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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2213039/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Ms I Guennoun | Churchfield Food Store Limited | England & Wales | £294 |
| 2500220/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mr D White | Forest Master Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301377/2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mrs Akinde Rivermead | Inclusive Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300829/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mrs Nishat Kamal Kaniz | Navaratna South Indian Restaurant Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3314470/2022 | 27 November 2023 | Mr J Southgate | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322943/2021 | 26 November 2023 | Mr S Gurung | Kingdom Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303989/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr D Allen | Holdcroft Renault Limited | England & Wales | £161 |
| 2502226/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr J Hawkes |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £209 |
| 2212195/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Phil Driver | Thames Spark Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600152/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr S Newbold | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803206/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Miss K Evans | CMT Pubs Ltd Heard by Remote video link - CVP | England & Wales | £1,542 |
| 2600074/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr Andrew Michael Horne | Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd | England & Wales | £39,535 |
| 2600076/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr Wayne David Fletcher | Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd Record of a Remedy Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £31,326 |
| 1601266/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Ms O Stenstrom | Mr. C Jones (R1) Ms. M Pinkert (R2) R1 & R2 trading in partnership as Haus Partnership, which in turn trades as Haus Coffee. | England & Wales | — |
| 2305551/2019 | 24 November 2023 | Mrs J Gamski | Me Time UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600651/2023 | 24 November 2023 | In person For the | No appearance Upon hearing the Claimant’s claims for notice pay and unpaid holiday pay And upon hearing oral evidence from the Claimant under affirmation Case No. 1600651/2023 Page 2 of 2 | England & Wales | £3,151 |
| 1600429/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Miss H Evans | Little Bambinos Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £2,153 |
| 2208828/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Mr M Warner | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502047/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr A Davies | George Allinson Transport Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804152/2023 | 24 November 2023 | — | Hammond v CMT Pubs Ltd | England & Wales | £344 |
| 1801676/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Ms A White | Gymophobics (Beverley) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313647/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Mr J Heaney | Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust R1 Mo Abedi R2 Parmjit Rai R3 Modupe Sorinola R4 Yves Hylaire-Tchoudi R5 | England & Wales | — |
| 2406604/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr M Yates | DHL Supply Chain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803419/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mrs D Brown | CMT Pubs Ltd Heard by Remote video link - CVP | England & Wales | £8,083 |
| 2207381/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Ms. B. Ujvari | Sentinel Employment Limited | England & Wales | £245 |
| 1303242/2022 | 24 November 2023 | Mr M Holmes | Abel’s Harp Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600075/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Mr Owen Curtis Brown | Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd Record of a Remedy Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £26,413 |
| 4104316/2023 | 24 November 2023 | Miss Ruth Gotts | Peter Oag | Scotland | — |
| 1804830/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mrs G Chandler | The Greyhound Pub Tong Ltd | England & Wales | £2,516 |
| 3201002/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mrs L Beal | KSP Chartered Surveyors Ltd | England & Wales | £2,292 |
| 2601203/2021 | 23 November 2023 | Miss S Mundle | Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6001061/2023 | 23 November 2023 | D Mann | HKS Consultancy Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601683/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mr. L Thurlow | MPC Investments Group Limited | England & Wales | £3,629 |
| 3305425/2022 | 23 November 2023 | Miss H L Young | Redsun Taverns Limited | England & Wales | £216 |
| 2304997/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mr Richard Mills | Omurca Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302156/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mr Peter Gretton | Almond Gibson Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000283/2023 | 23 November 2023 | — | Saipem Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103808/2023 | 23 November 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103808/2023 Held at Aberdeen on November 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr Viorel Orghei | Assisted by Miss D Dima, Translator SBFM Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1403710/2022 | 23 November 2023 | Miss C Harrison | Riann Care Limited | England & Wales | £1,310 |
| 2402415/2023 | 23 November 2023 | Mr P Sweeney | LSGI Ltd | England & Wales | £36,706 |
| 1404449/2022 | 23 November 2023 | Mr K Rogers | Heartbreakers (SO15) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103818/2023 | 23 November 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103818/2023 Held at Aberdeen on November 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr Isaac MacConnell | Home Systems Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1403134/2022 | 22 November 2023 | Miss A Outen | The Mulberry Bush (Waterlooville) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403372/2023 | 22 November 2023 | did not attend The | Mrs A Whittaker, operations manager | England & Wales | — |
| 2213541/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Miss E. Donegan | Beer & Young Ltd | England & Wales | £3,538 |
| 1401175/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Ms M Kaba | Agape Care Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302126/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Ms Louise Paul | Cyber Business Growth Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £10,171 |
| 3304861/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Mrs L Ford | Marshall Eaton Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £6,855 |
| 3301519/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Mr A Kerung | Drinks and Flair UK Ltd | England & Wales | £294 |
| 2303017/2023 | 22 November 2023 | Ms N Attenborough | Dr Hazim Taki | England & Wales | £405 |