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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000722/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ms A Jasken | Countrywide Estate Agents Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3200663/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ms M S Caplan | Lulu Liu London Ltd | England & Wales | £1,291 |
| 4100194/2025 | 17 October 2024 | Mr J Hughes | Kinch Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 6000322/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Samuel Ball | Rowley Manor Lifestyles UK Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) Heard: by CVP | England & Wales | £10,755 |
| 2402790/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs L B Sailsbury | Solace Hairdressing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202480/2023 | 17 October 2024 | (1) Mr Kevin Watson (2) Mr Steve Cross | CWNetworks Limited – in liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2302962/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mrs C Marsh | Thistle House Car Sales HELD AT: London South (via CVP) | England & Wales | £8,973 |
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 |
| 6006477/2024 |
| 17 October 2024 |
| D Earnshaw |
| Hop Works Brew Co Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| £5,843 |
| 3200860/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr Kastriot Xhafaj | ZT Decorating Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000807/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Mr Hisam Elboghdady | RAA Couriers Ltd | Scotland | £559 |
| 2403457/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Miss E Brown | Duckdown Gifts Limited | England & Wales | £1,391 |
| 2302752/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ms M Milleo | Sanrizz Mayfair Limited STRIKE OUT | England & Wales | — |
| 8001330/2024 | 16 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001330/2024 J Robertson | Ross McPherson | Scotland | £530 |
| 3314364/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mr Richard Luckraft | Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | £0 |
| 8001125/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr S Sillars | Asda Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102575/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Miss Aneta Drozdek | Interpreter Mr Rozycki Transcal Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2501270/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr J Boyd | Notes of Northumberland Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | £4,101 |
| 6003369/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr. A. Aspinall | Pangaea Biosciences Ltd. | England & Wales | £6,553 |
| 3201185/2023 | 16 October 2024 | (1) Miss Dragneva (2) Mr Brown (3) Miss Chaouli (4) Mr Enache (5) Miss Eley | Brain Harvey Limited | England & Wales | £1,964 |
| 1801192/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr J Calvert | Sequence UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307430/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mr David Cagliarini | Plymouth Rock Technologies Limited in creditors voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | £48,515 |
| 3200356/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Mr L. Tode | Alisha Property Services Ltd | England & Wales | £449 |
| 3307429/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mr Paul Keen | Plymouth Rock Technologies Limited in creditors voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | £43,635 |
| 1600956/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr S Matheson | Lambert Smith Hampton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306871/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr E S Hernandez Leon | Mitie Ltd Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2200609/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms S Macken | BNP Paris London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 3201139/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Sophie Honychurch | Two Doors One T Limited | England & Wales | £1,560 |
| 6001764/2024 | 15 October 2024 | T Davies | Alkota Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 6002350/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr P Gunning | Jhetam Developments Limited | England & Wales | £3,302 |
| 3201158/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Ms Sapphire Clarke | The Mossbourne Federation | England & Wales | — |
| 2302055/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mr Liu | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201097/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ruby Holness Fairhurst | Two Doors One T Limited | England & Wales | £1,408 |
| 2302801/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr Paul Addicott Evans | ProductsOne BV | England & Wales | £15,213 |
| 2305833/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mr E Dickerson | Byron Hayter Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | £981 |
| 3203109/2022 | 15 October 2024 | Mr A Owuraku | Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2218580/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms A Barwinska | Christian Liaigre Limited (in corporate voluntary arrangement) | England & Wales | — |
| 4105614/2024 | 14 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105614/2024 Miss H Roy | Meraki Bar and Restaurant Ltd | Scotland | £576 |
| 6003309/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mrs Y Gonzalez | Liverpool John Moore University – Unitemps | England & Wales | — |
| 2304394/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Miss M Zhou | Boots UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302722/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Joe Beckley | Retail UK 1 Ltd Full merits hearing | England & Wales | £5,982 |
| 6013779/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Dr C Kwan | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £1,740 |
| 2303861/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Miss P White | RDP Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £11,672 |
| 2403440/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Ms N McDonald | Casa a Roma Takeaway Ltd | England & Wales | £108 |
| 1303230/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mr K A Jan | Pharmacare Solutions Ltd t/a Pharmacare Pharmacy | England & Wales | — |
| 8000363/2024 | 14 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000363/2024 Held at Aberdeen on & September 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members J Clewlow A Atkinson | Represented by, Mr B McKinlay, Trainee Solicitor Miss Freya Pealing st | Scotland | £5,355 |
| 2403498/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr R Allan | TSR Manchester Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £24,305 |
| 1403615/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr J Booker | Holman Fraser Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6000933/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mr K Ziajski | Morgan King Group | England & Wales | £126 |
| 1400316/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mr D Lindsay | The House of Shutters Limited (In Creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401510/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Mr S Najak | Curtis Law Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |