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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4108768/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108768/2014 Miss S Riva | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1805785/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Miss H Woodacre | South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue | England & Wales | — |
| 2304315/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Ms A Zamouri | AEMD Develop UK Ltd | England & Wales | £21,731 |
| 4108801/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108801/2014 Mr J Taylor | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108771/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108771/2014 Mr W Robertson | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1800472/2023 | 21 February 2023 | Miss Z Keele | Careerwise Consultancy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805767/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Mr D Wilson | Charrrge Limited HELD: at Sheffield (by CVP) | England & Wales | £3,344 |
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 |
| 1401252/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Samira Pettitt | Luna 3-6-5 Healthcare Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403915/2021 | 21 February 2023 | Robert Warner | Next Steps Independence Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2408590/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Miss C Dousi | SRBY Limited | England & Wales | £529 |
| 4108831/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108831/2014 Mrs S Worth | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108810/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108810/2014 Ms C Van Nuil | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 3312748/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Mr S M F Naveed | WFDB Ltd | England & Wales | £1,850 |
| 4108825/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108825/2014 Mrs C Williams | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2302340/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Mrs B Parsons | Alpha Schools (Holdings) Ltd (“R1”) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403469/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Ms C Vagany | Mozzington Ltd | England & Wales | £13,125 |
| 2402650/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Mr S Donnelly | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807136/2022 | 21 February 2023 | S Udawatte | Eat,Drink,Sleep BG Limited | England & Wales | £1,937 |
| 1303076/2024 | 21 February 2023 | Ms C J Owen | J and U Services Limited (R1) JU Developments Limited (R2) Lesley Bayley (R3) Kimberley James (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 4108683/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108683/2014 Mr L Lambert | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2414443/2021 | 21 February 2023 | S Ferkova Respondent Skolak Healthcare Limited, trading as Beechill Nursing Home | G Ogungbola, Registered manager | England & Wales | £578 |
| 3312808/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Mr K Ladva | South Eastern Interiors Ltd | England & Wales | £684 |
| 2302196/2022 | 21 February 2023 | Miss N Afisei | Creams Cafe | England & Wales | — |
| 1304227/2021 | 21 February 2023 | Ms E Saunders | M&S Auto Electrical Ltd | England & Wales | £29,415 |
| 4108763/2014 | 21 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108763/2014 Mr A Rankin | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108638/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108638/2014 Mr G Harper | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1300785/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr F Ali | Sonargaon Limited Heart at: Birmingham by CVP on 20 February 2023 | England & Wales | £12,867 |
| 3307097/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr S Nwogu Respondent 1: Dimensions UK Ltd Respondent 2: Camilla Maple Respondent 3: Adam Phillips | Mr S Singleton and Ms S Miller, Trowers and Hamlins LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2408321/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mrs J Adderley | ZM Inns Ltd | England & Wales | £9,122 |
| 2301038/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Miss T Scott-Preston | Angela Long | England & Wales | — |
| 4108617/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108617/2014 Mr C Ferguson | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2602690/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr W Paterson | Bosch Thermotechnology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101560/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Scotland | Represented by: Ms S Ismail - Counsel Engenda Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600947/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr M Campbell | Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601114/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Miss A Fleming | Head in the Shed Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108563/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108563/2014 Mr S Cairns | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2303387/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Ms Joelle Seedo | Teleperformance limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406737/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr. M Nye | Tidysite Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4108529/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108529/2014 Ms A Alexander | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108610/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108610/2014 Mr S Edmunds | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 3200513/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Miss J Ince | The Butterfly Rooms (Inc Woodlands) Ltd Limited | England & Wales | £1,564 |
| 1303418/2022 | 20 February 2023 | in person with support from interpreter Ms L Lui-Braham | Real Clean Midlands Ltd | England & Wales | £3,508 |
| 4108626/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108626/2014 Miss S Fraser | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108645/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108645/2014 Mr F Higgins | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 4108586/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108586/2014 Mr J D Cunningham | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2408322/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Ms E Adderley | ZM Inns Ltd | England & Wales | £7,195 |
| 1601113/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr I Lock | Head in the Shed Limited | England & Wales | £2,411 |
| 4108530/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108530/2014 Mrs P Allison | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 2408633/2022 | 20 February 2023 | Mr S Massey | Estar Truck and Van Ltd | England & Wales | £668 |
| 4108552/2014 | 20 February 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108552/2014 Mr A Brookes | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |