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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2406398/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr E Del Villano | Salvi's Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402631/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Ms S Harrison | Hillcrest Finance Limited | England & Wales | £8,250 |
| 2409253/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Ms Y Hunter | Exceed Umbrella Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501806/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr N Hodgson | EHLUK Building and Maintenance Facility Services Ltd | England & Wales | £1,152 |
| 3303593/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Mr S Zebrowski | Mark Baker - Ladders Recruitment Consultancy | England & Wales | — |
| 1405891/2020 | 28 June 2021 | In person For the | Medipatrol Ltd | England & Wales | £17,296 |
| 4100135/2021 | 28 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4100135/2021 Open Preliminary Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on June 202110 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr Bryan McMurtrie | Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
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 | 47 |
| 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 |
| 2415146/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Miss A Tariq | Smart NYD Limited t/a New York Diner | England & Wales | — |
| 2403026/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Mr A Walthew | Down Tools CIC | England & Wales | £450 |
| 1307472/2019 | 28 June 2021 | James Colley | Easat Radar Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313220/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr O Boory | Apr Logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 2300332/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Mr K Povey, Claimant’s partner For the | Mr A Philp, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1801214/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Mr P Killelay | Workforce Recruitment Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301434/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Angela Carr Second Claimant: Dawn Hollett Third Claimant: Angela Archer | Meadowdene Residential home c/o Apollo Homes | England & Wales | £24,136 |
| 1300151/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Mr R L Shukla | Bhullar Transport UK Ltd | England & Wales | £3,041 |
| 3220255/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr J Moss | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3306578/2020 | 27 June 2021 | Ms S Bailey | Premier MiniBus & Coach Hire Limited | England & Wales | £1,081 |
| 3318948/2019 | 27 June 2021 | Mr A S Joseph | Dnata Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2409165/2020 | 26 June 2021 | Ms A Ahmadi | Smile Care Salford Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201032/2021 | 25 June 2021 | Miss A Fraga | Remus Corporation UK Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | £5,430 |
| 1601609/2018 | 25 June 2021 | R. Adams (Cl) Mr. D. Roberts (C2) Ms. A. Williams (C3) Ms. L. Williams (C4) Mr. G. Hughes (C5) Mr. S. Lynch (C6) Ms. N. Davies (C7) Ms. J. Laudan (C8) | Venu Bar Company Ltd (RI) Venu Bar and Grill Ltd (R2) Ms. V. Morris (R3) Management and Enterprise Training Ltd (R4) Expeditious Catering Ltd (R5) Lads Management Group Ltd (R6) Ms. E.H. Sutter (R7) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311914/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr R Pietersen | UPW Industrial Applications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403280/2020 | 25 June 2021 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601081/2019 | 25 June 2021 | MR JOHNS (COUNSEL FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413291/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Dhia Hussain Alalawi | West Pennine Trucks | England & Wales | — |
| 2403008/2021 | 25 June 2021 | Mr C Tinsley | Arrow Security Shutters Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301595/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr T Simon | Avance Consulting (Europe) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401661/2021 | 25 June 2021 | In person For the | Mr David Rowell - Director | England & Wales | £200 |
| 2604304/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr A. Patel Second Claimant: Mrs J. Patel First | Mr. Vasaf Ali trading as Bulwell Convenience Store and Bulwell News Second Respondent: Mr. Sajed Ali | England & Wales | — |
| 1600484/2019 | 25 June 2021 | Mr W Eynon | Venu Bar Company Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2301965/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr K Amankwaah | Rowsy International | England & Wales | — |
| 1601985/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Mr L Ford | Powys Teaching Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1402742/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr T Maxwell | Park Central Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416662/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs C Anderson | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | £1,889 |
| 3200142/2019 | 24 June 2021 | — | UK Snacks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327601/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr A Khiari | CTR Construction Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 2418505/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mr S McGowan | Chung Wang Limited | England & Wales | £3,228 |
| 2201762/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Ms. M Toniolo | Think Education Ltd | England & Wales | £2,328 |
| 2305044/2020 | 24 June 2021 | M Peck-Walker | P Shovlar | England & Wales | £514 |
| 4110620/2014 | 24 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110620/2014 Mr D Harris | Tesco plc | Scotland | — |
| 1405764/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Miss N Giles | Lion House Dentistry | England & Wales | — |
| 3302214/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs H Scott | Shirley Elias | England & Wales | — |
| 2201903/2021 | 24 June 2021 | (1) Mrs K Williams (2) Mr A Cooper (3) Ms M Latham (4) Mr P Thompson (5) Ms N Solanki (6) Ms M Sharp (7) Ms J Postins (8) Mr K Mole (9) Ms L Middleton (10) Ms N Price (11) Mrs E Page | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2201421/2019 | 24 June 2021 | Mr D Stephenson, Counsel For the First | Nigeria High Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 4107677/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Mrs Virginia Sutters | Represented by Ms M Dalziel Solicitor Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | Scotland | — |
| 4110577/2014 | 24 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110577/2014 Mr D Fogwill | Tesco plc | Scotland | — |
| 2405457/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Miss PE Hyde | The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2207738/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Ms. A Fernandes | The Village Fayre Food Co Ltd. | England & Wales | £3,458 |
| 2203664/2020 | 24 June 2021 | Ms Z Nzewi | Cordant Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300199/2021 | 24 June 2021 | Mr James Glover | Bespoke Global Resourcing Limited Heard by CVP | England & Wales | £1,248 |