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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501360/2024 | 27 August 2024 | Mr Francis Lee Quigley Ms Margaret Jane McDowell | Sweethart Ltd | England & Wales | £4,044 |
| 4110914/2014 | 27 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110914/2014 Mr S Lettice | Tradeteam | Scotland | — |
| 4110940/2014 | 27 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110940/2014 Mr C Taylor | Tradeteam | Scotland | — |
| 1306357/2023 | 26 August 2024 | Hollie Hinton | PGO Trade UK Ltd t/a Huggle Pets | England & Wales | — |
| 4110907/2014 | 25 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110907/2014 Mr W Hughes | Tradeteam | Scotland | — |
| 2216709/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Mr W Borich | GSD Painting Contracts London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106857/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr A Fairley | Renfrew Transport Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2400189/2022 |
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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| 6003057/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Miss R Hazra and | Chrysalis Connect Limited SITTING AT: London Central Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £1,989 |
| 2400421/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Mr P Adeniyi | 3RIO Group Limited | England & Wales | £2,006 |
| 4104238/2024 | 23 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4104238/2024 Miss K Garry | Macfarlane Meat Products Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2600254/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Ms M Housley | Arron Squires | England & Wales | £5,443 |
| 3310425/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr C O Carew | Seven Resourcing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103315/2014 | 23 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4103315/2014 Mr S Clark | Galliford Try Construction Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2203565/2021 | 23 August 2024 | Mr K Onurcan | Malaysia PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3313570/2023 | 23 August 2024 | In person For the | C Hava | England & Wales | £2,296 |
| 2602074/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr S Deen | Derby Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2218869/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Bilyana Lazarova | The Delicatessen Company Limited, T/A The Gourmet Deli Co (Bierschenke) | England & Wales | £12,413 |
| 2216710/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Mr M Berish | GSD Painting Contracts London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3310699/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Craig Baker For the | Grace Nicholls (C) | England & Wales | — |
| 4105486/2024 | 23 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105486/2024 Mr S Grzybczak | Tony Macaroni Ltd | Scotland | £3,786 |
| 2401183/2024 | 23 August 2024 | Miss I Martin | Dapa Coffee Ormskirk Ltd | England & Wales | £673 |
| 6000012/2023 | 23 August 2024 | Mr A Cronin | XPO Transport Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000072/2022 | 22 August 2024 | Member Ms D McDougall Tribunal Member Mr A Grant Mr M Fulton | Choice Start Limited trading as | Scotland | — |
| 1601310/2024 | 22 August 2024 | Miss K Liffen | Evolve Motor Company Ltd | England & Wales | £4,095 |
| 6001910/2023 | 22 August 2024 | Mr T Thorneycroft | The Snakerooms Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305535/2023 | 22 August 2024 | Mr D Weaving | Sentri Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £15,379 |
| 2407301/2023 | 22 August 2024 | Mr P Tsangouris | Dimitrios Mousiaris Transport Limited | England & Wales | £3,777 |
| 2600573/2024 | 22 August 2024 | Mrs K Walmsley | Stephen Eyre | England & Wales | £531 |
| 2213509/2023 | 22 August 2024 | Mr C Barnett | Lift and Load London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000900/2024 | 22 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000900/2024 Ms C Sillars | TDQ Group Limited | Scotland | £495 |
| 3311412/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Miss A J Taylor | Illumino Ignis Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000147/2024 | 21 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000147/2024 Mr J S Berrie | The Royal British Legion Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2600777/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Miss P Salomoni | Shirecare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301110/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Miss S Salamun | The Hospital Fertility Group | England & Wales | £9,440 |
| 6001293/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Chelsea Shelton | Q Care Assist Limited | England & Wales | £756 |
| 3302151/2023 | 21 August 2024 | no attendance For the | Green Energy Together Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501699/2022 | 21 August 2024 | Miss L Harper | Teleperformance limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301065/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Mr Dimitrios Mitsopoulos | The Yummy Palette Limited | England & Wales | £2,061 |
| 2501346/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Mrs A Butterfield | Ashes Care Group Limited | England & Wales | £14,057 |
| 8000492/2024 | 21 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000492/2024 Miss M Bambanza | Chase Hayward Group Limited | Scotland | £425 |
| 8000692/2024 | 21 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000692/2024 Mr J Bradley | Simply Solutions Group Ltd | Scotland | £14,093 |
| 2409050/2023 | 21 August 2024 | L Lawson | Cloudzero Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £18,197 |
| 1600928/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Miss E Evans | Vamp Cardiff Ltd | England & Wales | £5,783 |
| 3200031/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Mr G Whitbread | Delinian Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000161/2024 | 21 August 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000161/2024 Held in Glasgow via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on August 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr B Thomson | Omega Finance Limited [in Liquidation] | Scotland | £15,935 |
| 2301877/2024 | 21 August 2024 | — | Makai v Total Synergy UK Ltd | England & Wales | £1,192 |
| 2600543/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Ms Louise Finch | Dunn 460 Ltd t/a Rustic Centre | England & Wales | £2,962 |
| 2501347/2024 | 21 August 2024 | Miss G N Savage | Ashes Care Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311887/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Ms M Burek | The General K&M Building Services Ltd | England & Wales | £6,218 |