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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,993 UK employment tribunal cases involving unlawful deduction from wages claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,385 (the largest £3,449,329) across 15,319 cases. Tribunals upheld 76% of the 20,985 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,668 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,936 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,049 | 20% |
| Struck out | 2,086 | 8% |
| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |
| Other | 552 | 2% |
| Settled | 201 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2018 | 672 | |
| 2019 | 4,550 | |
| 2020 | 6,663 | |
| 2021 | 4,863 | |
| 2022 | 4,992 | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | |
| 2024 | 4,284 | |
| 2025 | 3,736 | |
| 2026 | 1,965 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6006598/2024 | 7 January 2025 | Ms. M Munton | Scott Baines & Kristian Heames t/a Football Development Schools | England & Wales | — |
| 3311643/2023 | 7 January 2025 | Miss S Freeman | Izzy's Ices (Jamie Rogers) | England & Wales | £900 |
| 3305609/2024 | 7 January 2025 | In person For the | Ms J Wojcik, employee | England & Wales | £668 |
| 3313332/2022 | 7 January 2025 | Mr K Chopra | Kingsman Haulage Limited | England & Wales | £510 |
| 2306172/2023 | 6 January 2025 | Mr L Vigh | Algamish Consulting LTD. | England & Wales | £5,393 |
| 1400029/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Mr P Maher | Newquay Divers Ltd | England & Wales | £15,581 |
| 4107448/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Ms S Lister | ABZ Scoops Ltd | Scotland | £512 |
| 2401949/2024 | 6 January 2025 | (1) Mr R Bhangu (2) Mr J Hayre |
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 | 47 |
| 16 | The Secretary of State for Justice | 47 |
| 17 | West Lothian Council | 43 |
| 18 | H M Revenue & Customs | 41 |
| 19 | North Lanarkshire Council | 40 |
| 20 | Glasgow City Council | 38 |
| Mr J Banjoko |
| England & Wales |
| £9,223 |
| 4105566/2024 | 6 January 2025 | A Javed | National Campaigns International Limited | Scotland | £2,025 |
| 3313001/2023 | 6 January 2025 | Mrs L Humphries | Cascade (Charlton House) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600787/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Peter Chukwunonso Okoronkwo | Red Bean Recruitment Ltd T/A RB Social Care Record of a Hearing by CVP at the Employment Tribunal Audio Recorded by CVP | England & Wales | £1,104 |
| 1405550/2023 | 6 January 2025 | Mr S Brunsdon | Newquay Divers Ltd | England & Wales | £8,382 |
| 3201119/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Miss D Teyfik | Blo Bar 67 Limited | England & Wales | £7,165 |
| 2303326/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Mrs Liane Osman | Arriva London | England & Wales | — |
| 3302889/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Ms. J. Ghelani | Nikee’s Beauty Bar | England & Wales | — |
| 6002234/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Mr Rastislav Toth | DHL Services Ltd Record of a Hearing by CVP at the Employment Tribunal Audio Recorded by CVP | England & Wales | £950 |
| 6000505/2025 | 6 January 2025 | Mrs O Awonuga | Direct Link Care Ltd | England & Wales | £7,859 |
| 6000999/2024 | 6 January 2025 | Mr Z Busby-Pelekanou | Queen's Hotel and Spa Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £20,070 |
| 4104863/2024 | 6 January 2025 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104863/2024 Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) at Edinburgh on December 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Jamie Cochrane | Represented by Mr R Lawson Solicitor Satine Edinburgh Limited | Scotland | £1,458 |
| 3303933/2024 | 5 January 2025 | Ms K Viruthasalam | Dr. Rimi Mukherjee And Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee Trading As Oxgate Gardens Surgery | England & Wales | £1,065 |
| 1600005/2025 | 5 January 2025 | Mr R Gardner | Lucinda Jones & Dein Jones Trading as Roger Jones and Sons | England & Wales | £5,288 |
| 1400051/2025 | 5 January 2025 | Miss J Histead | Colin Higgins Group Holdings limited | England & Wales | £5,556 |
| 3302673/2023 | 5 January 2025 | Mr S Railley | Dream Properties (Cambs) Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302722/2023 | 4 January 2025 | Ms M Haggis | Barry Nunn | England & Wales | — |
| 3308830/2022 | 4 January 2025 | Mr J Griffith | GPC logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 2202574/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Farah Khan | John Lewis plc RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4100444/2025 | 3 January 2025 | Mr M McKenna | SDR Residential Ltd | Scotland | £867 |
| 6008434/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr M Raffell, legal representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2220682/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr P Hemmings | Mishcon de Reya LLP | England & Wales | £1,998 |
| 2209044/2022 | 3 January 2025 | Ms Ahira (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | £29,384 |
| 2304292/2022 | 3 January 2025 | In person For the Second Claimant: Ms Jabir (counsel) For the Third Claimant: Mr Pickard (counsel) For the First and Second | (a) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”). 2. Following a remedy hearing on 5th and 6th November 2024, Mr Palmer requested written | England & Wales | — |
| 6008236/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Miss N McGill | Tieto Evry Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6000334/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr D Mordaunt | The Big Lemon CIC | England & Wales | £212 |
| 2216908/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Erhan Karadag | Elide Venture Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004135/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mrs E Moses | Visto Help Hands Care | England & Wales | — |
| 6018918/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr D N Hunter | C M Agri Services Limited | England & Wales | £2,681 |
| 6019864/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr S Jamieson | DND Group Limited (under Company Voluntary Arrangement) | England & Wales | £1,588 |
| 3311343/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mr D Ampong | ABM Facility Services UK Ltd (sued as “ABM”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201414/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mrs S Steinhauser (First Claimant) Mrs A Dzwigala (Second Claimant) | London Borough of Ealing Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6007111/2024 | 3 January 2025 | Mr Yi Shi | Mr David Fung Lee | England & Wales | £653 |
| 3315269/2023 | 3 January 2025 | Mr G Wijayahewage | Myl Udayan | England & Wales | — |
| 3312232/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Ms T Rossi Correia Da Silva | CR Bedford Ltd | England & Wales | £1,670 |
| 3301716/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Paul Squire | Fishmongers Tavern | England & Wales | — |
| 1401460/2022 | 2 January 2025 | - MS S DAVID (COUNSEL) FOR THE | Sol Attendance Limited | England & Wales | £1,938 |
| 3204635/2021 | 2 January 2025 | Ms Pauline Oni | London Borough of Waltham Forest and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2306300/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Mrs K Ahmed | Kreative Learning Childcare Limited | England & Wales | £1,564 |
| 2401072/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Mrs J Starkie | Shifrank Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £17,623 |
| 3201836/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Miss K Wing So | Tech Nordic Advocates | England & Wales | — |
| 1801030/2024 | 2 January 2025 | Miss C Dudley | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312621/2023 | 2 January 2025 | Mr D Robinson | C/o Liquidator Julie Humphrey - Freight 24 Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £33,753 |