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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8002099/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr R West | RJW Retail Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3315274/2022 | 25 October 2024 | Ajantha Samaranayake | T G Ram Limited | England & Wales | £24,461 |
| 2600085/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr R Bell | Alto Electrical Limited Heard: In Chambers on the papers | England & Wales | £1,469 |
| 2220783/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Ms K Beasley | UKTV Media Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401177/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr P Hirst | Molesworth Bright Clegg | England & Wales | — |
| 4104611/2024 | 25 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104611/2024 Held at Aberdeen on October 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr Scott Goodall | Big Issue Sharebike Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £14,708 |
| 2223873/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr J Taylor, union representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103651/2023 |
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 |
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| 2404735/2024 | 25 October 2024 | Mr H Griffiths Mr D Grauzel | Ms G Dumciute | England & Wales | — |
| 2602006/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Mr. MS Mohideen | Spring Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £1,757 |
| 3201121/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Miss A R Kis | Helen Morris | England & Wales | £1,354 |
| 1305840/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Ms F Mangaoang | Kenneth and Noriz Andal and Keegan’s court residential care home | England & Wales | — |
| 6003058/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr D Rowe | Kyndryl UK Limited | England & Wales | £750 |
| 1305140/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr. Z Zahid | Jaguar Land Rover Limited HELD AT: BIRMINGHAM REMOTELY BY CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 6015321/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr V Gajjar | Foodies Capital Limited | England & Wales | £3,600 |
| 3201120/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr T Fabian | Helen Morris | England & Wales | £1,354 |
| 2208548/2022 | 24 October 2024 | Ms N Khalifa | Soho Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | £1,157 |
| 1303141/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Mr Hamidreza Mehran | Bambizi Limited | England & Wales | £955 |
| 2223838/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Miss C Gigli | The Nail and Beauty Zone Limited | England & Wales | £1,600 |
| 2402195/2024 | 24 October 2024 | Mr A Handy | Cheshire Local Business Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002515/2023 | 24 October 2024 | The claimant did not appear and was not represented For the | Ms McKenzie, representative (Peninsula) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402275/2023 | 24 October 2024 | Mr R Burney | Bucadi RE Limited (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 8001313/2024 | 24 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001313/2024 Mr D Paterson | S Business Solutions Ltd | Scotland | £9,201 |
| 2401126/2024 | 23 October 2024 | (1) Mr Osazee Obazee (2) Mrs Ebere Onwuamaoke (3) Mrs Cynthia Osarenkhoe (4) Mrs Maureen Olowu (5) Mrs Temitope Aminat Adesanya (6) Mr Chiemeka Obi | LJ Health and Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £471 |
| 2305753/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Ms S Brinton | Signature Senior Lifestyle Operations Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2501811/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Roxana Tudosa | A Touch of Home Ltd | England & Wales | £383 |
| 1801241/2024 | 23 October 2024 | — | Vasudevamurthy v Alpha Technology Partners Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501812/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Roxana Tudosa | Emily Miriam Paterson | England & Wales | — |
| 1601309/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr J Bevan-Jones | Challenger Mobile Communications Ltd | England & Wales | £1,755 |
| 3313182/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr T | S McKee | England & Wales | — |
| 2219961/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Bouazza Zahar | Paparazzi Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | £2,455 |
| 2223034/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Ms J N Salim | Yarrow Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6004624/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr Gayan Danushka Aponsu Goniyamaleemage | Stellantis &You UK Limited | England & Wales | £180 |
| 2217013/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mrs B Gleeson | Government Legal Department | England & Wales | — |
| 1400181/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Mr S Fisher | Dragonfly Biosciences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104647/2024 | 23 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104647/2024 Mrs A Karlsone | Linnet Onboard Catering Ltd | Scotland | £1,415 |
| 6001378/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Muhammad Arslan | Passive Tax Ltd | England & Wales | £11,545 |
| 1305662/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Mr. N Edwards and | Mueller Europe Limited SITTING AT: Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 4103957/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Member J McCaig Tribunal Member P O’Hagan Ms J Lota | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402107/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr O Kolawole | LJ Health and Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £2,244 |
| 8000485/2024 | 22 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000485/2024 A Onea | Represented by: Certify Lets Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2403117/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr Gary Anoche | LJ Health and Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £133 |
| 2500300/2023 | 22 October 2024 | Miss Jessica Thorpe | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2409341/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Mr G Borbely | Mills Blinds Ltd (dissolved company) | England & Wales | — |
| 2402498/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr Quadri Akinode | LJ Health and Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £622 |
| 2401353/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Ms Tara Dodson | LJ Health and Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £345 |
| 1401066/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Miss J Greenwood | ENME Group UK Ltd T/A Encore Medical & Training | England & Wales | £1,303 |
| 2303007/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mr L Lockhart | Blue Jays Transport Group Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305602/2023 | 22 October 2024 | In Person (assisted by Mr Evans, translator) | MKZS Investments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306075/2024 | 22 October 2024 | Mohammad Muin Zahid | Mubbashara Yasir Ltd | England & Wales | — |