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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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502520/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Ms C Murdie | Surecare | England & Wales | — |
| 3333207/2018 | 30 November 2019 | Mrs M Jarvis | G.R Response Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410155/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Miss MJ Clynes | Postmaster Main Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303550/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Miss S Sanyasi | Vision Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321360/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Mr M Baffoe | Support Maintenance Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3320817/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Miss J Norman | Two Day Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802014/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Mrs Anna Czaban Mrs Ewelina Rytel Mrs Aneta Jesionowska Mr Adam Jesionowski Mrs Marta Tabaczka Mrs Luiza Cichewicz Mrs Kamila Majchrzak Mrs Katarzyna Swiatek Mrs Marlena Maryanska Mrs Marta Gas Mrs Lena Wasilewska | The Polish Saturday School of St Stanislaw Kostka in Bradford, an unincorporated association acting by its committee: Mr Grzegorz Staron Mrs Dorota Staron Mr Damian Wisniewski Mrs Regina Tombs Mrs Agnieszka Reca Mrs Milena Marshall Mr Marcin Wysocki |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £5,746 |
| 3401044/2016 | 30 November 2019 | Mr G White | Viople Ltd and Nationwide Drivers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322031/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Mr JE Valenzuela | Menlo Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323632/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Mr N Monga | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335129/2018 | 30 November 2019 | Miss D Stanivukovic | London Borough of Barnet (Respondent 1) The Pavilion (Respondent 2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411573/2019 | 30 November 2019 | Miss J Critchley | Interserve Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307337/2018 | 30 November 2019 | Mr N Monga | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417202/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Miss KL Stone | Rota Engineering Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1302041/2019 | 29 November 2019 | In Person (via an Interpreter in the Polish language) For the | Mr. K. Antwi-Boasiako – Legal representative | England & Wales | £1,639 |
| 2502815/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss K Taylor | Rothbury Home Bakery Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403936/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr M Green | Paulette Blackmore | England & Wales | — |
| 2404919/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss M Wilson | Tiger Curry House Ltd t/a Purple Rooms Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 1803742/2019 | 29 November 2019 | — | Multiclean Supplies Ltd | England & Wales | £2,315 |
| 2401610/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr S Evans Mr J Martin Mr L Trzbinski Mr S Ryan Mr L Rigby Mr K Irving | RPC-BPI Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1810800/2018 | 29 November 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404308/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss Stacy Worrall | AND Angela Flanagan trading as the Clock Tower | England & Wales | — |
| 2302247/2019 | 29 November 2019 | — | Mrs M Dabke | England & Wales | — |
| 4107547/2019 | 29 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107547/2019 Mr M Anjum | Represented by: Ms H Johnson - Solicitor Shieldtile Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1403380/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr W Gentry | M Brierley Plumbing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410784/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss J Rostron | Oswald & Pablo Ltd | England & Wales | £555 |
| 2602204/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr G Gibson | Intelligent Modelling Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502678/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr B Harrison | The Breadbasket (Teesside) Ltd | England & Wales | £2,000 |
| 2303571/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Ms S Dawes | Greenwrite Limited | England & Wales | £526 |
| 2400060/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Williams and others (see schedule) | Mrs Caroline Timmons t/a Hillside Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3200920/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr C Playfair | CT Plus (Yorkshire) Community Interest Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2602390/2018 | 29 November 2019 | Mr A Bewsher | Intelligent Modelling Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2602547/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr A Peck | Jubilee House Christian School (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,710 |
| 2405445/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Connell | Darwen Windows Ltd | England & Wales | £4,920 |
| 1403469/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs K Jenkins | Addaction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2424110/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Mr Philip Mottershead First | Harrison Brothers (Furniture) Ltd (in administration) Second Respondent: Wendy Etchells Ltd | England & Wales | £11,617 |
| 2424293/2017 | 29 November 2019 | Mrs Mary Ann Eyre First | Harrison Brothers (Furniture) Ltd (in administration) Second Respondent: Wendy Etchells Ltd | England & Wales | £26,937 |
| 1403393/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms J Anderson | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600799/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr A Tarczynski | Tremorfa Property Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403458/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Miss C Lacey | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410768/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Mr D Adams | Woodpecker Inn (Estates) Ltd | England & Wales | £214 |
| 1402939/2019 | 29 November 2019 | In person For the | Mr Hoyle, Consultant | England & Wales | £485 |
| 1401654/2019 | 29 November 2019 | Ms C McNamara | Mr. P and Mrs. E Pitt t/a The William IV | England & Wales | — |
| 2303310/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr K Hill | Kona Partners LLP | England & Wales | £15,791 |
| 4111951/2014 | 28 November 2019 | Ms B Nelson | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2602412/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Mr. M Patel | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4102991/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Member J McCullagh Tribunal Member J Burnett Mr H Rae | Ramsay and Mrs Arabella Ramsay | Scotland | £8,242 |
| 2302386/2018 | 28 November 2019 | Mr A Sirin | Pizza Express Restaurants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806934/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Miss A Nutu | FGH Inns | England & Wales | — |
| 2301864/2019 | 28 November 2019 | Ms J Vidal | Dr J Charles | England & Wales | £84 |