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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4115525/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115525/2014 Mr S Duncan | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115605/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115605/2014 Mr J McAloon | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2304792/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr J Brady | Markerstudy Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | £1,734 |
| 4115687/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115687/2014 Mr M Robertson | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115490/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115490/2014 Mr S Brookhouse | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2408112/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr C Evans | Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4115609/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115609/2014 Mr P McErlain | West Lothian Council |
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 |
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| 1600871/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr A Outlaw | B&B Industrial Doors Limited | England & Wales | £774 |
| 2501993/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr D Swan | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402646/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr T McNamara | CM Faraday Building Contractors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4109282/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4109282/2014 Mr D Weatherill | Bilfinger Industrial Services UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4115501/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115501/2014 Mr L Byrne | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115698/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115698/2014 Mr R Skene | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115703/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115703/2014 Mr R Steele | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115543/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115543/2014 Mr S Frame | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100018/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Member McCullagh Tribunal Member Martin Mr G R Black | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £63,150 |
| 4115621/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115621/2014 Mr R McIntosh | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115612/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115612/2014 Mr W McGilvray | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115726/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115726/2014 Mr K Turner | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2413927/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Ms N Baron | Capita Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305253/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr Fiaz Hussain | Cordant Security Ltd | England & Wales | £6,853 |
| 3324886/2019 | 20 April 2021 | Mr A Phipps | Hartwell plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4115641/2014 | 20 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115641/2014 Mr S Mitchell | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115595/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115595/2014 Mr F M MacIntyre | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115545/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115545/2014 Mr J Frew | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3201990/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr P Brewster | JSA Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4115542/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115542/2014 Mr D Forrester | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3305642/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Ms N Till | Keiki Daycare | England & Wales | £1,141 |
| 4115507/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115507/2014 Mr B Chisholm | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115488/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115488/2014 Mr J Bradley | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115685/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115685/2014 Mr B Robertson | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2418502/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr J Lucas | Diamond Bus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4115668/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115668/2014 Mr I Penman | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2409083/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr Peter Barber | Greater Resources Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3333851/2018 | 19 April 2021 | Mr P Mace | Reynolds Groundworks Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3213065/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Miss C Burniston | East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4115578/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115578/2014 Mr G Jeffrey | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2307171/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr J Studd | Sheegate Publishing Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3202703/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Philip Borkor Benne | Cordant Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | £8,633 |
| 3201858/2019 | 19 April 2021 | Mr S Grainger | Swan New Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 2301898/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr P Boyadzhiev | Mr B Lenet FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | £1,370 |
| 2417539/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Miss W Morgan | GC Property 1 Limited | England & Wales | £793 |
| 3319845/2019 | 19 April 2021 | Ms Deena Chait | Inhealth Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4115475/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115475/2014 Miss K Armstrong | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115563/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115563/2014 Mr J Greig | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 4115577/2014 | 19 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4115577/2014 Mr G Jamieson | West Lothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 2603511/2020 | 18 April 2021 | Mr G Allen | Elhance Ltd | England & Wales | £8,480 |
| 3306097/2020 | 18 April 2021 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1310057/2020 | 17 April 2021 | Miss C Derwin | Eversely Retirement Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3300339/2019 | 16 April 2021 | Mr D Degwa | Barton Security Limited | England & Wales | — |