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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,993 UK employment tribunal cases involving unlawful deduction from wages claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,385 (the largest £3,449,329) across 15,319 cases. Tribunals upheld 76% of the 20,985 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,668 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,936 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,049 | 20% |
| Struck out | 2,086 | 8% |
| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |
| Other | 552 | 2% |
| Settled | 201 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2018 | 672 | |
| 2019 | 4,550 | |
| 2020 | 6,663 | |
| 2021 | 4,863 | |
| 2022 | 4,992 | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | |
| 2024 | 4,284 | |
| 2025 | 3,736 | |
| 2026 | 1,965 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806306/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr J Pitchford | Nationwide Crash Repair Services Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2401192/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Ms D Hartley | Future Cleaning Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400823/2020 | 20 September 2021 | Mr L Richardson | Griff Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313786/2020 | 20 September 2021 | — | L Green | England & Wales | £281 |
| 2600655/2021 | 18 September 2021 | Mr M Tuduran | Complete Joinery (Midlands) Ltd Heard via CVP in the Midlands (East) Region | England & Wales | £2,600 |
| 4110384/2021 | 17 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110384/2021 Mrs I Montgomery | Mandy Pattison | Scotland | £1,699 |
| 2203489/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Ms B Macedo | Privee Hospitality Ltd | 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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| 16 | The Secretary of State for Justice | 47 |
| 17 | West Lothian Council | 43 |
| 18 | H M Revenue & Customs | 41 |
| 19 | North Lanarkshire Council | 40 |
| 20 | Glasgow City Council | 38 |
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| 2206858/2018 | 17 September 2021 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107708/19 Held on 17, 18, 19, & June and August 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members: J McCaig E Coyle Ms E Borkowska | Represented by Mr A Hardman, Advocate The University of Aberdeen | Scotland | — |
| 2600231/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Mrs RJ Goodson | The Montessori Group Limited | England & Wales | £1,384 |
| 4113747/2014 | 17 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4113747/2014 Mr D Morris | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2415104/2019 | 17 September 2021 | J Stanley A Harding-Jones A Crompton J A Hampson K Kruger | First Source Solutions UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204572/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Amber Evans | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £4,038 |
| 4105349/2020 | 17 September 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4105349/2020 Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on August 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms W Wallace | A Gul | Scotland | £4,779 |
| 2204568/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Helen Parker Herman | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £17,835 |
| 2204575/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Georgia Chakli | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £5,460 |
| 2204570/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Alison Winchester | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £15,435 |
| 2204571/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Allison Cruise | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £15,960 |
| 2307603/2020 | 17 September 2021 | DAWN STEVENS | Bizzykidz London Ltd by Cvp | England & Wales | £16,066 |
| 2204573/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Olga Olshevska | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £15,960 |
| 3203239/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Ms B Frankiewicz | H C Facilities Management | England & Wales | £1,610 |
| 3311653/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Mr K Romaniuk | Pivotal Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307580/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Ms C. Lopez | Santander UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2204574/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Kimberley Johnson | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £11,760 |
| 4109074/2021 | 17 September 2021 | Ms E Arrighi | Newsquest Media Group Limited | Scotland | £2,222 |
| 2204576/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Azzara Gibson | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £9,660 |
| 2307872/2020 | 16 September 2021 | In Person For the | Hever Resort Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | £4,673 |
| 2304587/2020 | 16 September 2021 | Ebenezer Hayford | Towers Associates | England & Wales | — |
| 4105460/2020 | 16 September 2021 | Mrs Mengqi Yuan | Wangping Travel Limited | Scotland | £5,018 |
| 2603154/2020 | 16 September 2021 | Mr L Capper | The Place Young People’s Company Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3303440/2021 | 16 September 2021 | Mr A Lukomski (Representative with Concilium) For the | Ms K Chrustowska (HR manager with the Respondent) Strike Out Decision – | England & Wales | — |
| 2407956/2021 | 16 September 2021 | C Barlow | Nest 247 Ltd | England & Wales | £1,736 |
| 3300653/2021 | 16 September 2021 | Mrs S Smith | L & D Childcare Limited t/a Munns Farm Day Nursery | England & Wales | £434 |
| 2500409/2021 | 15 September 2021 | Mr D Walker | Exact Recruitment Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406091/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Mrs H Gilmour | Mr B Jenkin Mrs E Jenkin Mr I Jenkin T/A Cornwall Signs (a firm) | England & Wales | £1,377 |
| 3313789/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Miss Sophie Wakely | 2 Be Beautiful Limited | England & Wales | £665 |
| 1601456/2020 | 15 September 2021 | — | M Realisations 2020 Ltd (in Administration) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2306118/2020 | 15 September 2021 | — | United Tax Refunds Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314739/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Mr S Otieno | Voyage 1 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307856/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Miss E Cooper First | Copewell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312938/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Miss Z Litviakova | Confidence Capital Limited | England & Wales | £1,418 |
| 3200086/2021 | 15 September 2021 | Mr Stephen Hughes Mr Kai Hawkes | Essential Group | England & Wales | £538 |
| 1802312/2021 | 15 September 2021 | Mr C Jackson | T K Lynskey Excavations Limited | England & Wales | £597 |
| 2308053/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Ms L Chapman, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3220788/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Mrs N N Begum | Boleyn Road Practice (a partnership) | England & Wales | £8,550 |
| 3311577/2021 | 15 September 2021 | Miss Ema Provic | Cultures in Context Cic | England & Wales | £2,400 |
| 3311543/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Miss J Brown | SIG Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300898/2021 | 15 September 2021 | Miss Precious Ekwe | DNAFIT Life Sciences Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300299/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Mr Moverly | Little Gate Farm | England & Wales | — |
| 3312435/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Mr D Wilson | And Wildcraft Brewery Limited Held by CVO on 15 September 2021 | England & Wales | — |