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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301980/2022 | 20 December 2022 | Miss E Asbury | Jays Associates Ltd | England & Wales | £1,668 |
| 2408451/2022 | 20 December 2022 | Mr Eyad Saleh | Primadent Ltd | England & Wales | £640 |
| 4105451/2022 | 20 December 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105451/2022 (V)5 Held at Aberdeen on December 2022 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr R Fraser | Handmade Burger Company Limited | Scotland | £1,942 |
| 4105120/2022 | 20 December 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4105120/2022, 4105121/2022 & 4105127/2022 (V)5 Held at Aberdeen on November 2022 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss L Church st | Aspirational Brands Limited | Scotland | £5,978 |
| 2404636/2022 | 20 December 2022 | Mr M Boulton | Crossfield Group Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304720/2021 | 19 December 2022 | Mrs P Khurana | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200820/2021 | 19 December 2022 | Mr L Wright | Wharfstorm Ltd |
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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| 1600878/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mrs E Latham | Lex Machinery Ltd | England & Wales | £11,424 |
| 2401690/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr S Heaton | Alan Howard (Stockport) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,850 |
| 2406491/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Ms B Majendie | Bark & Birch Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £9,871 |
| 1600879/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr A R Parry | Lex Machinery Ltd | England & Wales | £12,224 |
| 3203916/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr K Mushtaq | UC Franchising Ltd | England & Wales | £1,353 |
| 1401850/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Alexis Pesicka | Simply Video Ltd | England & Wales | £692 |
| 2415438/2021 | 19 December 2022 | 1. Mrs H Barnus-Kalinska 2. Mr M Kalinski | Jeremy Eagle, trading as A C Cleaning Services | England & Wales | £3,356 |
| 1401130/2022 | 19 December 2022 | (1) Mr C Csaki (2) Miss M Csaki | HBH Bars and Pubs Ltd t/a The George and Falcon | England & Wales | £11,215 |
| 2207325/2022 | 19 December 2022 | In person For the | No appearance or | England & Wales | £936 |
| 1302920/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr A Guest | Metaverse Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £652 |
| 2602426/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Miss S A Rose | Dual Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201307/2022 | 19 December 2022 | N Allende | LRB Electrical & Building Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805196/2021 | 19 December 2022 | Mr K Allen | Taylormade Payroll Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | £2,654 |
| 2406465/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Mr J Ward | Bark & Birch Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | £18,586 |
| 1600880/2022 | 19 December 2022 | Miss N C Latham | Lex Machinery Ltd | England & Wales | £4,389 |
| 2400843/2022 | 19 December 2022 | E Oultram | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2500006/2022 | 18 December 2022 | Mr J Lindsay (1) Mr L Pope (2) | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2602170/2022 | 18 December 2022 | In person For the | Ms M Akbar (Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321163/2021 | 18 December 2022 | Mrs N Harding-Baxter | Knockbawn Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £11,369 |
| 3322696/2021 | 18 December 2022 | Mr R Hajduk | Panoramic Products Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322406/2021 | 18 December 2022 | Mr J Fernandes Torres | D&A Commercial Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | £2,920 |
| 3204626/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Miss A Mullan | P Slice Ltd | England & Wales | £180 |
| 2406056/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Ms Shereen Johnson | Bluebird Care Ltd | England & Wales | £258 |
| 2601817/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Miss D Martin | Dental Partners (DISA) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600867/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr A Foley | Access All Training | England & Wales | £491 |
| 2414155/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Mr K Edwards | Boilertech (NW) Limited | England & Wales | £2,758 |
| 3204579/2021 | 16 December 2022 | Waseem Yousaf | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301297/2022 | 16 December 2022 | No appearance For the | New Johnny Spice Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103311/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Miss S Gemmell | Represented by:10 Ms D Smith - Friend Palmaris Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102122/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Member J Anderson Tribunal Member J Gallagher Ms L McBryde | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 2301976/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mrs S Donovan | Ashford Community Care Ltd | England & Wales | £1,359 |
| 1805313/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr J Obioha | Core Drivers Limited | England & Wales | £1,280 |
| 1600123/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Mr S Collins | Bicks Chicks Ltd | England & Wales | £2,202 |
| 2406734/2022 | 16 December 2022 | Not present or represented For the | Not present or represented | England & Wales | — |
| 2301547/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mrs B Killner | Consult Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | £542 |
| 2302786/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mrs H CRAMPTON | Ashford Community Care Ltd | England & Wales | £720 |
| 1403818/2021 | 15 December 2022 | Mr Naylor For the | Mr Allan Roberts Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3200346/2021 | 15 December 2022 | (1) Mr G Brighty (3200346/2021) (2) Mr W Butt (3200811/2021) (3) Miss A Fountain (1401186/2021) | Elevate Staffing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1310723/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mrs Suzanne Flute | Wood Green Nursing Home Limited | England & Wales | £3,236 |
| 2405948/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mr S Stanley | Betterware Global Ltd | England & Wales | £1,822 |
| 2302282/2021 | 15 December 2022 | Pamela Alty | Links Waste Management Ltd. t/a JM Waste Management | England & Wales | £7,503 |
| 1802605/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mr F Grufik | Linbrooke Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302785/2022 | 15 December 2022 | Mrs S Taylor | Ashford Community Care Ltd | England & Wales | £1,451 |