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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3307762/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Miss S Rahman | Hawkeye Security Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500061/2024 | 15 April 2024 | Mr G Iacob | Mr Oprea-Aurelian Iscru (trading as Artisan Sash Joinery) | England & Wales | £2,308 |
| 1805616/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Mr T Eadson Mr A Eadson | Etico Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305190/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Ms I PERKOVA | Sveta'S Shop Ltd | England & Wales | £1,382 |
| 3202456/2023 | 15 April 2024 | Miss Z Batchelor | Little Robins Nursery & Preschool Limited | England & Wales | £1,573 |
| 4105470/2023 | 15 April 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105470/2023 Held on April 2024 by CVP Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss Maria E Jolly | , Mother Refresh Coffee Co Ltd st | Scotland | £2,155 |
| 2411240/2023 | 13 April 2024 | (1) Mrs D Davies (2) Mr R Davies | THDD Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £977 |
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 |
| 3301733/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr G Fatello | Buon Appetito Reading Ltd | England & Wales | £12,302 |
| 2301696/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Miss A Escobosa Tesi | Pepler Communications Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405375/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr C Cooper | The Sports Project CIC | England & Wales | £2,155 |
| 1405376/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Miss B Ambrose | The Sports Project CIC | England & Wales | £2,112 |
| 2500271/2024 | 12 April 2024 | Mr A Hillier | Birra 2 Limited | England & Wales | £363 |
| 2500041/2024 | 12 April 2024 | Mr K Reczkowski | The Crown Pub Hawes Limited (in voluntary liquidation) HELD AT: Newcastle (by video) | England & Wales | £3,491 |
| 2600115/2024 | 12 April 2024 | Ms A Marshall Mr C P Schofield | Black Cat Travel Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2602735/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr M Dawn | George Utz Limited | England & Wales | £277 |
| 2306251/2023 | 12 April 2024 | Mr Y Xavier | Ms Liz Fieldsend t/a Chores & Paws | England & Wales | — |
| 3300433/2024 | 12 April 2024 | Mr C Walker | Green Leaf Health Limited (trading as Blossom Home Care Reading) | England & Wales | £7,800 |
| 3310685/2022 | 11 April 2024 | Mr L Webb | Who'da Group Ltd (T/A Energie Fitness Bedford) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600547/2024 | 11 April 2024 | Mr J I Steer | La Sorrentina Ltd | England & Wales | £959 |
| 4100168/2024 | 11 April 2024 | Mr Scott Maschinsky | Graham McNab | Scotland | £1,360 |
| 1804314/2023 | 11 April 2024 | in person | Ms Whalley | England & Wales | — |
| 3308242/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr p morrison | Dataqube Global Ltd (Liquidation) | England & Wales | £20,886 |
| 2214917/2023 | 11 April 2024 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £13,154 |
| 1400114/2024 | 11 April 2024 | Mr U Zafar | Miracle Care Centre c/o Petra Omoruyi | England & Wales | — |
| 1603336/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr C Lewis | LFS Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £693 |
| 3302452/2023 | 11 April 2024 | In person For the | Watford Apsav Limited | England & Wales | £1,810 |
| 2601724/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr J White | Playground Projects Limited | England & Wales | £14,768 |
| 2306757/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Demetris Sofoklis | St Mickalos Company Ltd | England & Wales | £19,821 |
| 3301808/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Did not attend and was not represented For the First | The Big Smoke Brew Company | England & Wales | — |
| 4106308/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mrs H Baronova | Cakes by Alli-Baba Limited (Company number | Scotland | — |
| 2501634/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Ms E Gillespie (1) Ms J Chrisp (2) Ms E Hardy (3) Ms K Winter (4) | Miracle Centre Limited | England & Wales | £12,527 |
| 1804961/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr S Squires | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4104393/2023 | 11 April 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104393/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on April 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr Adam Gajdosy | Big Issue Sharebike Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4104464/2023 | 11 April 2024 | Mr I Ashraf and Mr J Gallacher Mr J Reid | Represented by: Mr P Deans - Solicitor Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Scotland | £48,675 |
| 3306507/2022 | 10 April 2024 | Mr J Burnley | Stark Offroad Fabrications Ltd | England & Wales | £8,462 |
| 2207605/2022 | 10 April 2024 | Mr. J. Woodcock | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301468/2020 | 10 April 2024 | Mr F Dar | A Team Ph Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410969/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Miss E N McGuire | Axiom Ince Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602600/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Mrs P Mogbegbe | Care and Support Services Limited | England & Wales | £747 |
| 2207401/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Mr B Sanchez-Stoker | Reiss Edwards Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202349/2023 | 10 April 2024 | Miss L Dawkins | Home Sweet Home Care Limited | England & Wales | £583 |
| 8000126/2023 | 9 April 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000126/2023 Held at Inverness on 25, & March 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members P Hammond S Larkin Mr Jordan Macdonald | Limited nd | Scotland | — |
| 1603322/2023 | 9 April 2024 | Dr H Dahwa | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2215309/2023 | 9 April 2024 | Ms N Roberts | The Guinness Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307270/2023 | 9 April 2024 | S Cook | Cpm | England & Wales | — |
| 3306388/2022 | 9 April 2024 | Mr Dick Sibanda | Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3308946/2023 | 9 April 2024 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Conquest Care Homes (Peterborough Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 2215363/2023 | 9 April 2024 | Mrs A. Coles | — | England & Wales | £3,898 |
| 3304170/2023 | 9 April 2024 | Mr R Diniz | Alphapro Removals Ltd. | England & Wales | £5,231 |
| 2302161/2024 | 9 April 2024 | Mr Bradley Smith | Enabledware Limited RECORD OF A FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £2,333 |