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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300943/2022 | 7 February 2023 | In Person For the | Mr G Mills | England & Wales | £109 |
| 1600254/2022 | 7 February 2023 | Mr J Morgan | The Baglan Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1600791/2022 | 7 February 2023 | Ms S Wareing | SteamCardiff Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406610/2022 | 7 February 2023 | Miss Z Tate | Kat Nicholas | England & Wales | — |
| 1601309/2022 | 7 February 2023 | Mr D Ford | Together Stronger South Wales Ltd | England & Wales | £1,890 |
| 4101091/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr C Oliveira The City of Edinburgh Council and others | — | Scotland | — |
| 1403863/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr E Ward AND | G Performance Cars Ltd | England & Wales | £12,079 |
| 4105548/2015 | 6 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105548/2015 Mrs S Carstairs | Midlothian Council |
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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| 1403546/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr T Nash | Wp Cnc Ltd | England & Wales | £3,592 |
| 2300358/2022 | 6 February 2023 | L Charlesworth | The Governing Body of Dalmain Primary School and the London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 4117010/2014 | 6 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117010/2014 Mr G Halliday | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1806639/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Ms A Livoti | Rujia Marketing Consultants Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,626 |
| 3304291/2022 | 6 February 2023 | In person (assisted by interpreter on first day and then by his brother on second day). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400632/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr C P Isidore | First Hampshire and Dorset Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804939/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr D Towers First | John and Ruth Pell T/A Jack Doors | England & Wales | £11,995 |
| 1600423/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr G O’Connell | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 4105249/2022 | 6 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105249/2022 Mr J McArthur | The Hemp Room Cafe | Scotland | £1,632 |
| 3313705/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr C Varga | The Castle Tavern (Oxford) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804913/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr A Din | Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600129/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr F E Obiang Mbasogo | Standard Office Cleaning Ltd (trading as “The Clean Space”) | England & Wales | £1,372 |
| 1305697/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr A Beech | Capital Recruitment Investments Ltd Heard: Midlands West (by Cloud Video Platform) | England & Wales | £213 |
| 1401467/2022 | 6 February 2023 | — | B Singh and others | England & Wales | — |
| 4106053/2022 | 6 February 2023 | IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4106053/2022 Heard at Edinburgh on the th of January 2023. Employment Judge J G d’lnverno Miss S Robertson | Rujia Marketing Consultant Ltd | Scotland | £1,584 |
| 4106275/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr F A Iddon | Worq Group | Scotland | — |
| 2300268/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Miss A Ralph | Horley Road Services Ltd | England & Wales | £1,006 |
| 1403101/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr D Gifford | Albert Cottage (IOW) Limited | England & Wales | £1,628 |
| 1403506/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Mr R Gorby | DRIVE Software Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £30,999 |
| 2408840/2022 | 6 February 2023 | Ms S Richmond | Cleartrace Limited | England & Wales | £1,027 |
| 4105214/2022 | 6 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105214/2022 Mr D Burke | Panacea Fire & Security Ltd | Scotland | £3,225 |
| 3312028/2022 | 5 February 2023 | E M Ekhuemelo | LTS Cleaning Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,629 |
| 3309862/2022 | 5 February 2023 | Mr S Hicks | Standard Numismatic Ltd | England & Wales | £8,674 |
| 3305718/2022 | 5 February 2023 | Miss K Walker | Hydrozone Limited (in Liquidation) Full Merits Hearing | England & Wales | £714 |
| 2601128/2022 | 4 February 2023 | Miss F Duarte | Bierkeller Management Company | England & Wales | — |
| 1301774/2023 | 4 February 2023 | Mr D Howe | RSK Transport Limited | England & Wales | £8,046 |
| 3323802/2021 | 4 February 2023 | Miss K Talbot | Brien Firmin Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3300792/2022 | 4 February 2023 | No attendance For the | Mr. L. Pike (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3308886/2022 | 4 February 2023 | Mr C Dawe | The Finest Reptiles and Exotics Limited | England & Wales | £2,344 |
| 3311584/2022 | 4 February 2023 | Mr O Radu | Lexnis Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401638/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mr S Wiltshire | Fones Hub | England & Wales | — |
| 1404103/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Miss S Beaumont | Christopher Timms | England & Wales | £9,120 |
| 2302542/2022 | 3 February 2023 | No attendance For the | Mr A Boyce, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 1806788/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mr B Wallace | ESG Trading Ltd | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2407971/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mrs Tracey Brown | All Aboard Nursery (Stockport) Limited and Emma Jane Jones | England & Wales | £3,126 |
| 1302050/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mr Michnai, representing himself For the | Mr Robertson, director | England & Wales | £3,034 |
| 3307073/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Hayley Bates | A.S.H Elite Equine Ltd | England & Wales | £55,112 |
| 2602388/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mr K Bates | Herd Interiors Ltd | England & Wales | £684 |
| 1600115/2021 | 3 February 2023 | Ms L Ferrell | N.P. Clubs Limited | England & Wales | £5,890 |
| 3205262/2021 | 3 February 2023 | Ms F Athif | Mr M J Lallmohamud | England & Wales | £16,466 |
| 3312048/2021 | 3 February 2023 | Respondent: Mr P Martin (1) Mrs E Martin (2) v Achieve Lifestyle | Mr P Martin | England & Wales | — |
| 2409426/2022 | 3 February 2023 | Mrs Z Martin | Gloria Jean’s Coffees Franchise Ltd | England & Wales | £511 |