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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 28,668 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| Withdrawn | 2,051 | 8% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6018772/2024 | 25 April 2025 | Mr J Levy | BLL Holdings Limited | England & Wales | £64,423 |
| 4105554/2015 | 25 April 2025 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105554/2015 Mr V Donaldson | Midlothian Council | Scotland | — |
| 3309317/2023 | 24 April 2025 | — | Buon Appetito Reading Ltd | England & Wales | £2,890 |
| 2303374/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Mr S M Zikri | 1) Fine & Country Richmond Ltd 2) The Agency Group – TAG Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401448/2025 | 24 April 2025 | Miss J Bond | Property Krowd Limited | England & Wales | £1,594 |
| 3303892/2023 | 24 April 2025 | Mr P Taylor | Qube Qualifications and Development Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £50,974 |
| 2600175/2025 | 24 April 2025 | Dr A Ghadar | Dermal Diagnostics Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £14,117 |
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 |
| 3303890/2023 |
| 24 April 2025 |
| Miss D Greenwood |
| Qube Qualifications and Development Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) |
| England & Wales |
| £24,443 |
| 3310638/2023 | 24 April 2025 | Miss I Buck | Colombia Rose Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6013575/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Alison Ames | Ultrasafe UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306465/2024 | 24 April 2025 | No appearance For the | Miss S Kaur (lay representative) | England & Wales | £3,455 |
| 3303891/2023 | 24 April 2025 | Miss J Garrad | Qube Qualifications and Development Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £13,552 |
| 8002237/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Mr T McCabe | St Choice Horse Supplies Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3300325/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Mr C Damian | Sabah Arif | England & Wales | £2,167 |
| 3303893/2023 | 24 April 2025 | Mrs A Belk | Qube Qualifications and Development Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £19,775 |
| 6006967/2024 | 24 April 2025 | In person For the | Ms K Duffy, HR Manager | England & Wales | — |
| 3300003/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Mr D Dewgarde | Mussett Aerospace Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6011472/2025 | 24 April 2025 | Mr l Wolfe | Charles Goodwin | England & Wales | £12,375 |
| 6011960/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Hajara Begum | Serenity Integrated Care Limited | England & Wales | £2,700 |
| 3201212/2024 | 24 April 2025 | Miss T Royal | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401202/2025 | 23 April 2025 | Mr P Warboys | The Moody Goose Ltd | England & Wales | £3,630 |
| 2306128/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr W Zhou C1 Mr J Jarrett C2 Mr J Mockfort C3 | Perfect Pint Pub Co Limited (in liquidation) R1 Stonegate Pub Co Limited R2 | England & Wales | £3,463 |
| 3311171/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr S Paulikas | Robertas Ulevicius Ltd (sued as Robertas Ulevicius) | England & Wales | £1,750 |
| 6022997/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr C Calogero | Authentic Italian Street Food Limited HELD AT: Liverpool (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201278/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr Vinayak Pawale | FAMS Group Ltd | England & Wales | £4,816 |
| 4100118/2025 | 23 April 2025 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100118/2025 (V)5 Held on July 2025 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr L Hunt | GS Plumbing, Heating & Gas Ltd st | Scotland | £2,211 |
| 6000403/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr K Theodoridis | Intsol Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302951/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mrs Elaine Tapsell, Ms Maria Hughes, and Mr Ellis Tilley-Hughes | Consult Group Ltd [R1], Consult Cleaning Limited [R2] (dissolved), Mr Gavin Galloway [R3], and Ms Carly Crombie [R4] | England & Wales | £1,838 |
| 2600703/2025 | 23 April 2025 | Mr W Oldham | North Lincs Bio Fuels Limited | England & Wales | £16,947 |
| 6007747/2024 | 23 April 2025 | David Cummins | Melior Sport Ltd (“in voluntary administration”) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311184/2023 | 23 April 2025 | Mr J Nash | Cotswold Drinks Co. Limited | England & Wales | £4,090 |
| 6023390/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr H Lane | DND Group Limited (under Company Voluntary Arrangement) | England & Wales | £1,823 |
| 6001979/2024 | 23 April 2025 | Mr Tal Levi | Imagine Cruising Ltd | England & Wales | £7,074 |
| 2408775/2023 | 22 April 2025 | Miss C Firth | Unity Service Group Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6002694/2023 | 22 April 2025 | Miss Elena Veysey | Horizon Care South West Limited | England & Wales | £500 |
| 6003526/2024 | 22 April 2025 | Mr M Ali | SK Lloyds Solicitors Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6014104/2025 | 22 April 2025 | J Oyewole | Moin Siddiqui, | England & Wales | £720 |
| 3201915/2023 | 22 April 2025 | Mr O Onyibe | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6000763/2025 | 22 April 2025 | Mrs V Fairbrother | Danielle Piecha | England & Wales | £10,728 |
| 6003626/2025 | 22 April 2025 | — | Cavendish Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | £2 |
| 6019154/2024 | 22 April 2025 | Mr Sanjay Kumar Kaul | Hitamgroup Limited (previously listed as “Mitara, Subsidiary of Hitam Group Ltd”) | England & Wales | £5,420 |
| 6001494/2025 | 22 April 2025 | Anya Hogg | Punchard Surveying Limited | England & Wales | £2,003 |
| 2304100/2023 | 22 April 2025 | Miss E Pierce | Nudo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401603/2024 | 22 April 2025 | (1) Miss N Costick (2) Miss D Read (3) Mrs H Costick | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | £1,183 |
| 6006396/2024 | 22 April 2025 | Mr R Amin | Paystream My Max Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6014144/2025 | 22 April 2025 | Katie Haines | Caskaway Taverns Ltd t/a Thomas Becket Pub | England & Wales | £3,056 |
| 6013867/2025 | 20 April 2025 | Mr A Howsam | Concept Construction SW Ltd | England & Wales | £1,250 |
| 6013768/2025 | 18 April 2025 | Ms L Vout | Holbeach Motors Ltd T/A Swift Car Care Brampton | England & Wales | £3,947 |
| 6013711/2025 | 18 April 2025 | J Roberts | Clockworks Steakhouse Ltd | England & Wales | £2,926 |
| 6012188/2024 | 17 April 2025 | Ms Anna Bonaccorso | The Old Sergeant Pub | England & Wales | £577 |