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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414153/2021 | 16 May 2022 | Mrs A Keeler | R&S Enterprise (UK) Private Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,058 |
| 4100857/2022 | 16 May 2022 | — | Halfords Autocentres Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4117499/2014 | 16 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117499/2014 Mr D Barnes | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 3312531/2021 | 16 May 2022 | Mr B Cunningham | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | £1,870 |
| 2604347/2020 | 16 May 2022 | Miss J Carlton | FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400533/2022 | 16 May 2022 | Miss K Edney | Furness Childcare Limited | England & Wales | £209 |
| 2411148/2021 | 16 May 2022 | Mr D Pickering | Go-Haul Ltd | England & Wales | £798 |
| 2411449/2021 | 16 May 2022 |
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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| £911 |
| 2403139/2020 | 16 May 2022 | Mr Mohsin Patel | Acorn Care and Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403823/2021 | 16 May 2022 | — | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2207183/2021 | 16 May 2022 | Miss V. Olatunji | LEXefiscal LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2501585/2021 | 16 May 2022 | G Adigun | Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International | England & Wales | — |
| 3206663/2021 | 16 May 2022 | Roshan Ali | Salahudin Khan trading as Tops Pizza Seven Kings | England & Wales | £320 |
| 3301244/2022 | 16 May 2022 | Mr P Langworth | Harmony Films Limited | England & Wales | £6,648 |
| 1600167/2021 | 14 May 2022 | Mr T McGuinness and | Hughes Bros (Llanrwst & Trefriw Limited) t/a Alpine Travel | England & Wales | — |
| 4110394/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110394/2015 Miss A Ali | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 3307868/2020 | 13 May 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402973/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Ms R Hale | Edge 360 Engagement CIC | England & Wales | £1,508 |
| 2301660/2017 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 2301660/2017 Mr J Mullen | XPO Logistics | Scotland | — |
| 4110561/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110561/2015 Mrs A Stuart | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2303544/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Mr L Cosson | Devonshire Hotels (London) Ltd | England & Wales | £1,918 |
| 4110542/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110542/2015 Mr I Rae | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110545/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110545/2015 Ms B Ridge | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110563/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110563/2015 Ms S Telfer | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1802971/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Mr Dale Robinson | Burtech Engineering Limited | England & Wales | £584 |
| 4101066/2022 | 13 May 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101066/2022 (V)5 Held on April 2022 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr B Nlemchi | Protect Security Ltd | Scotland | £988 |
| 2411511/2021 | 13 May 2022 | — | Morson v Exceed Umbrella Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414299/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Mr R Connolley | Lunar Automotive Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,848 |
| 3305266/2020 | 13 May 2022 | Dr K Hewlett (all dates except 18 January) and Ms S Cullen (18 January only) For the | Mr P Gupta and Mrs R Gupta | England & Wales | £416 |
| 2415512/2020 | 13 May 2022 | Mr N Cragg (deceased) | Howards Travel Bus and Coach | England & Wales | — |
| 2300124/2020 | 13 May 2022 | Mrs Gillian Lewis | Celebrity Global Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | £64,763 |
| 3200058/2022 | 13 May 2022 | Miss B LeBeau | Gourmet 4 | England & Wales | — |
| 4110546/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110546/2015 Mr C Ritchie | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1400155/2022 | 13 May 2022 | Miss P Dearman | Spring Cleaning (SW) Ltd | England & Wales | £801 |
| 4101672/2022 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101672/2022 Mr M Gill | The Electric Cycle Company (Edinburgh) Ltd | Scotland | £2,478 |
| 3205538/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Houda El Guenaouy | Mamino Ltd | England & Wales | £936 |
| 4110558/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110558/2015 Mr S Smith | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4110523/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110523/2015 Mr J McNeil | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117526/2014 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117526/2014 Mr T Hughes | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 1802958/2022 | 13 May 2022 | — | Petraviciute v Supreme Aesthetics Ltd | England & Wales | £1,092 |
| 4110555/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110555/2015 Mr P Slater | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2301665/2017 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 2301665/2017 Mr R Penman | XPO Logistics | Scotland | — |
| 1800669/2021 | 13 May 2022 | Mr A Lewis | BCA Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301687/2017 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 2301687/2017 Mrs A Vilumovs | XPO Logistics | Scotland | — |
| 4110557/2015 | 13 May 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110557/2015 Ms M Smith | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2201089/2022 | 12 May 2022 | Ms E. Rychilk | Express Food Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 4111531/2021 | 12 May 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111531/20215 Held on March 2022 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mrs L Mackenzie | Nansen Highland | Scotland | — |
| 2409770/2020 | 12 May 2022 | Ms S Lancaster | The Oak Rushton Limited | England & Wales | £759 |
| 2303499/2018 | 12 May 2022 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3307360/2020 | 12 May 2022 | Mr M. Zadi | Atalian Servest Integrated Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |