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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101056/2022 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101056/2022 Mr P Kingham | Peter Angus | Scotland | — |
| 1800870/2022 | 21 April 2022 | Mr J Hemstock | Millhouses Accountancy Ltd PUBLIC HEARING Heard: BY CVP On: 21 April 2022 | England & Wales | £1,080 |
| 4117513/2014 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117513/2014 Mr M Ewan | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 2405506/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Miss B Naughton | Mrs Maria Nwoji | England & Wales | £1,558 |
| 2305076/2020 | 21 April 2022 | H Windsor | Matthew Law t/a Beauty Spa | England & Wales | — |
| 2501624/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Miss G Stretton | KC Baldwin Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation ) | England & Wales | £2,790 |
| 2414783/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Mr J Birchall | Wraith Energy Limited | England & Wales | £199 |
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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| 21 April 2022 |
| Mr C James |
| Mabway Ltd |
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| 3219802/2020 | 21 April 2022 | Mr K Haji | SGS Sentinel Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600582/2019 | 21 April 2022 | Mr P Kendrick | South Wales Plumbing and Heating Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600111/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Miss K John | Water Wings Swim School | England & Wales | £432 |
| 3313440/2020 | 21 April 2022 | Mr T Shahani | E&O Moonlight Catering Ltd | England & Wales | £1,699 |
| 2202066/2019 | 21 April 2022 | Mr JM Buenestado-Rejon | Tantalum Corporation Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £2,346 |
| 4117550/2014 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117550/2014 Mr C Pinkett | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402238/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Wendy Horrocks | Stateside Food Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303463/2018 | 21 April 2022 | Ms L Moschetti | Jolly Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600867/2021 | 21 April 2022 | Mr T Zakowski | Celsa Steel (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4117497/2014 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117497/2014 Mr S B Baikie | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117522/2014 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117522/2014 Mr A Green | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 4117501/2014 | 21 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4117501/2014 Mr L Beaumont | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 2402724/2020 | 20 April 2022 | Mrs G Ferridge-Gunn | Alcedo Orange Limited | England & Wales | £9,594 |
| 4101198/2022 | 20 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101198/2022 Mr A Cameron | Panacea Fire Security Ltd | Scotland | £1,491 |
| 1600766/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Ms D Beatty (formerly Clark) | Golden Sands Holiday Park (Rhyl) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206322/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Miss B Valiente | Club Chef Du Jour Limited | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 4110549/2015 | 20 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110549/2015 Mr M Rooney | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 3307064/2020 | 20 April 2022 | (1) Mrs M Harding (2) Mrs W Gunn | Peter Andrews | England & Wales | — |
| 3206214/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Miss I Cesionyte | Moeen Anwar | England & Wales | — |
| 2402817/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Mr C Stephens | Adam Brown t/a Fastrack Recruitment Worldwide | England & Wales | £1,535 |
| 4106766/2020 | 20 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4106766/2020 Mrs E Aguirre | Travel Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100858/2022 | 20 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)Case No: 4100858/2022 Mr B Perez | Home R estore Scotland Ltd | Scotland | £3,556 |
| 1302873/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Mrs P Biesek | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3321161/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Miss J Togher | G24 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601103/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Mr A J Stacey | B&W Builders & Decorators Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400082/2022 | 20 April 2022 | Miss M Hodgson & Others | Mellors Catering Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3206238/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Mr R Rankin | Dig Rent Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602372/2021 | 20 April 2022 | Paul Lloyd | Elite Recruitment Group Ltd | England & Wales | £4,365 |
| 4101067/2015 | 19 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101067/2015 Mr J Mannas | East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2414788/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mr I Woollard | Petit Bistro Limited | England & Wales | £687 |
| 4110449/2021 | 19 April 2022 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4110449/2021 Heard at Edinburgh on the Cloud Based Video Platform on th of February 2022 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Ms P Gray | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | £3,893 |
| 4108598/2014 | 19 April 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4108598/2014 Mr M Downie | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1804386/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mr J Sanderson | Royal Mail Group Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £5,823 |
| 2600887/2022 | 19 April 2022 | Mr. R Clayton | Espanaro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404562/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mrs Elaine Burton | AND Mr Simon Hamer | England & Wales | £80 |
| 4111378/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mr. Arkadiusz Choina | Scotbeef Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3303322/2022 | 19 April 2022 | No appearance For the | Mitchells & Butler plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2402804/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mr D Chatterley | Adam Brown t/a Fastrack Recruitment Worldwide | England & Wales | £1,811 |
| 2200531/2022 | 19 April 2022 | Did not attend For the | Mr K Chehal, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2207063/2021 | 19 April 2022 | Mr. P. Dias | The R&R Restaurant Group Ltd | England & Wales | £2,625 |
| 3305452/2022 | 19 April 2022 | Mr Alan Gilmour | Neil Hadris (Owner, NH Transport Services – Sole Trader | England & Wales | £1,813 |
| 4111053/2019 | 19 April 2022 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111053/2019 Hearing by Cloud Video Platform on 7, 8, and December 2021, and February 2022; and Members’ Meetings on February, March and April 2022 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: R Dearle Tribunal Member: A Atkinson A MacNab | Represented by Ms S Shiels Solicitor Stena Drilling | Scotland | — |