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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,988 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 28,663 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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 | 1,960 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4118417/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4118417/2018 Mr M Chorley | Steins Group Ltd | Scotland | £2,485 |
| 4123423/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123423/2018 Mr M Scott | Shemmafest Limited T/a The Neidpath Inn | Scotland | — |
| 3331761/2018 | 4 January 2019 | Ms M Maestri | Martin Plank – The Beer Clear Company | England & Wales | £1,163 |
| 4121209/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4121209/2018 Miss N Streeter | : Mint Accounting Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3321088/2019 | 4 January 2019 | Mr J West | Alith Vore Consulting Limited | England & Wales | £57,099 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 3330609/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr R Higson | And Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited Telephone Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300518/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Mr M Manders | Dogs Trust Trustee Ltd Preliminary hearing at: Ashford | England & Wales | — |
| 2303876/2018 | 3 January 2019 | Szabina Horvath | ASTA Aviation Staffing Limited | 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 |
| 3316150/2019 | 31 December 2018 | In person For the | Ms S Hougie, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2300001/2019 | 31 December 2018 | Mr S Hassane | GlaxoSmithKline Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 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 |
| 3313352/2019 | 29 December 2018 | In person For the | Mr and Mrs Stringer, Directors | England & Wales | £392 |
| 2302655/2018 | 28 December 2018 | Mr Z Bhatti | Nimesh Yadev | England & Wales | £5,724 |
| 1300827/2018 | 27 December 2018 | Mr Muhammad Hussain | Roombookers (Europe) Ltd | England & Wales | £851 |
| 3302694/2020 | 27 December 2018 | Mr J Church | RDKI Ltd | England & Wales | £9,033 |
| 4100115/2019 | 27 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100115/2019 Mr K Kirk | Healthcare Environmental Services Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4104558/2016 | 27 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: (4104558/2016) Ms T Dickson | Represented by: Mr. A Clark Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4104745/2018 | 27 December 2018 | Mrs J Stewart | By Written Submission Austins (Dalbeattie) LLP | Scotland | £12,240 |
| 4120683/2018 | 27 December 2018 | (sitting alone) Mr A Panagonov | Canmore Pub Company Limited | Scotland | £1,500 |
| 1400952/2018 | 27 December 2018 | Mr C Scully | AND Digital Communication Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302910/2018 | 27 December 2018 | Ms P Sergeant First | Royal Borough of Greenwich Second Respondent: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3303308/2019 | 24 December 2018 | In person For the | Mrs Coker, Director | England & Wales | £14,464 |
| 4104055/2018 | 24 December 2018 | A Kemp Dr Fiona McClean | Highland Health Board | Scotland | £5,038 |
| 4120796/2018 | 24 December 2018 | G Woolfson (sitting alone) Mr K Graham | James Davies (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | £502 |
| 4118317/2018 | 22 December 2018 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4118317/2018 Held at Edinburgh on December 2018 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr Darren Metcalfe | ’s wife st For Fencing (Erectors & Consultants) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4112662/2018 | 21 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4112662/2018 Ms J Phillips | Represented by: Ms G Shaw - Solicitor The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 4109050/2018 | 21 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109050/2018 Mr D Arthur | Represented by: Mr J McCourt WDR Cable And Civil Specialists Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3331213/2018 | 21 December 2018 | Ms M Haslam | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403876/2018 | 21 December 2018 | Mr C Tasker | Engie FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112747/2018 | 21 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4112747/2018 Mr C Short | Represented by: Mr J Boyle - Solicitor Fireworx Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2503253/2018 | 20 December 2018 | Mrs J Brydon | Samantha Hill & Christian Norwood (T/a Fattsams Butchers) | England & Wales | £5,598 |
| 4120720/2018 | 19 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4120720/2018 Mr A Lindsay | Represented by: Mr C Robertson - Solicitor J N I Agricultural Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 4112536/2018 | 19 December 2018 | Ms L Armstrong | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2201850/2018 | 19 December 2018 | — | Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 4101709/2013 | 19 December 2018 | Mrs AJ Walker | Stewart Walker & Sons Limited (in liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4104192/2018 | 19 December 2018 | Miss Louisa Dillon | (1) DAG Marketing Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4121072/2018 | 18 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121072/2018 Mr W Morton | Trannies Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1302957/2018 | 18 December 2018 | Mr P Dutton, lay representative For | Bewdley Youth Café | England & Wales | — |
| 4120726/2018 | 18 December 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4120726/2018 Mrs A Plunkett | Applied Care And Development Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2202487/2018 | 18 December 2018 | Mr S Liberadzki (Counsel) For | Charalambous v Venturespring Ltd | England & Wales | £96,932 |
| 2300630/2018 | 17 December 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303273/2018 | 17 December 2018 | Mr D Crease | Lions Hastings Pier Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302593/2018 | 17 December 2018 | Mr D Broughton | Adecco UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304668/2018 | 16 December 2018 | Miss H Charlton | Strata Panels | England & Wales | — |
| 2600570/2018 | 16 December 2018 | Mr A Poznanski | Exceed Logistics Limited | England & Wales | £80 |