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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301138/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr. G Williams | Danik Group Ltd | England & Wales | £250 |
| 1600572/2023 | 11 September 2023 | David Davies-Day | G and M Engineering Services Limited | England & Wales | £8,043 |
| 3205993/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mr R Lingel | Chelmsford Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309732/2022 | 11 September 2023 | Mrs Simak (counsel) For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200391/2023 | 11 September 2023 | Mr I Mbugua | Clarity Housing Limited | England & Wales | £1,950 |
| 3200444/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mrs T Wilson | ABC Distribution Ltd FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £22,771 |
| 1804366/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Miss I Holman | York Cocoa House Ltd | England & Wales | £998 |
| 2205033/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Ms B Shah | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited |
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 |
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| 1601088/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mr C Rixon | Sanias | England & Wales | — |
| 2209256/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Holly Henry-Long (in person) For the | Hafiza Suleman (Solicitor) | England & Wales | £8,035 |
| 3200448/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mr M McMullen | Old Street Brewery Ltd | England & Wales | £5,016 |
| 1804129/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Miss J Brumpton | York Cocoa House Ltd | England & Wales | £4,216 |
| 3314709/2021 | 8 September 2023 | Mr Mark Kelly | Cygnus Smart Group Limited | England & Wales | £128,600 |
| 2405707/2023 | 8 September 2023 | Mr J Ashcroft | J H T R Media Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £6,472 |
| 1403270/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr Andrew Driver | Mr Simon Moore and Ms Becky Moore | England & Wales | £1,718 |
| 1403348/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Daniel Putnam | Trelleborg Westbury Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804073/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr W L Sze | Pollington Transport Company Limited | England & Wales | £1,250 |
| 4103401/2023 | 7 September 2023 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Order and Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4103401/2023 Heard on the Cloud Based Video Platform at Edinburgh on th August 2023 at 2.30 pm Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr Joseph Timoney | JCW Energy Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4101588/2023 | 7 September 2023 | 15 In Person CatherineH1590 Ltd (In Insolvency) First | No Appearance or20 | Scotland | — |
| 3312893/2022 | 7 September 2023 | In person For the | Mr G Lomas, Tribunal Advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 1401439/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mrs C Williams | Ed Holford t/a Rasco Professional Cleaners | England & Wales | £1,820 |
| 2301088/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Ms R Johnson | Ms Lisa Okeefe | England & Wales | £897 |
| 2201791/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr R Johns (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3322339/2021 | 7 September 2023 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £134,412 |
| 2301087/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Ms | Alex Ms Lisa Okeefe | England & Wales | £1,380 |
| 2204434/2021 | 7 September 2023 | Ms Y Zhang | Greenland (United Kingdom Investment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404455/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mr Michail Pipis Second Claimant: Ms Chloe Arbisman Third Claimant: Mrs Audra Clarke Fourth Claimant: Miss Molly McKenna Fifth Claimant: Mr Andrew Lee Sixth Claimant: Miss Monika Wierzbowska | Microgem UK limited | England & Wales | £100,168 |
| 2204759/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Ms E Sole (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103500/2023 | 7 September 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103500/2023 (V)5 Held at Aberdeen on September 2023 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr K Docherty | Gaeltel Ltd | Scotland | £3,416 |
| 2210422/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Kingsley Akele | Airnow Media Limited | England & Wales | £5,166 |
| 2406613/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Mr A P Dando | N & T Appliance Repairs Limited | England & Wales | £664 |
| 1404052/2022 | 7 September 2023 | Mrs J Dixon | React & Refurb Group Limited | England & Wales | £13,132 |
| 1400989/2023 | 7 September 2023 | Miss S Haley | Tanner Leisure Ltd | England & Wales | £1,323 |
| 4102797/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Ms S Murray | Teleperformance limited | Scotland | — |
| 2207373/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr T Boulting | Fact Administration LLP | England & Wales | £2,826 |
| 1400963/2021 | 6 September 2023 | Mr Constantin Mosnegutu | Bighams Ltd | England & Wales | £649 |
| 2211502/2023 | 6 September 2023 | M Mohammed | Saleh Aljammai (partner in South Kitchen Restaurant) | England & Wales | £515 |
| 1401448/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mrs C Hayes | AvatarJo | England & Wales | — |
| 3306594/2021 | 6 September 2023 | Ms S Mueller First | Utopia Leisure Limited Second respondent: Peter Hinchcliffe Third respondent: Deborah Hinchcliffe Fourth respondent: Ian Heath | England & Wales | — |
| 3302740/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300333/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr G A Wontumi | Ethos Family Care Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3205649/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Mr I Popenco | TA Boxall & Co. Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301548/2022 | 6 September 2023 | Mr C Asamoah First | NP3 Group Limited (dissolved) Second Respondent: NP3 Construction Limited (in voluntary liquidation) PARTIAL DISMISSAL | England & Wales | — |
| 2405947/2023 | 6 September 2023 | N Griffiths | Co and Care Ltd | England & Wales | £1,802 |
| 2300332/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr J Marshall | Ge-Aet | England & Wales | £6,719 |
| 2406007/2023 | 6 September 2023 | Mr A Arthur | The Ovan Pizzeria and Bar Limited in voluntary liquidation | England & Wales | £314 |
| 2202573/2023 | 6 September 2023 | G | Federated Hermes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600709/2023 | 5 September 2023 | Mr I Martin | Rangaraja Ramesh Krishna Lyengar | England & Wales | — |
| 2415590/2020 | 5 September 2023 | Mr R Wooder Jaguar Land Rover Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301507/2023 | 5 September 2023 | In person For the | Ms Brazier (HR director) | England & Wales | £216 |