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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 20,823 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,365 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,817 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,006 | 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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2411921/2018 | 30 September 2019 | Mr Abdullahi Farah Mukhtar 1st | Envirostaff Limited 2nd Respondent: Red Security Solutions Limited 3rd Respondent: I A M Security Limited 4th Respondent: Mr R Kennedy | England & Wales | — |
| 2300520/2019 | 30 September 2019 | In Person For the | Mr Chris Green | England & Wales | — |
| 3332107/2018 | 30 September 2019 | Ms B Tomaszewska | Molly Evans | England & Wales | — |
| 3335220/2018 | 30 September 2019 | Mrs N Newton | Dr Daniel Meroz | England & Wales | £1,623 |
| 2500836/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Mr P Mitchell | NE Business Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406024/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Miss J Inman | The Future Cloud Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600690/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Mr R Bartlett | Anabatic Limited | England & Wales | £156 |
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.
| 59 |
| 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 |
| 4103101/2019 |
| 30 September 2019 |
| Ms Mary Gifford |
| Represented by: Mr B Nichol Solicitor Shetland Care Attendant Scheme |
| Scotland |
| £19,092 |
| 2410488/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Mr M Scott | Apex Resources Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803646/2019 | 30 September 2019 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406376/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Ms L Bell | ABM Facility Services UK Ltd (sued as “ABM”) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601873/2018 | 30 September 2019 | Miss J Hale | Call Centre Ops Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £600 |
| 1800340/2019 | 30 September 2019 | Mr D Dodd | Health and Social Care Information Centre t/a NHS Digital | England & Wales | — |
| 4107848/2019 | 30 September 2019 | No: S/4107848/2019 Mr F MacKenzie | Scotbake Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1403429/2018 | 30 September 2019 | Aaron Richards | Nightingale Removals & Storage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300788/2018 | 29 September 2019 | Miss A Wolo | Lionheart Domiciliary Care Services Ltd (R1) Mr W C Onyekwere (R2) | England & Wales | £872 |
| 2600823/2019 | 28 September 2019 | Mr G Rood | Guardian Lightning Protection Ltd (In creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4123557/2018 | 28 September 2019 | Wilczek | Cyan Beauty Studios Limited | Scotland | £977 |
| 2405888/2019 | 28 September 2019 | Mr M Perry | CAM Build Garden & Property Maintenance Limited | England & Wales | £616 |
| 1600619/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Ms C Cunningham | Lyons Holiday Park Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500138/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mrs D Matejkova | Mr Francesco Danielon T/A Casa Nostra | England & Wales | — |
| 2201857/2019 | 27 September 2019 | — | MHL Group Ltd | England & Wales | £2,400 |
| 2600808/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mrs B Wilson | Nationwide Hygiene Supplies Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601341/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Miss Kirsty McMullen | The Spicketts Battrick Property Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110117/2019 | 27 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110117/2019 Miss C Jamieson | Dental Surgery Limited | Scotland | £1,198 |
| 2301266/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr A Kiyani | MJB Group Ltd | England & Wales | £1,971 |
| 2601401/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr A Poulis | Hyperama plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4109631/2019 | 27 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109631/2019 Mr S McLaren | Three Sisters Ltd | Scotland | £3,933 |
| 2301776/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Mrs S Watkins | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2415365/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Mr J Hales | Horizon Environmental Services t/a Pestokill | England & Wales | — |
| 2201877/2019 | 27 September 2019 | — | Simit Sarayi UK Holdings Ltd | England & Wales | £600 |
| 2406423/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr L Russell | Legalbrands Limited | England & Wales | £2,692 |
| 1403746/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Ms B Hochnowska | City Tailors Trading Ltd City Tailors Ltd Mr Mehmet Aydin Mr Burhan Aydin | England & Wales | — |
| 4109348/2019 | 27 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109348/2019 Miss G Murray | The Crafty Coffee Hoose | Scotland | £2,038 |
| 2404856/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr D Scott | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410343/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr Ahsan Anwar | Concentrix Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405872/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mrs L Fraser Mrs L Howe Ms B Kelly Miss A Pearson Ms J Clinging Ms C Green | Mortimer Management Group Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3335344/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Mrs L Nimako-Kyei | Autism at Kingwood | England & Wales | — |
| 2406253/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr A. Nita | Adelie Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201607/2019 | 27 September 2019 | Mr F Khan | Urban Chocolatier | England & Wales | £751 |
| 3331160/2018 | 27 September 2019 | Ms H Norris (HR Professional) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2406129/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mr A Ordish | 1) Walkers Instore Limited 2) Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2410796/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mr W Barnes | Sellers Containers Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600888/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mrs C Paraman | Blackwood Finance Limited | England & Wales | £12,262 |
| 2601578/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mr Nigel Paul Williams | JCS Cochrane Electrical Limited (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £7,875 |
| 2602191/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mr P Beri | LGCT International Ltd | England & Wales | £7,301 |
| 1600900/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mrs K Tan | Blackwood Business Services Limited | England & Wales | £14,044 |
| 3335450/2018 | 26 September 2019 | Mrs T Penicela | HC One Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3334967/2018 | 26 September 2019 | — | CH & CO Catering Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600396/2019 | 26 September 2019 | Mrs K Francis | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |