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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| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4105745/2016 | 4 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105745/2016 Ms LE Smythe | Forth Valley Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3302882/2018 | 3 September 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4105744/2016 | 1 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105744/2016 Mr A Ross | Forth Valley Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4105747/2016 | 1 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105747/2016 Mr A Vats | Forth Valley Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4105746/2016 | 1 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105746/2016 Mr OM Farhan-Alanie | Forth Valley Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1304088/2017 | 31 August 2017 | Ms C Gilardenghi First | James Gardiner Second Respondent: Pure Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £703 |
| 2300720/2014 | 31 August 2017 | — | The Garrard Acadamy (formerly Bexley Business Acadamy Ltd) | England & Wales |
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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| 4104483/2016 | 29 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104483/2016 Ms E Cowan | Aramark Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102125/2017 | 28 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102125/2017 Mrs T Campbell | William Hill plc | Scotland | — |
| 4101532/2017 | 28 August 2017 | R Gall Mr W Barbour | D & M Haulage (Mixer Hire) Limited | Scotland | £5,651 |
| 4100606/2017 | 24 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4100606/2017 Judgment of the Tribunal issued at diet of Final Hearing set down at Glasgow for August 2017 at am Employment Judge: J G d’Inverno, QDRM TD, WS (Sitting Alone) Ms L Kelly | — | Scotland | — |
| 4101666/2017 | 23 August 2017 | N M Hosie (sitting alone)10 Mr P Khatri-Chhetri | Gurkha Kitchen | Scotland | — |
| 4102099/2017 | 22 August 2017 | Mr W McCarthy | Coffee Club | Scotland | £4,805 |
| 1400943/2017 | 22 August 2017 | Kieran Sidhu | Exertis (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406291/2015 | 22 August 2017 | Mrs J Frudd Mr I Frudd | The Partington Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300349/2017 | 18 August 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3324796/2017 | 18 August 2017 | Mr Rajat Kumar, Lay Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3400400/2016 | 18 August 2017 | Ms SR Idu | The Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4100620/2017 | 14 August 2017 | Mr Salim Eqbal | RA Guards Ltd | Scotland | £1,170 |
| 4100467/2017 | 14 August 2017 | (in chambers) Mr David Gibb | By: Mr Iain Burke – Solicitor Peter Vardy Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102102/2017 | 10 August 2017 | Mr S Sparrow | Maklab Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 2200840/2017 | 10 August 2017 | Mr M Neal and others (see schedule) | Pinnacle Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401498/2017 | 8 August 2017 | Mr Derek Lithgow | Border Air Training Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100476/2017 | 8 August 2017 | Mr M Ali | : N A Restaurants Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4102056/2017 | 8 August 2017 | Mrs C Morgan | Vivienne and Scott McKendrick | Scotland | £631 |
| 2300485/2017 | 7 August 2017 | Mr E. Kemp of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100424/2017 | 7 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100424/2017 Mr A Bryce | Represented by: Mr D Hutchison Chamic Industrial Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100458/2017 | 3 August 2017 | Atack Mr R Taylor | G & A Barnie Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100798/2017 | 1 August 2017 | Mrs J McDade | Ferguson and Brown | Scotland | £3,360 |
| 4100705/2017 | 1 August 2017 | Ms B Jeffers | Manjit Kaur | Scotland | — |
| 4103972/2016 | 1 August 2017 | (sitting alone) Mr James Johnstone | Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100704/2017 | 1 August 2017 | Ms S Swan | Manjit Kaur | Scotland | — |
| 1600223/2017 | 1 August 2017 | Mr J Siddons | Andrew Weed Ltd | England & Wales | £278 |
| 4102033/2017 | 1 August 2017 | Mr A Wilson | Asa Asset & Investments Ltd | Scotland | £2,220 |
| 4100548/2017 | 25 July 2017 | — | Brightwork Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1301355/2011 | 24 July 2017 | Members: Graham Piggott Walter Stewart Mrs Doreen Mafara | - Solicitor Money Matters Money Advice Centre | Scotland | £3,306 |
| 1400846/2015 | 21 July 2017 | Dario Afonso and Others | Twenty-Four Seven Recruitment Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402531/2016 | 21 July 2017 | Members: Mrs L Crooks Mrs M McAllister Mr John Morgan-Thomas | Represented by: Dr A Morgan-Thomas Relative Andrew Porter Limited | Scotland | £10,360 |
| 4101529/2017 | 20 July 2017 | Mr C Simpson | Newlands Roofing Company | Scotland | £4,760 |
| 2207588/2017 | 19 July 2017 | Mr J Wallace, Counsel For the | Mr J Gilbert, Litigation Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2200425/2017 | 18 July 2017 | Mr H Abdul Hakim Sofiane | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303244/2015 | 18 July 2017 | Ms Melanie Tether, Counsel For the Unite Claimants: Mr Darryl Hutcheon, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401319/2017 | 17 July 2017 | Mr S Rice | North West Ambulance Service | England & Wales | — |
| 4100530/2017 | 10 July 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100530/2017 Mr J Garcia | Interserve Industrial Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302087/2016 | 7 July 2017 | Mr N Benhalla | Interserve FS (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100733/2017 | 6 July 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100733/2017 Mr P Reid | REL Recruitment | Scotland | — |
| 4100202/2017 | 6 July 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100202/2017 Ms CE Vacca | GEFCO Forwarding UK Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 4106707/2013 | 5 July 2017 | F Atack Members : Ms N Bakshi Mr H P Boyd Ms Alyson Marshall | Represented by:15 Mr A Mason - Advocate Advocate General for Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 4100726/2017 | 5 July 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100726/2017 Mr C Lindsay | Strathclyde Autotune Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100950/2016 | 4 July 2017 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4100950/2016 Mr J Mclaughlin | Wood Ltd | Scotland | — |