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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000434/2024 | 20 November 2024 | K Apcewicz | DMF Engineering Fabrication Ltd | Scotland | £1,491 |
| 2301216/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr S Carpenter | Ingrams Technologies Limited | England & Wales | £34,999 |
| 2301802/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr Nuno Marques | Wettons Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2213061/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mr T Street, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2216332/2023 | 20 November 2024 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000714/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Member L Millar Tribunal Member W Muir Ms K Hornal | Legends Bar – Yules Bar Ltd | Scotland | £2,783 |
| 2305150/2023 | 20 November 2024 | 1. Ms C Hopley 2. Ms R McManus 3. Dr C Noyes | London Borough of Southwark | England & Wales | — |
| 1308909/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Mr T Mahmood |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £11,607 |
| 6007175/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr D Burton | Advanced Protection Group UK Limited | England & Wales | £307 |
| 2403428/2024 | 20 November 2024 | Mr Vincent Hargreaves | Sterling Construction And Renewables Limited | England & Wales | £14,632 |
| 3311387/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Miss S Charters | Vince Davies | England & Wales | — |
| 4118493/2014 | 20 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118493/2014 Ms M Igoe | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402881/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Miss M Hudson | Evolve Transport and Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | £1,675 |
| 3304213/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Mr J Morris | Tudor Williams (Holdings) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314474/2023 | 19 November 2024 | S Magazov | Lumora Limited t/a Erba Molecular | England & Wales | — |
| 4118492/2014 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118492/2014 Ms F Humphries | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4118463/2014 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118463/2014 Mr J Craig | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 8001392/2024 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001392/2024 Miss A C Barnabas | Ozen (Edinburgh) Ltd (t/a Ozen Street Food) | Scotland | £1,281 |
| 2219737/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Shanice Buckley | Soho House (UK) Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408661/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Ms Jessica Jones | Paul Lockton Limited | England & Wales | £4,172 |
| 3301710/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Ms. Lucinda Keates | The Grove Independent School Limited | England & Wales | £2,024 |
| 2402868/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Ms Sana Sheikh | Sterling Construction And Renewables Limited HELD AT: Manchester (by video over CVP) | England & Wales | £5,606 |
| 8001580/2024 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001580/2024 Mr C Clark | IAS Group Ltd | Scotland | £3,479 |
| 2601458/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr R Adebayo | Mega Building & Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £6,150 |
| 3308223/2023 | 19 November 2024 | In Person For the | A Crabb (Respondent’s Head of HR) | England & Wales | — |
| 2306018/2021 | 19 November 2024 | Ms A Shahu | Iknowa Ltd | England & Wales | £2,783 |
| 2407254/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Mrs R Galloway | Euro Garages Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004058/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr. S. Christiano | Tailormade Kitchens and Bedrooms Ltd. | England & Wales | £9,938 |
| 3306965/2022 | 19 November 2024 | Mr N Toma | Core Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404391/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr Oladipupo Sadare | Sterling Construction And Renewables Limited HELD AT: Manchester (by video over CVP) | England & Wales | £3,264 |
| 6005232/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr C Davies | Lancashire County Cricket Club | England & Wales | — |
| 3307749/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Miss P Pells | Sharpe Cleaners | England & Wales | — |
| 4118475/2014 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118475/2014 Mr S Fairley | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4118466/2014 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118466/2014 Mr K Dalgleish | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3314319/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Ms N Voicu | The Grill Steakhouse Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,670 |
| 3304532/2022 | 19 November 2024 | Mr G Braithwaite | Richmond Villages Operations Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4118504/2014 | 19 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118504/2014 Ms T MacKey | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2304663/2023 | 19 November 2024 | Ms A Chinoriya Sage | Recruitment International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6006176/2024 | 19 November 2024 | Mr M Tudosa | A Touch of Home Block Management Co Ltd | England & Wales | £1,047 |
| 6006938/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mr D McCavish | Teleperformance limited | England & Wales | £431 |
| 6004165/2024 | 18 November 2024 | C Wirth | Simply Sugar Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301469/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs F F Mohedeen Abdul Kather | Gulf Conferences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303099/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mr C Msakni | Oxford Driveway and Roofing Limited Kevin Patrick | England & Wales | £63 |
| 6002581/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mr. K Pyszczynski | Winston Southampton Ltd. | England & Wales | £2,002 |
| 3307578/2020 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs Victoria Filmore-McGorian | Victor Vasilievich Gutsul and Natalia Gutsul | England & Wales | — |
| 3201313/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Emma Riddle | Medi-Science International Limited | England & Wales | £1,500 |
| 1303260/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Mrs M Barber | Midsummer Garden Ltd | England & Wales | £1,124 |
| 1800120/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Ms Ziyan Huang | Fegacode Ltd | England & Wales | £250 |
| 2402953/2023 | 18 November 2024 | Ms G Munroe | Prosperity Children’s Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6018985/2024 | 18 November 2024 | Jane Grey | The Games Room Company UK Limited | England & Wales | £21,274 |