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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000354/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr Anirudh Chaudhary | — | Scotland | — |
| 2409279/2023 | 19 February 2024 | A Campbell | Steve Gower t/a Education Dreams Limited | England & Wales | £1,440 |
| 3307691/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mr L Dickens | Club 99 Men’s Health Ltd | England & Wales | £2,674 |
| 3307492/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Miss J Junkrowska | Trattoria Fratelli | England & Wales | £2,978 |
| 3307249/2023 | 19 February 2024 | In person For the | Ms H Suleman (representative) | England & Wales | £3,579 |
| 3201754/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Kelly Pizzey | Hornchurch Royal British Legion Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402936/2023 | 19 February 2024 | Mrs E Sunley (1) Mrs N Corrie (2) | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3310826/2023 | 19 February 2024 |
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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| 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 |
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| 4107449/2023 | 19 February 2024 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107449/2023 Miss M McGillivray | Cowies Limited | Scotland | £5,738 |
| 6005409/2025 | 18 February 2024 | T Bamford | The Takeaway Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,470 |
| 2305925/2023 | 16 February 2024 | — | Ivanov v Kapucin Ltd | England & Wales | £2,817 |
| 1406121/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Miss Z Bishop | KWC Southwest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602126/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr M Dabiach | MSA Coast Transport Limited | England & Wales | £2,025 |
| 2210425/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr S Lasdas First Respondent (“R1”): NTT DATA UK LIMITED Second Respondent (“R2”): EXPERT RESOURCE RECRUITMENT LIMITED | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106850/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr Jon McGrattan | MCP Contracting Ltd | Scotland | £864 |
| 2300264/2021 | 16 February 2024 | Mr W Parsonson | A Team Ph Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409526/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr P Saunders | Urgent Care 365 Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,288 |
| 3203238/2022 | 16 February 2024 | Mr Y L Lam | Orion Catering Services Limited | England & Wales | £5,800 |
| 4107114/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Miss Marie Brewer | No appearance and No representation Wolf Street Food | Scotland | — |
| 2407158/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr A Cooke | I-Guard Security Limited | England & Wales | £128 |
| 2213440/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Ms U Ikram | The Gloss Clinic | England & Wales | £3,935 |
| 2216273/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr Cartell Lowe-Vidal | Lalaland Trading Limited | England & Wales | £4,593 |
| 2404370/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr A Randles | Pirtek | England & Wales | — |
| 2302719/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Mr J Pirie | PH Crawley Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409047/2023 | 16 February 2024 | Miss C Cockton | Bodyworks (Rochdale) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,638 |
| 2303131/2021 | 16 February 2024 | Mr L Bedborough | Tom Roberts CEO of ARRACO Global Markets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301135/2020 | 16 February 2024 | Mr I C Cirstea | A Team Ph Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304376/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Miss T Farley (previously Davies) | Mr S Pardon | England & Wales | £1,455 |
| 2201955/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Ms Ayers | Endurance business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305752/2021 | 15 February 2024 | Mr B YILDIRIM | Heyman AI Limited ‘in compulsory liquidation’ | England & Wales | — |
| 2303615/2022 | 15 February 2024 | Ms C Kuwana | Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network | England & Wales | — |
| 1802677/2024 | 15 February 2024 | (1) Lynne Bennett – (claims 1802677/2024 & 1804077/2024) (2) Amanda Perkin – (claims 1802678/2024 & 1804078/2024) | Barton Blinds Limited | England & Wales | £18,473 |
| 4107281/2023 | 15 February 2024 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107281/2023 Mr D Schopen | Stg Central Ltd | Scotland | £2,102 |
| 2602118/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Miss K Kania | Flexiscale Limited | England & Wales | £4,202 |
| 1602967/2023 | 15 February 2024 | G L Hopkins | Accendo Supplies Ltd | England & Wales | £5,400 |
| 1305991/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Miss G Lowell | Stepping Stones (Grange) Limited | England & Wales | £4,201 |
| 3302376/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Ms S Kanesakuganathan | TUMMIES LIMITED in voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 2601882/2023 | 15 February 2024 | Mr A O'Callaghan | Savage BBQ Living Ltd | England & Wales | £1,540 |
| 2406608/2022 | 15 February 2024 | Miss M Barnes | Bark & Birch Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302438/2023 | 14 February 2024 | Ms Rani (in person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3308141/2023 | 14 February 2024 | — | Jackaman and Others v Amble Electrical Distributors Ltd and Others | England & Wales | £6,867 |
| 4105379/2023 | 14 February 2024 | Mr Liam Wright | John McIntosh t/a Hendries Butchers | Scotland | £11,291 |
| 4102823/2023 | 14 February 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102823/2023 Hearing Held at Edinburgh on 12, 13, 14, 15, and December 2023, and Members’ Meeting on February 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: Z Van Zwanenberg Tribunal Member: A Matheson Jossel Eleserio | Represented by Mr M Briggs Advocate Instructed by Mr N Paterson Solicitor Morningside Manor Ltd | Scotland | £1,818 |
| 3310686/2022 | 14 February 2024 | Ms J Abena | Springwood Healthcare Services Ltd Greenview Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307836/2023 | 14 February 2024 | Mr S Cook | Drain Technology UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105380/2023 | 14 February 2024 | Mr Brian Herron | John McIntosh t/a Hendries Butchers | Scotland | £4,270 |
| 4105381/2023 | 14 February 2024 | Mr John Smith | John McIntosh t/a Hendries Butchers | Scotland | £16,241 |
| 3314025/2021 | 14 February 2024 | Mr W Ford | Remus Corporation UK Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302565/2021 | 14 February 2024 | Miss D Pritchard | HC Facility Management In Administration Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |