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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600756/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr David Blackwell | Corinthian Access Limited (In Receivership) | England & Wales | £8,515 |
| 1800862/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr A Plant | Meadowhall Training Limited t/a Source Academy (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,135 |
| 8000917/2024 | 16 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000917/2024 Mr J White | MW Groundworks Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1600733/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr R Hassall | Corinthian Access Limited (In Receivership) | England & Wales | £7,666 |
| 1600757/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr Daniel Blackwell | Corinthian Access Limited (In Receivership) | England & Wales | £2,630 |
| 6005310/2024 | 16 September 2024 | M A Muhaimin | Mr Kasim Akhter & Waqas Siddique | England & Wales | £2,692 |
| 4107035/2023 | 16 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4107035/2023 Mr M Saddington | Scottish Trust Deed |
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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| 1600708/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr J James | Corinthian Access Limited (In Receivership) | England & Wales | £8,657 |
| 6003425/2024 | 16 September 2024 | Mr M Ali | Advance Secured Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £4,824 |
| 8001048/2024 | 16 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001048/2024 H Turnbull | B Henderson | Scotland | £2,432 |
| 8000959/2024 | 16 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000959/2024 Miss C Bransby | Viva Italia Ltd | Scotland | £471 |
| 1304492/2023 | 16 September 2024 | Mr Harry Whitehouse | Sprint Active Education Ltd (formerly known as Premier Active Coaching Ltd | England & Wales | £3,278 |
| 2305916/2023 | 16 September 2024 | Mr M A Willan | Fast & Loose Pubs Ltd | England & Wales | £1,359 |
| 2502675/2023 | 16 September 2024 | Miss E. Lumley | Millennial Group Global Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,926 |
| 3310281/2023 | 16 September 2024 | Ms J Benyi | Noolyn Care Ltd t/a Caremark (Barnet & Enfield) | England & Wales | — |
| 6000875/2024 | 15 September 2024 | Shane Johnson | Ventrolla Limited Heard: by CVP in the North East Region | England & Wales | £3,474 |
| 2500896/2024 | 14 September 2024 | Mr J Mattieson | N & T Civils Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6007608/2024 | 14 September 2024 | Mr J Belmes | Dominic Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2217652/2023 | 13 September 2024 | Ms Elizabeth Lisa Ladjanszky | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £10,570 |
| 3311304/2023 | 13 September 2024 | — | Campos and Lala Drinks Barnet Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302102/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Suhaib Kommanari Thazhath | North Corner Lewes Limited | England & Wales | £4,224 |
| 2216914/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Mrs Y Micheva | Business Apply Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312332/2023 | 13 September 2024 | In person For the | A Butler (respondent’s operations manager) | England & Wales | — |
| 2212117/2023 | 13 September 2024 | no present or represented For the | Mr M Foster, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 8000726/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Ms E MacDonald | Inform Clothing Ltd | Scotland | £8,034 |
| 3304636/2018 | 13 September 2024 | Miss M Bonney | Diligent Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403503/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Miss L McDonnell | Ashwood Archive Limited | England & Wales | £3,756 |
| 2601761/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Miss Anisa Karaj | Valland Care and Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401705/2023 | 13 September 2024 | Mr J Tshino | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200283/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Molly Maturure | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6003797/2024 | 13 September 2024 | Ms J Tan | Grey Photographic Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | £346 |
| 2407569/2023 | 12 September 2024 | Ms J Seale | Mrs F Parisi trading as Beauty Within | England & Wales | — |
| 4101213/2015 | 12 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101213/2015 Mr D Archibald | Saica Pack UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2200046/2022 | 12 September 2024 | Mr K Pal, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306048/2023 | 12 September 2024 | Mr. N. Ihtash | Holland & Barrett Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402900/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Ms N Odularu | Randstad Group UK | England & Wales | £4,103 |
| 4118552/2014 | 12 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118552/2014 Ms M Stasik | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 6002978/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Mr A Couturet | STR 48 Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £453 |
| 2221241/2024 | 12 September 2024 | In person | — | England & Wales | £1,962 |
| 1805729/2023 | 12 September 2024 | Mr A J Finegan | Ainsty Timber Marketing Limited | England & Wales | £1,918 |
| 2600640/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Mr. S Alberjawi | Gf Holdings 1 Ltd | England & Wales | £5,062 |
| 3307931/2023 | 12 September 2024 | Mr C Johnson-Dutfield | H2ope Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | £7,564 |
| 2303548/2023 | 12 September 2024 | Mr C Isidore | ABM Aviation UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400165/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Miss K Vernon | Jamie Rogers t/a Twenty-Seven by Jamie Rogers RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | £2,503 |
| 3310209/2022 | 12 September 2024 | Ms M Fleck | The Royal Borough of Maidenhead and Windsor | England & Wales | — |
| 2219981/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Mr R Purbey | QC Operations Limited | England & Wales | £280 |
| 1401195/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Miss E Edgerley | Dumbledore Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2201957/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Ms E Callahan | LMRE Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602891/2023 | 12 September 2024 | In person For the | Ms Wahabi (Litigation Consultant) Case No. 1602891/2023 Page 2 of 3 | England & Wales | — |
| 4118520/2014 | 12 September 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4118520/2014 Ms W Mellor. | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |