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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4104866/2017 | 10 January 2019 | Mr Muaz Abdulrhaman | Point One Security Solutions Ltd | Scotland | £2,527 |
| 2415075/2018 | 10 January 2019 | Mr T Walker | Progressive Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4122577/2018 | 10 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4122577/2018 Mr K MacRitchie | Represented by: Mr H Menzies CWU Royal Mail Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3329312/2017 | 10 January 2019 | — | Meta VS Ltd and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4121952/2018 | 10 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121952/2018 Mr Iain Cackette | Pirie And Smith Limited | Scotland | £2,104 |
| 4120665/2018 | 10 January 2019 | (sitting alone)10 Mr J Arbuckle | Purves Haulage Limited | Scotland | £498 |
| 4121214/2018 | 10 January 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4121214/2018 Held at Edinburgh on January 2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr Lucasz Szarafiniak | Compos (Scotland) Limited |
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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| £321 |
| 4122504/2018 | 9 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122504/2018 Mrs S Taylor | Two Palms Hotels And Events Ltd | Scotland | £1,271 |
| 4121491/2018 | 9 January 2019 | Mr M Henderson | Billy Stein | Scotland | — |
| 2201876/2018 | 9 January 2019 | In Person on 20 November and assisted by Ms Lord from ELIPS on 13 December 2018. | Ms A Carse - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2302037/2018 | 9 January 2019 | Mr A Large | The Raw Chocolate Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2303035/2018 | 9 January 2019 | Mr J Harvey | Riig Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601368/2018 | 9 January 2019 | Mr S Khan | South Wales Wood Recycling Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301764/2018 | 9 January 2019 | Mr F McGuire | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325150/2017 | 9 January 2019 | Mr K Mohod | Mark Priestley SDT Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4110960/2018 | 9 January 2019 | McManus Members: Mrs L Crooks Mr A McFarlane Ms P Rodger | Appropriate Services Ltd | Scotland | £35,835 |
| 2303018/2018 | 8 January 2019 | — | Mytaxi Network Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304145/2018 | 8 January 2019 | Miss L Grady | Nestor Primecare Services Ltd T/a Allied Healthcare (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403960/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Miss A Williams | The Magic Bean Co Ltd | England & Wales | £4,146 |
| 4121205/2018 | 7 January 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121205/2018 Hearing at Edinburgh on January 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Georgina Otu | Strongtower Eco Cleaning Company UK Limited | Scotland | £264 |
| 1403340/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr N Groves First | Webformed Ltd Second Respondent: Carefor IT Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303460/2017 | 7 January 2019 | Mr E Baykal | 1) Samuel Knight International Limited 2) ECL Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303895/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr R Lunn | ZPG plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3303900/2019 | 7 January 2019 | Ms R Lingyte | Aperta Bars Limited | England & Wales | £1,230 |
| 2303142/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Miss R Ziso | Avalon Nursing Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3300011/2016 | 7 January 2019 | Mr R Gould | ARL Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200880/2019 | 7 January 2019 | Mr A. Medlycott | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1811070/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr McGrath, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4120217/2018 | 7 January 2019 | (sitting alone) Mrs K Graham | Represented by: Mrs M Stewart - Colleague Clootie Dumpling Ltd t/a Taste | Scotland | — |
| 2406556/2019 | 6 January 2019 | Mr O Omar | Safwan Baig Group Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4121209/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4121209/2018 Miss N Streeter | : Mint Accounting Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1405109/2018 | 4 January 2019 | Mrs L O'Dwyer | Defence Equipment & Support (de&s) A Bespoke Trading Entity Of The Ministry Of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 3331761/2018 | 4 January 2019 | Ms M Maestri | Martin Plank – The Beer Clear Company | England & Wales | £1,163 |
| 1802141/2017 | 4 January 2019 | Mr N Craven | Eclipse Premises Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4123423/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123423/2018 Mr M Scott | Shemmafest Limited T/a The Neidpath Inn | Scotland | — |
| 4118417/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4118417/2018 Mr M Chorley | Steins Group Ltd | Scotland | £2,485 |
| 3321088/2019 | 4 January 2019 | Mr J West | Alith Vore Consulting Limited | England & Wales | £57,099 |
| 4121496/2018 | 4 January 2019 | Mr P Krusinski | Budget Flooring Direct Limited | Scotland | £1,538 |
| 2601322/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr S Carruthers | Cartwright Bros (Haulage) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503153/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr G Treharne | Plant Services (Gateshead) Limited | England & Wales | £2,482 |
| 3330609/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr R Higson | And Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited Telephone Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303876/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Szabina Horvath | ASTA Aviation Staffing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300518/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr M Manders | Dogs Trust Trustee Ltd Preliminary hearing at: Ashford | England & Wales | — |
| 1303964/2018 | 2 January 2019 | Mr D Porada | Flow Control Engineering Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303648/2017 | 2 January 2019 | In person, assisted by an Interpreter, Ms D Carty | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2416482/2018 | 2 January 2019 | Miss S Strachan | Claire Fryer | England & Wales | £832 |
| 4121765/2018 | 31 December 2018 | 16 A (Scot) Rule judgment template (simple) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121765/2018 Mr R Lisiak | McGonagalls Restaurant Ltd | Scotland | £1,550 |
| 2300001/2019 | 31 December 2018 | Mr S Hassane | GlaxoSmithKline Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3316150/2019 | 31 December 2018 | In person For the | Ms S Hougie, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3313352/2019 | 29 December 2018 | In person For the | Mr and Mrs Stringer, Directors | England & Wales | £392 |