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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000167/2025 | 15 November 2024 | — | Waverley Medical Practice | Scotland | — |
| 3200548/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mr John Burke | Care Trusters Limited | England & Wales | £5,036 |
| 2306414/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Ms Juliana Serrao | NHS Professionals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6011705/2024 | 15 November 2024 | Mrs D Brewin | S6 Care Ltd | England & Wales | £2,492 |
| 4118481/2014 | 15 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118481/2014 Mr T Garland | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3308969/2023 | 15 November 2024 | Gordon Bruce Fennell | AW Design & Development Limited | England & Wales | £77,584 |
| 2218581/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Ms de Rada | Sweetings (City) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4118455/2014 | 14 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118455/2014 Mr J Callaghan |
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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| 1300412/2024 | 14 November 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402231/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr A Thirsk | Secretary of State for Justice HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 4102098/2015 | 14 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102098/2015 Mrs A Gillie | NSL Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1808806/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Ms K Steele Second Claimant : Ms C Hastie | Comfort Homecare Ltd Trading as Nestora Home Care 14 November 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 3303014/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr J Mowatt | Everyday Lending Ltd (trading as Everyday Loans) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311164/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Miss S Garnham | Chef2table Limited | England & Wales | £877 |
| 3304232/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Keyvan Djamarani | GrowPura Ltd | England & Wales | £37,742 |
| 1402680/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr M Brown | Arcadia Zone | England & Wales | £337 |
| 2600680/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr H Esiekpe Ms Holly Ash Mr P Bains Ms S Goodwin Ms Rebecca Hawkins | Crown Care Holdings Limited, Maymask | England & Wales | — |
| 2500575/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr D Tomlinson | Andrew Craig Limited | England & Wales | £692 |
| 2306338/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Harith Taha | Novatek Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6006440/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr G Evans | Crown Greetings UK Limited | England & Wales | £4,056 |
| 2600978/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr J Daniel | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501247/2024 | 14 November 2024 | Mr. S. Bingham | Just Wheels Trade Limited | England & Wales | £3,779 |
| 3310434/2023 | 14 November 2024 | Mr Rabinder Kayale | Pladis (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302759/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Ms Samantha Sullivan | Logical Flooring Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,810 |
| 3302933/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Mrs S Holland | Extreme Environmental Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4118578/2014 | 13 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118578/2014 Mr D Wood | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4118550/2014 | 13 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118550/2014 Mr D Smith | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2223311/2024 | 13 November 2024 | In person, assisted by Mr B Mirgol (her husband) | (briefly at the commencement of the hearing only) Ms E Woznickza (authorised by the Respondent to agree to the hearing proceeding in the Respondent’s absence) | England & Wales | £4,585 |
| 1602434/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Miss R Li | La Mart Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4118442/2014 | 13 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118442/2014 Mr W Allison | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 1602999/2023 | 13 November 2024 | Mrs H Ward | C W Retailing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410270/2022 | 13 November 2024 | Mr C Nisbet Mr S Ikin Mr T Nutter Mr P Lunt | Fincube Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404797/2022 | 13 November 2024 | Mr D Padilla | Capita Customer Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402230/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Miss B Clarke | Happy Hearts Preschool Ltd | England & Wales | £1,749 |
| 3315241/2023 | 13 November 2024 | Ms Bridget Lock | The Chiltern Brewery Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106559/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Ms TS Leung | MB Cafes Limited | Scotland | £396 |
| 4106599/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Mr R Cumming | Scottish Leather Group Operations Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1402229/2024 | 13 November 2024 | Miss C Kemp | Happy Hearts Preschool Ltd | England & Wales | £3,741 |
| 6000838/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mr. J Chesterman | Staff Buzz Ltd | England & Wales | £1,617 |
| 2600268/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mr A Keay (2600268/2024) Mr A Hunter (2600855/2024) Mr M Kelly (2600583/2024) Mr T Jordan (2600268/2024) Mr L Hutchinson (2600427/2024) Mr D Glover (2600358/2024) Mr I Smith (2600289/2024) | Mr David Selby and Mrs Jaqueline Selby (in partnership) trading as “D Selby Electrical” | England & Wales | £160,290 |
| 2400005/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mr A Pashley | Pinnacle Plumbing and Electrical Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,340 |
| 2406807/2023 | 12 November 2024 | unrepresented For the first | Mr R Mackinnon | England & Wales | £96,427 |
| 8000201/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mrs A-L McPike | AWH Pro-tect CIC (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 6010846/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mr. G Aggarwal | PerfectPays Ltd. | England & Wales | £2,686 |
| 6003927/2024 | 12 November 2024 | Mr P Gorski | Let US Go Limited | England & Wales | £2,498 |
| 4118526/2014 | 12 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118526/2014 Mr K Morrison | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4118563/2014 | 12 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118563/2014 Mr J Turnbull | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2411912/2023 | 12 November 2024 | Miss L Bailey | Hero Group Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8001583/2024 | 12 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: Mrs M I Ayala Gragera | ARRIA Data Text Limited | Scotland | £26,668 |
| 8001079/2024 | 12 November 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001079/2024 (V)5 Held on October 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry P MacFadyen | Rd Resource Limited | Scotland | — |