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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600529/2021 | 22 July 2021 | Ms M Moss | Browns (Derby) Limited | England & Wales | £11,631 |
| 4109009/2021 | 22 July 2021 | Mr F MacIntyre | Represented by:15 Mr Douglas Jaap, Solicitor GEO Amey Pecs Limited | Scotland | £13,277 |
| 4107116/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Ms Nicola France | Bannockburn Miners Charitable Society | Scotland | — |
| 2409177/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Mr C Hamilton | DMT Time Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402561/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Mrs J Pawlowski | 1 . Oasis and Warehouse Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2306130/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Ms R Allen | Active Life Ltd | England & Wales | £2,718 |
| 1405636/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Mr G Nieradzik | M4 Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204632/2020 | 22 July 2021 |
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 |
| Ms A Verrall (see attached schedule) |
| Warehouse Fashions Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 2202731/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Ms H Worrell | Warehouse Fashions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402199/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Ms S Winterbottom | Fulfilled Living Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302208/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Mr T Allan | Churchill Retirement Living Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600531/2021 | 22 July 2021 | Mrs J Shepherd | Browns (Derby) Limited | England & Wales | £14,611 |
| 4100578/2021 | 22 July 2021 | Ms Amanda Sinclair | Hotel Corporation of Edinburgh Limited | Scotland | £10 |
| 2603463/2019 | 22 July 2021 | Mr K Dhanda and others | Simons Construction Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4101287/2020 | 22 July 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101287/2020 Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 25, 26, and May 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: S Gray Tribunal Member: A McFarlane Steuart Wilson | Represented by Mr D Hay Advocate Instructed by Mr R Milvenan Solicitor The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 1310197/2020 | 22 July 2021 | — | PK Education Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800342/2021 | 22 July 2021 | Miss J Clarkson-Osborne | Lemsten Ltd | England & Wales | £428 |
| 2207511/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mr M Budds | Huptown Incorporated Ltd | England & Wales | £8,121 |
| 2302234/2019 | 21 July 2021 | Mrs M Greenwood | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2202933/2019 | 21 July 2021 | Mr F Aziagba | Crep Protect/ Miwhip Ltd | England & Wales | £949 |
| 4107134/2015 | 21 July 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4107134/2015 Ms A Goldie | Cordia (Services) LLP | Scotland | — |
| 1802275/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mr M Watkinson | Panoramic Doors (UK) Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,867 |
| 3310930/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Miss A Awouda Essimi | AGS Ltd t/a AGS 360 Solutions | England & Wales | £2,652 |
| 1602548/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Ms C Meredith | NP Clubs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,980 |
| 1602543/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Miss S Ackerley | MB Fitness Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | £397 |
| 2307196/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Mr A McMenamin | Vistry Homes Limited | England & Wales | £232 |
| 3200315/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mr A Ahmed | MTR Corporation Crossrail Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2600677/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Miss C MacDonald | Primelife Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402264/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Miss M Dangerfield | Oasis and Warehouse Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806016/2018 | 21 July 2021 | Mrs E Wray | Nestor Primecare Services Ltd (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 4107813/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Mr Joseph Grady | Strathclyde Catering Limited | Scotland | £3,958 |
| 2301909/2019 | 21 July 2021 | Mr N Kwofie-Gill | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402383/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Mrs S Abbott | Oasis and Warehouse Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601463/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Miss C Dunning | Payaro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600316/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mr A B Fonjallaz | Dolce Vita Dining Ltd | England & Wales | £237 |
| 1300535/2021 | 21 July 2021 | In person (with his wife Mrs A Z Khokhar) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2306212/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Phoebe Forsyth | The Local Company Group | England & Wales | £798 |
| 1600243/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mr G Jones | First Call Travel Limited | England & Wales | £7,939 |
| 4107135/2015 | 21 July 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4107135/2015 Ms S Greenway | Cordia (Services) LLP | Scotland | — |
| 1802250/2021 | 21 July 2021 | Mrs SJ Walters | Star Holdings (Humber) Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,695 |
| 1402263/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Miss H Childs | Oasis and Warehouse Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2307847/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Ms A Wood | Coldrum Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2308248/2020 | 21 July 2021 | Mr T Sammarco | Hasan Jamal Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401389/2021 | 20 July 2021 | Mr Thomas Green | AND Perfect Transport Limited | England & Wales | £870 |
| 2203205/2020 | 20 July 2021 | Ms S Braithwaite | Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102386/2020 | 20 July 2021 | Member P McColl Tribunal Member G McKay Mr David Watt | Represented by Himself Atalian Servest Integrated Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2600297/2020 | 20 July 2021 | Miss K Marples | BWA Health & Care Services Limited At an Open Preliminary Hearing by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2411597/2019 | 20 July 2021 | Mr M Edmunds | AM Fire Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201306/2019 | 20 July 2021 | Mrs Rachel Williams | London International Exhibition Centre plc t/as ExCeL London Heard: East London Hearing Centre (by video hearing) | England & Wales | — |
| 2206689/2018 | 20 July 2021 | Mrs M Abeleda Allen Mr J C Eustaquio | Elsham Road NKS Ltd (formerly known as Celestial Travel Ltd) | England & Wales | — |