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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2214933/2023 | 5 December 2024 | Mr Oleksiy Krasnyuk | MMS Contracts Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,382 |
| 6007181/2024 | 5 December 2024 | Mr B Farr | City Construction (Longcroft) Limited | England & Wales | £811 |
| 2305041/2024 | 5 December 2024 | Miss R Kearin | Tana Purani Navaratnalingam | England & Wales | — |
| 2403384/2024 | 5 December 2024 | M A Alam | Evolutis Ltd t/a Eclevar Medtech | England & Wales | £4,400 |
| 6004348/2024 | 5 December 2024 | Mr S Lansom | Sterling Constructions and Renewables Limited | England & Wales | £11,447 |
| 2402747/2024 | 5 December 2024 | G Pearson | For Everyone Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4117891/2014 | 5 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117891/2014 Mr C Wood | Argyll & Bute Council | Scotland | — |
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 |
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| 1602354/2023 | 5 December 2024 | Mr M Lewis | City and County of Swansea RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6007124/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mr J Bragg | Jamie Lewis | England & Wales | £2,789 |
| 6002971/2024 | 4 December 2024 | No attendance For the | Mr Seikh | England & Wales | — |
| 2305473/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mr Iain Kinner | Kone plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2413166/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mr J Urban | Dar-Pol Recruitment Agency Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102028/2015 | 4 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102028/2015 Ms A Hendry | Angus Council | Scotland | — |
| 1403296/2022 | 4 December 2024 | Mr J. Reilly | Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3308155/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mr Sivaalingam | SME (PIZZA) Limited | England & Wales | £1,342 |
| 3310704/2022 | 4 December 2024 | Mrs T McManus | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2202071/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Grzegorz Jarzabek | Further Underwriting International SLU Frank Ahedo Tatianna Macias Ignacio San Miguel Antonio Lubrano | England & Wales | — |
| 6000330/2024 | 4 December 2024 | C Ellis | Vent-Care Ventilation Services Ltd, formerly Vent-Care Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407191/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mr M J Haworth | Modular Group Limited (In creditors' voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6002503/2024 | 4 December 2024 | — | Investique Grp Ltd T/a Investique | England & Wales | £25,232 |
| 4102026/2015 | 4 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102026/2015 Ms G Campbell | Angus Council | Scotland | — |
| 3310402/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mrs B Barnfield | Meadowbrook Montessori Ltd | England & Wales | £19,500 |
| 2301291/2023 | 4 December 2024 | Mrs L Cloono | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1801037/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Mr S Baker | Doing More Print Limited | England & Wales | £10,374 |
| 3309006/2022 | 4 December 2024 | Mr M Awan | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101237/2015 | 4 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101237/2015 Mr S Wallace | Saica Pack UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3303042/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Maria Natalia De Marco | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303483/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Iyadunni Akinola | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4118566/2014 | 3 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118566/2014 Mr A Walker | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2601462/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Charlie Stephenson | Ward Plumbing Heating and Mechanical Limited | England & Wales | £2,495 |
| 3310596/2023 | 3 December 2024 | Mr Jonathan Page | OJC Haulage Limited | England & Wales | £1,010 |
| 6020702/2024 | 3 December 2024 | A SOUTHALL | MK Building Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | £2,847 |
| 6005975/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr. A. Anastasiou | Fullers Family Law Ltd. Hearing: Final Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 8001486/2024 | 3 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001486/2024 Mrs J Karakaya | Cockenzie & Port Seton Fishermen’s Association Limited | Scotland | £28,258 |
| 6004210/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr B Chaves | AND Wind River UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004533/2024 | 3 December 2024 | L Harrison | So Eco Ltd | England & Wales | £2,154 |
| 3312251/2023 | 3 December 2024 | In person For the | S Stern and others | England & Wales | £3,393 |
| 2400213/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mrs Sharon Miller | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601502/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Brandon Wardle | Ward Plumbing Heating and Mechanical Limited | England & Wales | £6,708 |
| 6007992/2024 | 3 December 2024 | N McCabe | Kids 1st Steps Ltd | England & Wales | £914 |
| 6005878/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr R Russell | Trident Maintenance Services Limited | England & Wales | £4,201 |
| 4118476/2014 | 3 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118476/2014 Mr B Ferguson | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4103152/2023 | 3 December 2024 | Mrs. S MacLennan | ’s father Cocoa Mountain Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3303451/2015 | 3 December 2024 | Nigel Langford | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6007637/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mrs R Moussa | Kryptos Protocol Ltd | England & Wales | £7,655 |
| 6004030/2024 | 3 December 2024 | Mr D Flowers | Leisure Box Fitness Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401959/2020 | 3 December 2024 | Miss B Denby and others (see schedule) | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 6005893/2024 | 3 December 2024 | R Heath | Ares Renewables Ltd | England & Wales | £5,151 |
| 4118498/2014 | 3 December 2024 | Mr G Kolossy | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |