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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3205031/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr L Rose | Tyre-Smart Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313132/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Miss R Harrison | Reform FM Ltd | England & Wales | £3,201 |
| 1804219/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr F Small | Jason Townsend Response Entered By: JWT Developments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322774/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr L Stock | Perspective Data Consulting Ltd | England & Wales | £2,834 |
| 4107658/2021 | 22 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107658/20215 Held on November 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr M Kubiak | Colin’s Tyres Limited t/a Colin’s Tyres | Scotland | £2,645 |
| 1600286/2021 | 22 November 2021 | Mr R Pajimolin | Voltcom Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600451/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mrs S G Stanley | Plas Garnedd Llanberis Ltd. | England & Wales | £1,217 |
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 |
| 1802590/2021 |
| 19 November 2021 |
| Ms McGee (counsel) |
| Mr T Pochron (solicitor) |
| England & Wales |
| £176 |
| 2418369/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Miss L McGeown | Blackrod Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306166/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mrs Y Jackson | Wollaston Office Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601544/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Extreme heating Ltd | Mr O Cornick | England & Wales | — |
| 3220396/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr P Badu | Brooknight Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600690/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr L Davies | Love to Eat (Ormskirk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600907/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mrs J Jamieson | K&S Griffiths Ltd | England & Wales | £9,475 |
| 1300354/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Mr J Brown | CTR Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113914/2014 | 19 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4113914/2014 Mrs K Ogilvie | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3322539/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Mr A Playfair | Mediamends Limited | England & Wales | £4,068 |
| 4110317/2021 | 19 November 2021 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600696/2021 | 19 November 2021 | Miss A Wilkinson | New Loretta Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1306414/2020 | 19 November 2021 | in person | Mr A Dehal, Director | England & Wales | £306 |
| 1601216/2020 | 19 November 2021 | — | Kelly v Graig Community Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4107709/2021 | 19 November 2021 | T and A Banerjee | — | Scotland | £15,434 |
| 4113899/2014 | 19 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4113899/2014 Miss J Mellor | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2413546/2020 | 19 November 2021 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2418522/2020 | 19 November 2021 | Miss S Kinsella | Glitterati Limited | England & Wales | £1,784 |
| 3313925/2020 | 18 November 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4108929/2021 | 18 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108929/2021 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on September 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Charu Nandan Goel | Represented by Steve West Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 4108938/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr N Tavares | Premier Specialist Cleaning Services Ltd | Scotland | £2,804 |
| 1406010/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Mr L Holloway | Vehicle Body Repairs Swindon Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312757/2020 | 18 November 2021 | N Price | Vas Aero Services (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602895/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Thorpe | RED Rock Partnership | England & Wales | £23,605 |
| 2207859/2020 | 18 November 2021 | — | Genting Casinos | England & Wales | — |
| 2307251/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms S Adeoye Mr C Ajala | Alliance Recruitment Consultants Limited (R1) now trading as Alliance Recruitment Consulting and Domiciliary Care Services Ltd Esther Serwah (R2) | England & Wales | £2,675 |
| 1600678/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr Aaron Davies | Ms Claire Nicholls trading as Dragon Autoworks | England & Wales | £1,087 |
| 3201418/2019 | 18 November 2021 | Miss J Channer | Time 4 Recruitment Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111420/2021 | 18 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111420/2021 Mrs M Ross | Premier Convenience Store | Scotland | £3,600 |
| 3200756/2021 | 18 November 2021 | Mr Ogunbiyi For the | Mr Goldup (Consultant) | England & Wales | £1,489 |
| 2303756/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Mr F Nanji | Wentworth International College | England & Wales | £20,088 |
| 2201338/2019 | 18 November 2021 | Miss S Shah-Hosseini | Stonebeach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303523/2022 | 18 November 2021 | In person For the | Mr Mahmood (consultant) | England & Wales | £74 |
| 3335419/2018 | 18 November 2021 | — | Excel Technical Resourcing Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501727/2017 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs J Beavis | Community Integrated Care | England & Wales | — |
| 4110118/2021 | 17 November 2021 | Velizar Kosev | Not present but written representations Secur-it Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2207301/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs B | A Rojha Zinc Media Group plc | England & Wales | £3,975 |
| 2417613/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mr S Bell | JJ Electrical Contracts & Civils Limited | England & Wales | £650 |
| 1601439/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mr K Whitehouse | Manorbrick Centres Limited Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1805239/2021 | 17 November 2021 | Miss S Duffus | Mutual Group Ltd | England & Wales | £3,099 |
| 1804851/2021 | 17 November 2021 | In person For the | Mr I Martin (HR business partner) | England & Wales | £120 |
| 2501719/2017 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs C Richards | Community Integrated Care | England & Wales | — |
| 4108024/2020 | 17 November 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108024/20205 In the Employment Tribunal (Scotland) at Edinburgh Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No. 4108024/2020 issued following Open Preliminary Hearing conducted on Cloud Based Video Platform at Edinburgh on May, June and & September 2021 with deliberation on October 2021 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mrs W Graham | Represented by Mr E Obi, HR Professional Denburn Funeral Service Ltd | Scotland | — |