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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3321702/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Ms Katy Lever, FRP Advisory For the | Lee Moran | England & Wales | £2,496 |
| 2417605/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Miss R Obin | Turning Point | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2301873/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Dannique Duggan | Bex 18 Limited, trading as Beauty & Beyond | England & Wales | £17 |
| 1403720/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr D Marshall | People Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410568/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Miss A Mullan & Others (see attached schedule) | Soundbars Ltd | England & Wales | £7,659 |
| 3200333/2021 | 22 March 2021 | Ms M Rabczenko | Ingenio Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403108/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Ms N. Gill | Independent Living West Country Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800393/2021 | 22 March 2021 | Mr B Kuligiewicz |
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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| 1310815/2020 | 22 March 2021 | In person For the | Not in attendance and Response Form not submitted | England & Wales | £5,856 |
| 1602382/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr M. Adams | Dragon Fire & Security Systems Ltd HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2400247/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr E Harter | Waste Recycling & Decommissioning Ltd (in Creditor’s Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £7,535 |
| 1400344/2021 | 22 March 2021 | Mrs B Newbery | Michael Forfar | England & Wales | — |
| 3202112/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr M Harris | Colchester United FC Football in the Community | England & Wales | — |
| 3312906/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr D Mistri | Top Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | £1,440 |
| 4104132/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Ms Klaudia Kulak | Represented by: Ms N Sokolowska Relative HC Facility Management Limited | Scotland | £706 |
| 3325505/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr I Thomas | Chancellors Group of Estate Agents | England & Wales | — |
| 3315208/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr R Wrona | Buildmar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201847/2020 | 22 March 2021 | — | De Souza v The Whiter Smile Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601979/2020 | 22 March 2021 | — | Carroll v Celtic Hairdressing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406283/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr T Ingram | Pizza Mania And Dessert Kitchen | England & Wales | — |
| 3310863/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Miss R Desale | Toyola Personal Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2501795/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr G Hurst | White Knight Maintenance Ltd | England & Wales | £1,372 |
| 4106569/2020 | 20 March 2021 | 16 B(Scot) Rule judgment on liability, remedy to be determined at a hearing EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106569/2020 Ms J McLellan | Awesome Burger Limited | Scotland | £3,390 |
| 4104168/2020 | 20 March 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4104168/2020 Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on February 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Ms E Doherty | Walker Precision Engineering Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2302377/2020 | 20 March 2021 | Ms E Newbold | Happies Books Ltd | England & Wales | £3,218 |
| 2301218/2020 | 20 March 2021 | Ms Wendy Gilbert | Integrated Care 24 | England & Wales | — |
| 2300140/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Carew | Pure Gym Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100360/2021 | 19 March 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100360/2021 Mr P Splawski | Paradise Cuisine Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1804904/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Miss Ward | Chariet Limited t/a Crown Spa Hotel | England & Wales | £1,385 |
| 2206683/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Miss J. Fay | Michael Conn Goldsobel | England & Wales | — |
| 1303502/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Nike Hasaj | Biba’s Landscaping Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404574/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr A Butler | Bolton Textiles (Group) Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413698/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr N Hands | Oak Country Club Ltd | England & Wales | £4,697 |
| 1803636/2020 | 19 March 2021 | 1) Miss A Gallagher 2) Miss N Denniss 3) Miss I Ahmad | 1) Operations One Ltd (dissolved on 21 February 2020) 2) Mr Simon Peter Hayes 3) Mrs Lisa Jane Hayes | England & Wales | £25,327 |
| 2303650/2018 | 19 March 2021 | Ms G Churchhouse of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311958/2020 | 19 March 2021 | In person For | Mr G Hine, Solicitor | England & Wales | £31 |
| 2305582/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Dodds | Genial Associates Limited & Ors. OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4100446/2021 | 19 March 2021 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100446/2021 Mr D Mackay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club | Scotland | £6,000 |
| 1801911/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs S Fletcher | Parkside Residential Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200770/2014 | 18 March 2021 | Ms J Dinsdale | The Republic of India | England & Wales | — |
| 1310724/2020 | 18 March 2021 | In person For the | Ms J Gould (solicitor) | England & Wales | £520 |
| 3302874/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr C Ononye | And 1 Man Commercial Protections Limited 2 Amazon UK Services Limited Held by CVP on 18 March 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 2601977/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr F Oladejo | Premier Security 247 UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602980/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr P Murray | British Frozen Food Federation | England & Wales | — |
| 2415271/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr M Sanders | English Lakes Hotels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200702/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr Phillip Cortail | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 3313272/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Miss M Kiraly | Bristol Superlight Ltd | England & Wales | £9,878 |
| 1804788/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr K Horsfall | Casa Yeadon | England & Wales | £209 |
| 2414751/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Miss R O’Connor | IIK MCR Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £403 |
| 1804600/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr J Close | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |