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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4100038/2015 | 17 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4100038/2015 Mr J McFadyen (deceased) | Kuehne and Nagel Drinks Logistics Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2501727/2017 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs J Beavis | Community Integrated Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2207301/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs B | A Rojha Zinc Media Group plc | England & Wales | £3,975 |
| 3306136/2020 | 17 November 2021 | self-representing (by CVP) For the | — | England & Wales | £11,490 |
| 2417613/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mr S Bell | JJ Electrical Contracts & Civils Limited | England & Wales | £650 |
| 1804851/2021 | 17 November 2021 | In person For the | Mr I Martin (HR business partner) | England & Wales | £120 |
| 3324109/2019 | 17 November 2021 | Mr N Tejan-Savage | Total Security Services (TSS) Limited v | England & Wales | — |
| 1601439/2020 |
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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| 1803753/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Miss J L Taylor | RDS Academy C.I.C | England & Wales | £397 |
| 1309204/2020 | 16 November 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303385/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Mr P Gaspar | Robert Gastro Limited | England & Wales | £4,492 |
| 1602462/2020 | 16 November 2021 | — | Calu v Mr B Ramnath and others T/a The Ramnath Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 3201567/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Mr N Florea | Daniel Thornhill | England & Wales | — |
| 1304566/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Mr K Brown | Farley and Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 3304163/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Mr M Lambert | And 1 Sunsquare Limited 2 Mr J Seldis Held by CVP and in person at Bury St Edmunds on 20 to 24 September 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 1601214/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Ms Rhiannon Roberts | Master Cabs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207695/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Mr M McGrath | Clearway Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402081/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Mrs L Swan | Fiba Tech Industries Ltd C/O Neil Smallwood | England & Wales | £440 |
| 2409763/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Mr Stewart Taylor Mr Roy Addicottt Mr John Beckerton Mr David Murphy | British Gas Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305354/2019 | 16 November 2021 | — | Aleksandrov and others v Mealmaker London (Prepared Produce) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402176/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Ms Ivonne Estefania Duran Hidalgo | Auxilium Energy UK Ltd | England & Wales | £4,475 |
| 3305241/2020 | 16 November 2021 | Mr L O’Dowd | Kempton Carr (Maidenhead) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600554/2021 | 16 November 2021 | Mr A Dodd | JK Garage Equipment Limited | England & Wales | £3,797 |
| 4109873/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Ms D Stewart | Represented by Self Ness Tec Ltd | Scotland | £1,225 |
| 1301558/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mrs A Wiacek | Stardust Healthcare Limited t/a Bluebird Care Birmingham East & North | England & Wales | — |
| 4104873/2017 | 15 November 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4104873/2017 Hearing at Edinburgh on 18, 20, 23, 25, August and 6, and September 2021; Members’ Meeting on October 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: A Matheson Tribunal Member: E Farrell William Main | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1600814/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr A Walker | Broadband Infrastructure Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501515/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr P Sellers | Inn Trade solutions Limited | England & Wales | £3,069 |
| 2304984/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr M McDonald | NP3 Construction Limited HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2204377/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Miss Carmen Sanchez Escriba | Mr Philip Winser | England & Wales | — |
| 2501517/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Ms Y Hetherington | Inn Trade solutions Limited | England & Wales | £626 |
| 4101712/2015 | 15 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4101712/2015 Mr R Lapsley | Falkirk Council | Scotland | — |
| 2602127/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr D Buza | Mark1 IT Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407490/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr J Moore | HCL Workforce Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413693/2019 | 15 November 2021 | Miss M Carter | Marie’s Takeaway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400550/2020 | 15 November 2021 | Mr Brian Mellor Mrs Susan Mellor | Lunar Automotive Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4106923/2015 | 15 November 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4106923/2015 Mr J Skivington (deceased) | P R S Alpha | Scotland | — |
| 2413694/2019 | 15 November 2021 | Miss J Hart | Marie’s Takeaway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2307230/2020 | 15 November 2021 | A Makhonova | Consulting and Accountancy Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402243/2021 | 15 November 2021 | Mr S Mulligan | Roxy Ball Room Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500846/2021 | 13 November 2021 | Mr M Miah N | Teleperformance limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334406/2018 | 12 November 2021 | Ms C Renner | Dr J Pandya and Dr S Pandya practising as JS Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 2417401/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Miss Z Waring | Golden Egg Group Limited | England & Wales | £11,439 |
| 1400347/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr Andrzej Bogorski | AND MRC Agri Limited | England & Wales | £462 |
| 2407488/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr S Wilkinson | Ken Mills Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803268/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr. R Hall | Concentrix Ltd Heard by consent by CVP and telephone hybrid | England & Wales | — |
| 3201877/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr P Hall | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 4110756/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr A Shafiq | LABS Ltd | Scotland | £1,910 |
| 2407471/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Ms N Kukurova | Italian Catering Concept Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407472/2021 | 12 November 2021 | Mr R Khodr | Italian Catering Concept Ltd | England & Wales | — |