire Council | 40 |
| 20 | Glasgow City Council | 37 |
| No appearance and no |
| England & Wales |
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| 6022504/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Miss B Wytrzes | Gatwick Turret Ltd | England & Wales | £450 |
| 2501963/2024 | 19 December 2024 | Rebecca Johnson | Scott Martin | England & Wales | £600 |
| 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 | — |
| 6013874/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Olga Dagmara Rozanska | Amora Linen Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,098 |
| 4101347/2015 | 18 December 2024 | Ms J Ross | The Richmond Fellowship Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2402368/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr Kamran Bashir | Alpha K9 Services Limited | England & Wales | £6,112 |
| 2402706/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Miss E Makinson | Care at Home Group (Wirral Branch) | England & Wales | — |
| 4110449/2014 | 18 December 2024 | Mr G Thomson | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 4110438/2014 | 18 December 2024 | Mr D Smith | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 6000187/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Harrison | Mr D May t/a Leeds Gymnastics Academy | England & Wales | £19,740 |
| 8000875/2025 | 18 December 2024 | P McColl and R Taggart Ms A L McVey | Represented by: T Pacey Counsel Sky UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6015927/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr D Runec | Photography Middlesbrough limited | England & Wales | £14,772 |
| 1801157/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr C Daniel | Doing More Print Limited | England & Wales | £10,291 |
| 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 |
| 6010711/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr P Wint | Switch My Business Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,064 |
| 2405849/2022 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J. Townsend | Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond | England & Wales | — |
| 3307489/2023 | 18 December 2024 | In person | Lorraine Whalley, lay representative | England & Wales | — |
| 8001452/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Cook | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | Scotland | — |
| 3302522/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Ms J Weaver | Temporary Staffing Manager | England & Wales | £259 |
| 8001421/2025 | 18 December 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8001421/2025 Issued in terms of Rule of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno M Jones | We Are Fun Scientists Ltd | Scotland | £175 |
| 3305085/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Singh | Mitchells and Butlers Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500335/2023 | 18 December 2024 | Mr S Lowrey & others (see schedule attached) | Tolent Construction Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4110461/2014 | 18 December 2024 | Mr M Wright | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 8000200/2024 | 17 December 2024 | K Somerville | Ash Studios (Edinburgh) Ltd (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 4105148/2018 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105148/2018 Mr T McNee | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 6011856/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr C Fielding | Premiserv Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003469/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr Conforti | 63 Delis Group Ltd | England & Wales | £284 |
| 4107137/2024 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107137/2024 Mrs K MacIntyre | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £9,537 |
| 4107139/2024 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107139/2024 Miss B Surowka | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £8,226 |
| 4107136/2024 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107136/2024 Miss L Burke | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £24,002 |
| 4105145/2018 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A McPhillips | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4107138/2024 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107138/2024 Miss I Wrobleska | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £7,236 |
| 6005569/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Miss Eloise James | Arnold & District Ex-Servicemens Club Limited | England & Wales | £177 |
| 4105149/2018 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A Ross | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2601772/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Ms S Kent | Gala Technology Limited | England & Wales | £1,471 |
| 4107134/2024 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107134/2024 Mr D Menzies | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £10,372 |
| 6002186/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr. C Gavaghan | Herongrange Manpower Direct Limited | England & Wales | £1,237 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
| 3201454/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Miss I Ford | Ingrid Kraftchenko Limited | England & Wales | £1,815 |