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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,571 UK employment tribunal cases involving unlawful deduction from wages claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,375 (the largest £3,449,329) across 15,206 cases. Tribunals upheld 76% of the 20,822 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,365 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,817 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,005 | 19% |
| Struck out | 2,084 | 8% |
| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |
| Other | 543 | 2% |
| Settled | 200 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2018 | 672 | |
| 2019 | 4,550 | |
| 2020 | 6,663 | |
| 2021 | 4,863 | |
| 2022 | 4,993 | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | |
| 2024 | 4,282 | |
| 2025 | 3,724 | |
| 2026 | 1,556 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2304871/2023 | 1 March 2024 | Miss A Robins | Mandy Panton | England & Wales | — |
| 4100218/2024 | 1 March 2024 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100218/2024 Miss C Deehan | The Garsing Group | Scotland | £383 |
| 2602761/2022 | 1 March 2024 | Miss K Thomas | Maximus UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3205465/2022 | 1 March 2024 | Mr Darrell Webster | JM Transport (Essex) Limited | England & Wales | £84,381 |
| 2302793/2022 | 1 March 2024 | Mr Golding | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100006/2024 | 1 March 2024 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100006/2024 Mr A McDougall | Hopeman Sands Coffee Shop Limited | Scotland | £4,331 |
| 2306216/2023 | 1 March 2024 | Mr Nicholas Hedges | Ratcliff and Roper (Printers) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305650/2023 |
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 | 45 |
| 16 | The Secretary of State for Justice | 45 |
| 17 | West Lothian Council | 43 |
| 18 | H M Revenue & Customs | 41 |
| 19 | North Lanarkshire Council | 40 |
| 20 | Glasgow City Council | 37 |
| 1 March 2024 |
| Mr Olusegun Tokuta |
| Advanced Oncotherapy plc |
| England & Wales |
| £131,400 |
| 2401173/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr D Cooper | Swans Travel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602085/2022 | 29 February 2024 | Mr P Plasted | — | England & Wales | £1,830 |
| 1602959/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr P Eastman | Tute Education Ltd | England & Wales | £4,000 |
| 2210370/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Ms F Zaidi 1st | Insight investment Management Limited 2nd Respondent: Bank of New York Mellon | England & Wales | £500 |
| 2400408/2022 | 29 February 2024 | Mr W Fox | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2409417/2022 | 29 February 2024 | Mrs R Modhvadiya | Mine and Yours Ltd (In liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2306436/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr R Anning | Sunna Van Kampen | England & Wales | £2,190 |
| 2304212/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Ms A Pospiech | The Thin Line Between Love and Hate Ltd | England & Wales | £10,666 |
| 1602987/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mrs K Goss | CDN Planning (Wales) Ltd | England & Wales | £1,375 |
| 2306445/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Miss K Katiseva | Pure & Hearty Limited | England & Wales | £2,472 |
| 2402019/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr J Russell | Sonny Forde Limited | England & Wales | £3,285 |
| 2602017/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Miss J Cropley | VPS PVT Limited | England & Wales | £1,334 |
| 6002000/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr B Milburn | Oxalis Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2420018/2020 | 29 February 2024 | Miss N Chaara | Chanel Limited HELD AT: Manchester (hybrid by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602857/2021 | 29 February 2024 | Ms Eva Nyota-Froggatt | Mahason Ltd T/A The Lion Garage | England & Wales | £9,902 |
| 4107496/2023 | 29 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107496/2023 Mrs C Walker | AWH Protect CIC | Scotland | £4,692 |
| 3306056/2022 | 29 February 2024 | Self-representing (in Reading ET) For the | Hutchinson 3G UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807906/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr R Johnson | Triple S Doors Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,700 |
| 1602986/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mr R Phillips | Creative Republic of Cardiff Limited | England & Wales | £300 |
| 3304234/2023 | 29 February 2024 | Mrs J Keel | La Boite Limited | England & Wales | £1,483 |
| 1300062/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mr T Udall | CPF Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803324/2022 | 28 February 2024 | Mrs L Beal | Monk Fryston Hall Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411303/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mrs J Jones | Real Estate Agencies Limited | England & Wales | £19,929 |
| 1602330/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Ms J Jones | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602907/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mrs G Chinnery | Ms A Perry | England & Wales | £106 |
| 6000142/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Miss R Robshaw | Philip Williams Estates Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING Date: 12 January 2024 | England & Wales | £26,446 |
| 1803325/2022 | 28 February 2024 | Mrs J English | Monk Fryston Hall Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101426/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Miss H Ferguson | Rujia Marketing Consultants Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1304803/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mr S Turner | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411746/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mrs A Janvier | Investa Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | £2,712 |
| 4101837/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Miss J Telfer | Rujia Marketing Consultants Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2600766/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Miss M Drew | Red Carpet Cleaning Services Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,923 |
| 3201864/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mr Thomas Hassan Animashaun Mr Alun Hobday Mr Russell Dawes | Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2208565/2022 | 28 February 2024 | Ms S Lindsay | NHS England | England & Wales | — |
| 2210946/2022 | 28 February 2024 | Ms L Veale (Counsel) | Mr A Williams (Solicitor Advocate) | England & Wales | £954 |
| 4107139/2023 | 28 February 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107139/2023 Ms S Ayyappan | Maha Lakshmi Trading Ltd | Scotland | £4,794 |
| 2601176/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Miss M Roberts | Wollaton Village Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 2300722/2023 | 28 February 2024 | (1) Miss H Edwards, (2) Ms L Sandor | Mr J Mason | England & Wales | — |
| 1803326/2022 | 28 February 2024 | Ms S Smart | Monk Fryston Hall Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2213068/2023 | 28 February 2024 | Mr Pawel Janowski | London Real Estate Rentals Limited Luis Felipe Tilleria Limongi PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | £1,309 |
| 1807809/2023 | 27 February 2024 | Mr. E Njie | Amazon Flex Ltd | England & Wales | £163 |
| 2411387/2023 | 27 February 2024 | Mrs C Matthew | Real Estate Agencies Limited | England & Wales | £6,253 |