Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6015927/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr D Runec | Photography Middlesbrough limited | England & Wales | £14,772 |
| 4110449/2014 | 18 December 2024 | Mr G Thomson | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 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 |
| 8000642/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Ms H Weckler | Blackarrow Financial Solutions Limited (in liquidation) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 4105145/2018 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A McPhillips | West Lothian Council |
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.
| 59 |
| 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 |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 6013555/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr. J Lawley | Vmaxbitz.com Ltd | England & Wales | £7,671 |
| 4105149/2018 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A Ross | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 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 |
| 6011856/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr C Fielding | Premiserv Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601772/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Ms S Kent | Gala Technology Limited | England & Wales | £1,471 |
| 8000200/2024 | 17 December 2024 | K Somerville | Ash Studios (Edinburgh) Ltd (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 6003469/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr Conforti | 63 Delis Group Ltd | England & Wales | £284 |
| 6005569/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Miss Eloise James | Arnold & District Ex-Servicemens Club Limited | England & Wales | £177 |
| 2401005/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr I G Tinica | Beckers Industrial Coatings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311041/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Mr A el hassai | Craftovator | England & Wales | — |
| 4105148/2018 | 17 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105148/2018 Mr T McNee | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 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 |
| 6002186/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr. C Gavaghan | Herongrange Manpower Direct Limited | England & Wales | £1,237 |
| 3313302/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr G Mwesigye | AFE Recruitment Ltd R1 Booker Ltd t/a Best Food Logistics R2 | England & Wales | — |
| 2407351/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Miss W Golas | Glowstone Limited | England & Wales | £747 |
| 1404340/2023 | 16 December 2024 | (1) Ms R Santucci (2) Ms C Thorne (3) Ms L Hamilton | S&K Fruit and Veg | England & Wales | £43,885 |
| 3201454/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Miss I Ford | Ingrid Kraftchenko Limited | England & Wales | £1,815 |
| 3304605/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mrs Andrea Niles (formerly Lorking) | Nathan Ramm NGR Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300031/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Ms W Lye | Maidstone Health Foods Limited ( In Liquidation ) | England & Wales | — |
| 3315344/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr M Bennett | MA Prestige Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4107140/2024 | 16 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107140/2024 Mr T Sarbiwski | Lorne Fisheries Limited t/a Inverawe Smokehouse | Scotland | £11,760 |
| 6006704/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Ms W A Santos Ferreira | Doorstep DCX Ltd FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £1,322 |
| 4106784/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Ms K Zakharova | Metix Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6001907/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Miss Isobel Drummond | AND Levels Sensation Limited (trading as Skippers Pub) | England & Wales | £288 |
| 3310903/2023 | 16 December 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £3,080 |
| 2301320/2022 | 16 December 2024 | Ms S Howell | GLETS London Ltd | England & Wales | £1,986 |
| 1601335/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mr A Goodwin | A.T.D Carpentry Ltd | England & Wales | £12,024 |
| 6014323/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Mr P Mellor | Pod Developments Projects Ltd | England & Wales | £7,292 |
| 4110389/2014 | 16 December 2024 | Mr F MacDonald | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 1400549/2024 | 14 December 2024 | Mr A Grant | C & L Traffic Management Ltd | England & Wales | £7,178 |
| 1405799/2023 | 14 December 2024 | Mr A Welch, Accountant For the | - Mr P Soni (lay Representative) | England & Wales | — |
| 1406407/2023 | 14 December 2024 | Mr Z Kang | General Nuclear International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6009737/2024 | 14 December 2024 | Mr P Cross | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 2400871/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Miss L Hobson | Oriental Group Company Ltd HELD AT: Manchester (by Cloud Video Platform) | England & Wales | — |
| 6001819/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr D Rackley | The PE & Sports Project Ltd | England & Wales | £2,856 |
| 1404183/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Case Number: 1404183/2023 SOUTH-WEST EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Mr J Adams | Heard at | England & Wales | £5,136 |
| 2400702/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr. Edghill, Mr. Wilson and Miss Beard | Mettler Toledo Safeline Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200682/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr A G Diaz Da Corte | Churchill Contract Services | England & Wales | — |
| 6010821/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mr J Sanders | Beamish Hall Limited HELD AT: Newcastle CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3304031/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Ms S Jama | Glenn Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2305222/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Mr. K Xtian | Ocs Uk&i Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6006975/2024 | 13 December 2024 | A Mardari | Estia Constructions Ltd | England & Wales | £976 |
| 2411492/2023 | 13 December 2024 | Ms K Horton | Castle Park Arts Centre | England & Wales | — |