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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3320510/2021 | 27 February 2023 | Miss A Ali | Simon Darfoor | England & Wales | £1,282 |
| 1600939/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mrs G Williams | West Wales Bacon Supplies Limited | England & Wales | £1,838 |
| 2501312/2023 | 27 February 2023 | Mr P Clayton | Barwarwick Limited | England & Wales | £2,577 |
| 2402481/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mr G O’ Townson | Go Learn Education Limited | England & Wales | £35,339 |
| 2407184/2022 | 27 February 2023 | MRS BUSRA BERBER | Senol & Senol Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804511/2022 | 27 February 2023 | George Hale | Stuart Wildman (sole trader) trading as Aqualympic | England & Wales | — |
| 3308884/2022 | 27 February 2023 | In person. For the | Ms A Moseley – Ford, Paralegal. | England & Wales | — |
| 2400412/2022 | 27 February 2023 |
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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| 1601704/2021 | 27 February 2023 | Ms D Sundar | Cardiff University | England & Wales | — |
| 1400920/2015 | 27 February 2023 | — | Twenty-Four Seven Recruitment Services Ltd and Tempay Ltd - In Voluntary Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 4103557/2022 | 27 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4103557/2022 & Others (Schedule enclosed) Mr T McCallum & Others | Ambulance Service Board | Scotland | — |
| 3204303/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Miss Charlotte Brooks | Harriet Ellis Training Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408895/2021 | 27 February 2023 | Mr O Ahmed | Afnaan UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408430/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mrs M Tabbron | GStyle Group Limited | England & Wales | £570 |
| 3204980/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mr AW MacDonald | Dough & Co Burger Amour Stortford | England & Wales | £670 |
| 1600940/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mr A Glover | The Kaiser Family Ltd | England & Wales | £5,184 |
| 4107300/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Miss D Pradzynska | Hotel in the Skye Limited | Scotland | £504 |
| 1303521/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Miss C Hingley | Hewitt Homes Ltd | England & Wales | £1,610 |
| 8000039/2022 | 27 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no: 8000039/2022 Held at Glasgow on February 2023 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms J Ward Tribunal Member Mr G McKay Mr Darren Morgan | Orridge & Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3200488/2021 | 27 February 2023 | Mr R Cardinale | The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2414546/2021 | 27 February 2023 | Ms L Cliffe | Steven Downing | England & Wales | — |
| 1806670/2022 | 27 February 2023 | Mr B Huszar | The Tyre Store Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305719/2022 | 26 February 2023 | Miss R Daboval | Forrist Ltd | England & Wales | £3,161 |
| 3304235/2022 | 26 February 2023 | Mr D Hirsch | Casasola Consultants Ltd | England & Wales | £414 |
| 3305951/2022 | 26 February 2023 | Mr Lee Smith | TDH Transport Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £341 |
| 3303978/2022 | 26 February 2023 | Miss A Neale | Matthew Knight | England & Wales | — |
| 3308961/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Ms A Talatam | Chainbox Technology UK Ltd (Previously Chainbox Technology) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401486/2022 | 24 February 2023 | (1) Miss K Skarpetowska (2) Ms C L’Estrange (3) Miss M Seagrave (4) Mr J Curtis | Paranormal Electronics Ltd | England & Wales | £4,202 |
| 4117108/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117108/2014 Miss C Scott | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402441/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Kamal Hamad | SIP Car Parks | England & Wales | £888 |
| 1401723/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Mr A Brown | Nodewell Farm Partners | England & Wales | — |
| 2501666/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Mr S Easton | PPTC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308432/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Miss Aslam Tussadiq and | Optimus Law Limited | England & Wales | £3,502 |
| 4112601/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4112601/2014 Mr J Kerr | Scottish Borders Council | Scotland | — |
| 1806761/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Miss K Sutherland | York Cocoa House Ltd | England & Wales | £506 |
| 3321289/2021 | 24 February 2023 | Mrs Diane Poole | Mr Manoj Kumar trading as MK Properties | England & Wales | £1,355 |
| 1303085/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Miss N James | Sutda Cic | England & Wales | — |
| 4117096/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117096/2014 Ms M Robb | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1307830/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Miss K Greaves | The Burger Trading Group UK | England & Wales | £570 |
| 4117070/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117070/2014 Mrs C Mitchell | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117117/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117117/2014 Mrs M Stewart | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108707/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108707/2014 Mrs B McBroom | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117094/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117094/2014 Mr R Johnston | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117066/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117066/2014 Mr M Duffy | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2501534/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Mr G Bradley | Event Traffic Control | England & Wales | — |
| 4117080/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117080/2014 Ms F Nothard | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 3301741/2023 | 24 February 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803330/2022 | 24 February 2023 | Mr D Chadwick-Rayner | Ford Retail Limited T/A TrustFord | England & Wales | — |
| 1401815/2021 | 24 February 2023 | Mr G Crannage | Overworld Limited | England & Wales | £14,000 |
| 4117131/2014 | 24 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117131/2014 Mrs J Weir | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |