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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 20,823 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,365 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,817 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,006 | 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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6021151/2025 | 20 April 2026 | Edward White | DSG Enterprises Ltd | England & Wales | £10,097 |
| 4107093/2024 | 20 April 2026 | Number: 4107093/2024 Mr A Potter | Cbl cable contractors Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4103754/2018 | 20 April 2026 | Number: 4103754/2018 Mrs M Murdoch | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 4104194/2025 | 17 April 2026 | Number: 4104194/2025 Mr D I S McGuire | Westmont Systems Ltd | Scotland | £15,000 |
| 4104195/2025 | 17 April 2026 | Number: 4104195/2025 Mrs K A McGuire | Westmont Systems Ltd | Scotland | £1,361 |
| 8002771/2025 | 17 April 2026 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8002771/2025 Heard at Edinburgh on the Cloud Based Video Platform on March 2026 at 10.30 am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr J Robertson | Huffmans Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3311172/2023 | 17 April 2026 | Emma Hibbs | Synergy Agroscience Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales |
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 |
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| 8001750/2025 | 16 April 2026 | Ms S Cherry | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 8002507/2025 | 16 April 2026 | Mr K Gordon | Cove Restaurant Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3311238/2024 | 15 April 2026 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103916/2025 | 15 April 2026 | Mr L MacDougall | — | Scotland | — |
| 6040979/2025 | 14 April 2026 | Mr M S Saatci | Richmond Food & Supply Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8002539/2025 | 13 April 2026 | Mr R Gibson | Renfrew Transport Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100363/2026 | 13 April 2026 | Number: 4100363/2026 Miss M M Oprea | Eatwell Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £3,315 |
| 8002049/2025 | 13 April 2026 | Mr B Wilson | The TBC Pub Company Limited | Scotland | £1,200 |
| 6029700/2025 | 13 April 2026 | Mr A Scargill | Oxford Oils Ltd | England & Wales | £5,608 |
| 4103047/2023 | 13 April 2026 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge d’Inverno Case Number: 4103047/2023 Mr M Theiss | Mass Hospitality Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6026084/2025 | 11 April 2026 | — | — | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 4103769/2025 | 10 April 2026 | Mr Alexander Lazenby | Represented by: Mr M Salt - Lay Representative Halliburton Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 8000522/2026 | 10 April 2026 | Number: 8000522/2026 E Ayuni | Edinburgh Consulting Group Treacle | Scotland | £539 |
| 8000086/2026 | 9 April 2026 | M McCombe | National Advertising Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 8003200/2025 | 9 April 2026 | Mrs M Maxwell | Brunton Miller Solicitors | Scotland | £23,707 |
| 8000088/2026 | 9 April 2026 | C Meighan | Brunton Miller Solicitors | Scotland | £23,013 |
| 8000265/2026 | 9 April 2026 | C Aire | Brunton Miller Solicitors | Scotland | — |
| 8000049/2026 | 9 April 2026 | A Ryan | Brunton Miller Solicitors | Scotland | £8,209 |
| 8000243/2026 | 9 April 2026 | Ms IJ Fabijanska | Brunton Miller Solicitors | Scotland | £17,907 |
| 1401584/2024 | 8 April 2026 | Mr Neville Smith-Daniels | Montpellier Land and Developments Ltd | England & Wales | £42,874 |
| 4100114/2026 | 8 April 2026 | Miss R Ravi | Spudshack Matchaman Ltd | Scotland | £133 |
| 3301899/2024 | 7 April 2026 | A B | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 8000407/2026 | 7 April 2026 | Number: 8000407/2026 C M E Ndongo | Signature Pub Group Limited | Scotland | £485 |
| 1402055/2025 | 7 April 2026 | Mrs Kristina Margaret Wren Respondent 1: The Samurai Kitchen Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 2: Sore De Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 3: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Ms Whalley | England & Wales | £2,799 |
| 1400314/2025 | 7 April 2026 | Mr Arjay Calpo Barcarse Respondent 1: The Samurai Kitchen Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 2: Sore De Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 3: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Ms Whalley | England & Wales | £2,079 |
| 1401591/2025 | 7 April 2026 | Ms Justyna Szmidt Respondent 1: The Samurai Kitchen Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 2: Sore De Ltd (in liquidation) Respondent 3: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Ms Whalley | England & Wales | £8,154 |
| 2600436/2024 | 3 April 2026 | Mr J Milner | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300104/2025 | 3 April 2026 | Mr Ahmed Allem | Babonbo Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311751/2024 | 2 April 2026 | Ms Alison Burke | Dial Green Estates Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301939/2020 | 2 April 2026 | Mr J Brown | Robin Paul (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6016020/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Mr M Khan | Jewel Home Support Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100877/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Mr I Guthrie | Glendale Alarms & Security Systems Ltd | Scotland | £23,310 |
| 6014271/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Did not attend For the | Mr. D. Nicholls | England & Wales | — |
| 6021167/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Ms Anne-Sophie Mpara | Shirewood Technologies Limited | England & Wales | £10,456 |
| 8001841/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Mr John MacDonald | Neil MacKay & Co. Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6021248/2024 | 1 April 2026 | Mr Gary Norrie | Barkers (cambridge) Ltd | England & Wales | £30,412 |
| 8002488/2025 | 1 April 2026 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 8002488/2025 Heard on the Cloud Based Video Platform, at Edinburgh, on March 2026 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr C Jones | (in person) CCHG Limited (trading as VPZ) | Scotland | £0 |
| 6013514/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Mrs S Carnall | Dharma Centre for Wellbeing Ltd | England & Wales | £4,593 |
| 6032819/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Mr B Sivanathan | UK Fast Express Ltd | England & Wales | £1,080 |
| 1600318/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Miss G Bean | Kiddies Corner Day Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | £1,522 |
| 6034222/2025 | 1 April 2026 | Miss K Armour | Joint Pub Ventures Ltd | England & Wales | £1,234 |
| 3309474/2023 | 31 March 2026 | Mr Sanjay Mehta | Itarmi UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400857/2024 | 31 March 2026 | Mr Lee Braddock | Environmental Roofing Services Ltd (in administration) | England & Wales | £7,346 |