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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2206591/2022 | 31 October 2022 | Mr D Alexandre | Como 1907 Ltd | England & Wales | £2,484 |
| 1402711/2021 | 31 October 2022 | Miss Maria-Jacqueline Garcia-Diaz | Mr A Desai and Mr M Desai | England & Wales | — |
| 4102964/2022 | 31 October 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102964/2022 Preliminary Hearing at Edinburgh on October 2022 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Michelle Donnelly Build a Rocket Boy Games Limited | — | Scotland | — |
| 3300806/2022 | 31 October 2022 | Miss W Tottingham | Kettering General Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2304916/2020 | 31 October 2022 | Miss E Dillury and others (see schedule) | STA Travel Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401218/2022 | 31 October 2022 | Mr M Reid | Home Heat Gas Limited | England & Wales | £1,950 |
| 2207510/2021 | 30 October 2022 | Mr A Thorpe | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 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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| 3200705/2021 | 28 October 2022 | Mrs O Bakinson | Advance Housing and Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804298/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mr L Akkin | Dooman May Ltd | England & Wales | £500 |
| 2601056/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mrs A J Kent | Brendan Quinn Limited | England & Wales | £881 |
| 2601926/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mr S Bidwell | The Staffing Network Ltd | England & Wales | £2,272 |
| 2401601/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Miss S Dees | Shaping Cloud Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602100/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Ms T Scott | Tumble Town Play Centre Limited | England & Wales | £1,203 |
| 3305326/2021 | 28 October 2022 | Mr M. Caldecourt | Climate Engineering Solutions Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £8,922 |
| 4104465/2022 | 28 October 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104465/2022 Mr C Soutar | Panacea Fire, Security and Data Panacea Cabling Ltd | Scotland | £4,710 |
| 1405459/2019 | 28 October 2022 | Mr P. Sayers (Solicitor) | — | England & Wales | £84 |
| 1401407/2020 | 28 October 2022 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | Mr N Henry (Consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2204578/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Jeffrey Bonner | Moorfield Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £1,491 |
| 2600940/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Miss C Evans | Tobias Martin | England & Wales | £1,187 |
| 2405610/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mr W Humpage | Crowdsense Limited | England & Wales | £1,926 |
| 1804598/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Miss A Watson | Nubreed Hotels Ltd - Joseph Wicks (CEO) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601672/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mr W M Lewinski | Krispy Kreme U.K. Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601510/2022 | 28 October 2022 | Mr J Endredi | HR Essentials Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402431/2021 | 28 October 2022 | Mrs Cecilia D’Arcy | The English Heritage Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314742/2021 | 28 October 2022 | in person For the | Ms J Charalambous (litigation consultant) | England & Wales | £997 |
| 2405925/2021 | 28 October 2022 | Luke Milton-Barker | Clearway Drainage Systems Limited | England & Wales | £14,366 |
| 3306250/2021 | 27 October 2022 | In person For the | Mr Uduje | England & Wales | £11,632 |
| 1301993/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Miss A Shafiq | Compassionate Care For You Ltd Heard: Remotely (Midlands West) | England & Wales | £883 |
| 2406394/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr U Mayat | Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah | England & Wales | £3,136 |
| 2601697/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr. M Shahbaz | SES Security | England & Wales | — |
| 3303046/2021 | 27 October 2022 | Mr M Urbanowicz | To & Do Services Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,239 |
| 2501121/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr L March | JB Web Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | £1,883 |
| 2602421/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mrs A Cahill | Bluebird Care North East Lincolnshire | England & Wales | — |
| 3203125/2019 | 27 October 2022 | Mr Kamran Hussain | London Fire Commissioner OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3300551/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr C Hensall, Solicitor For the | Rerun Ltd | England & Wales | £2,957 |
| 2401646/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Ms K Spencer | Steve Davies Solicitors Ltd | England & Wales | £2,962 |
| 1404602/2021 | 27 October 2022 | In Person assisted by Ms Biden (friend) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103805/2022 | 27 October 2022 | IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4103805/2022 Heard Remotely at Edinburgh on the Cloud Based Video Platform, on nd September 2022 at am Employment Judge J G d’lnverno Ms H Mackintosh National Schizophrenia Fellowship | Represented by: Mr R Bertram per Citizens Advice Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2406064/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Miss K Brade | Virosafe Limited | England & Wales | £2,113 |
| 3322332/2021 | 27 October 2022 | Mr S Barnes | PTM International Limited | England & Wales | £2,819 |
| 1600715/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr W Webster | Pinel Rawal and Raj Rawal | England & Wales | £8,074 |
| 4104483/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr Michael Carlin | Panacea Fire & Security Ltd | Scotland | £3,516 |
| 2203913/2022 | 27 October 2022 | Mr Andrea Longoni | Ven Vidi Limited (formerly La Fenice Marylebone Ltd) | England & Wales | £3,383 |
| 3306456/2021 | 27 October 2022 | Mr G Price | Phyllis Court Members Club Limited By: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3202906/2022 | 26 October 2022 | Mr L Manning | Ramen Chill Westcliffe Ltd | England & Wales | £6,636 |
| 2207099/2021 | 26 October 2022 | Paola Marina de Luca | ACF Consultants Limited | England & Wales | £18,982 |
| 1601159/2021 | 26 October 2022 | Mr Verinder Singh | The Green Moose Restaurant Limited | England & Wales | £3,470 |
| 1400485/2022 | 26 October 2022 | Matthew Dellapia | D&J Hussey T/A The Black Horse | England & Wales | — |
| 1303739/2022 | 26 October 2022 | Mr C Rawlingson | A & K Driveways Ltd | England & Wales | — |