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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 28,664 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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600304/2019 | 16 July 2019 | Miss A Long (C1) Mr J Mulready (C2) | Mark McCArdle | England & Wales | — |
| 3334894/2018 | 16 July 2019 | Mr J Kelly | Remi Willow Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600197/2019 | 16 July 2019 | Ms S Bick | Langland Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301238/2019 | 16 July 2019 | Mr L T Wadhams | Tolgate Coffee Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102846/2019 | 16 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102846/2019 Miss Z Vodrazkova | The Crannog Restaurant | Scotland | £957 |
| 2602753/2018 | 16 July 2019 | Mr Michael John Pepper | Ascus Pumps Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3312714/2019 | 16 July 2019 | Miss S Reader | Carers Elite Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200934/2019 | 15 July 2019 | In person For the |
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 |
| £2,935 |
| 2303309/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Ms S Dann | TA Project Independent Lifestyle | England & Wales | — |
| 2602078/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Ms M Bartosik | VPS PVT Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107181/2019 | 15 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107181/2019 Mr L Shorrock | Castle Valley Film Productions | Scotland | £1,169 |
| 4107054/2019 | 15 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107054/2019 Mr J Smith | East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1802081/2019 | 15 July 2019 | In person | Getaquote Ltd T/a Coversure Insurance Services (Hull) | England & Wales | £225 |
| 2301492/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Mr S Verma | — | England & Wales | £3,136 |
| 3334948/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Mrs G Aprova | Royce Mayfair Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303805/2018 | 15 July 2019 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103660/2019 | 15 July 2019 | Miss Brooke Shanks | Heat Source Solutions Ltd | Scotland | £3,003 |
| 4123813/2018 | 15 July 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123813/2018 Held in Aberdeen on March & July 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Tribunal Member S L McCabe Tribunal Member V Lockhart Miss M Hernandez | Represented by Ms J Redpath Solicitor Little Malaya Restaurant Limited st | Scotland | £1,404 |
| 4107031/2019 | 15 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107031/2019 Mr L Connell | Dane Smyth | Scotland | £3,528 |
| 4103054/2019 | 15 July 2019 | Mr R Cummings | (As per attached Schedule) Walker MacLeod Limited (in liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2300225/2019 | 15 July 2019 | Mr S Gaskell | TOTO Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4122942/2018 | 12 July 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122942/2018 Held in Aberdeen on & June 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Tribunal Member A W Bruce Tribunal Member V Lockhart Miss M Brander | Represented by Mrs H Brander –20 Mother Bachlaw Ltd t/a Lillies Kindergarten | Scotland | — |
| 1802929/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Miss T Briggs | Unity Centre Limited (trading as Bolehill Nursery) | England & Wales | — |
| 2203352/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Ms N Winter | OTGL Ltd | England & Wales | £4,366 |
| 2415304/2018 | 12 July 2019 | Mrs AJ Lavelle | Mark Cutter trading as Mark Cutter Dice and Donuts CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | £1,125 |
| 4103102/2019 | 12 July 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103102/2019 Hearing at Edinburgh on July 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod James Green | Forresters Arms | Scotland | £6,769 |
| 2203970/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Ms Urquhart For the | Dr Kniaz | England & Wales | £1,170 |
| 1304560/2018 | 11 July 2019 | in person For the | Ms M Morahan, Operations Manager | England & Wales | — |
| 3313489/2019 | 11 July 2019 | Mr R North | David Einig Ltd | England & Wales | £10,643 |
| 1405313/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Mr A Small | Downend Taxsavers Ltd | England & Wales | £12,792 |
| 3333870/2018 | 11 July 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304574/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Mrs M Itulu | London Fire Commissioner | England & Wales | — |
| 1305116/2018 | 10 July 2019 | Mr T Finn, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4123491/2018 | 10 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123491/2018 Mrs J Griffiths | Represented by: Mr N Stewart,- Solicitor Aberdeen City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2304159/2018 | 10 July 2019 | Miss M Cardoso | Amin Afsari E Ali Rahimsalehi | England & Wales | — |
| 2301912/2018 | 10 July 2019 | Mr S Cotton | Hoffan Institute UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300592/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Mr A Eustace | Alzheimer’s And Dementia Support Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1400080/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Did not attend For the | Mr Anthony Collett | England & Wales | — |
| 1802439/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Mrs L Foster | Taylor & Emmett LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1301242/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Mr S Sagoo | Independent reworks Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303626/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Mr D Ali | Sachin | England & Wales | — |
| 2302634/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr A Thomas | The Kingsdale Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2400008/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Ms D Fitton | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2302909/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Miss Daisy Francis | Guys and ST Thomas Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4118336/2014 | 9 July 2019 | Mrs W Johnstone | South Ayrshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3200266/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Mr B McCarthy | Install Base Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | £29,338 |
| 4118334/2014 | 9 July 2019 | Mr T Williams | South Ayrshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1300128/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr M Tarrant Mrs J Tarrant | 3L Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302699/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr M Emmanueil | Bannatyne Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303885/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Miss K Sullivan | And The Restaurant Group plc | England & Wales | — |