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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101884/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Miss C Smith | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £13,469 |
| 3313786/2022 | 13 December 2023 | Mr Darius Szydlowski | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300335/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr Nigel Copleston | Reynolds Training Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301845/2023 | 13 December 2023 | In person For the | Mr Moore (solicitor) | England & Wales | £4,689 |
| 2301201/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr T Tolhurst-Cherriman | Creative Process Digital Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407758/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr I Bonfiglio | Queens Property Maintenance Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,300 |
| 2500359/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Miss C Corbett | Metnor Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101892/2023 | 13 December 2023 | Mr S Aitken |
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 |
| Indemnis Limited |
| Scotland |
| £19,827 |
| 3305983/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr D Hughes First | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2501694/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr M Davis | CDC Holdings (Yarm) Ltd | England & Wales | £967 |
| 3305994/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Miss L Smith | PH Norwich Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400409/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr T Rowe | Ciaran McClennon Construction | England & Wales | — |
| 2304123/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms Marylou Nicholls | Prepare4care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601472/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr M Trevor-Rogers | The Chapar Online Styling Limited | England & Wales | £1,530 |
| 2408764/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Miss J Worthington | Mr Claus Ltd | England & Wales | £528 |
| 1405046/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr R Farrow | Overland Boat Movements Ltd | England & Wales | £2,824 |
| 1405090/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms A Hoarau | Abaka Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | £3,016 |
| 2215028/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr A Musa | Professional Canine and Security Ltd | England & Wales | £812 |
| 2601637/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mrs C Wong | The Chapar Online Styling Limited | England & Wales | £1,250 |
| 2304865/2020 | 12 December 2023 | A A | B (R1) and C (R2) | England & Wales | £780 |
| 1307901/2022 | 12 December 2023 | Ms Jannatul Ferdous | Grand Care Limited trading as Corbett House Nursing Home | England & Wales | £2,975 |
| 2601568/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mrs Y T Li | The Chapar Online Styling Limited | England & Wales | £3,298 |
| 1402951/2020 | 12 December 2023 | Mr D Phillips | Cafe Divino Swindon Ltd t/a Brogans | England & Wales | — |
| 1405271/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr R Clarke | National Tyre Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204610/2022 | 12 December 2023 | Ms O Adeyanju | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4101893/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Ms L Downie | Indemnis Limited | Scotland | £8,740 |
| 4105479/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Self-Represented | Mr Wilson (Director) | Scotland | — |
| 2211435/2022 | 12 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2213412/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mr CF Gomes Vieira | Bouygues Energy & Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2300494/2023 | 12 December 2023 | Mrs K Beeforth | 39 Whitstable Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301411/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J Crozier First | Pragmatic Web Ltd (dissolved) Second Respondent: Angry Creative (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300022/2022 | 11 December 2023 | Mr A Fullbrook | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403635/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mrs T Bakal | Pedrago Ltd. | England & Wales | £547 |
| 3312940/2020 | 11 December 2023 | Mr E McHenry | Kingfisher Country Club Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601898/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr. T Ashley | Kleos Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207419/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J E Aristizabal Montoya | Elysium Construction Ltd | England & Wales | £2,732 |
| 2601722/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Miss R Weglarska | Kleos Space Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100508/2023 | 11 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100508/2023 Held at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss Carol Mary Jean Innes | Represented by, Miss A Neukirch, Solicitor Campbell Connon, Solicitors, & David Morrison & John Fraser Hendry, The Partners thereof | Scotland | £13,027 |
| 3303518/2022 | 11 December 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £694 |
| 2301898/2021 | 11 December 2023 | Mrs Francisca Holmes | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401472/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr Masson | Chambers Design Co Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £5,452 |
| 2407802/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr R Taylor | Hightown Pub Company Limited | England & Wales | £5,500 |
| 1309059/2022 | 11 December 2023 | Mr J Odiase | World of Books Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1405030/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mr K Gould | Riviera Pub Co Ltd | England & Wales | £1,329 |
| 3201783/2023 | 11 December 2023 | Mrs A D Borys Ekstonicz | Mihail Arnaut | England & Wales | £1,861 |
| 4105848/2023 | 11 December 2023 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105848/2023 Mr D Peter | SLS Building Products Limited | Scotland | £2,787 |
| 4105322/2023 | 11 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105322/2023 Mr J McCormack | J & R Contracts | Scotland | £1,995 |
| 4100510/2023 | 11 December 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100510/2023 Held at Aberdeen on December 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mrs Mandy Hazel Cruickshank | Represented by, Ms A Neukirch, Solicitor Campbell Connon Solicitors & David Morrison & John Fraser Hendry, The Partners thereof | Scotland | £9,149 |
| 3301709/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Mr J PERKINS | Bca Automotive Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302959/2023 | 10 December 2023 | Ms J Close | Epsilon Ten Limited | England & Wales | £13,332 |