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Tribunal Watch has indexed 14,980 UK employment tribunal cases involving disability discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,571 (the largest £269,114) across 933 cases. Tribunals upheld 23% of the 8,456 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,011 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,546 | 51% |
| Upheld | 1,910 | 15% |
| Other | 1,527 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,301 | 10% |
| Settled | 29 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 221 | |
| 2018 | 336 | |
| 2019 | 2,407 | |
| 2020 | 3,169 | |
| 2021 | 1,578 | |
| 2022 | 1,696 | |
| 2023 | 1,671 | |
| 2024 | 1,632 | |
| 2025 | 1,474 | |
| 2026 | 796 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801339/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Miss S J Austin | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | £269,114 |
| 1600183/2021 | 27 November 2020 | Ms Peak Ong | Aberystwyth University | £264,442 |
| 3315465/2022 | 13 March 2025 | In person (supported by Ms R Cottingham) For the | Mach Recruitment Limited | £187,585 |
| 1306989/2020 | 24 October 2023 | Mr Daniel Williams | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | £147,573 |
| 3307425/2018 | 7 December 2020 | Mr Riffat Amin | Arrayent UK Limited | £145,513 |
| 2305316/2024 | 4 July 2025 | Mrs C Dovey | Spider Ltd (in liquidation) | £140,200 |
| 3322339/2021 | 7 September 2023 | in person For the | — | £134,412 |
| 3316147/2019 | 21 April 2022 | Mr M Saunders | Exclusive Fireplaces and Stoves Ltd | £127,418 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3305136/2022 | 10 May 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313777/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Ms H Winstone, counsel For the | Ms H Barney - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2210737/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Mrs A Tehrani | DAC Beachcroft Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3206117/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Mrs F Begum | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3213206/2020 | 10 May 2023 | Mr M O’Doherty | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601149/2021 | 10 May 2023 | Mrs Karen Ounsworth | 1) University of Nottingham 2) Ms N Anderton 3) Ms M Potts | England & Wales | — |
| 3205736/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Mr M Meggs | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500563/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Mr. A. Daniel | Mr. C. Spence, Mrs. M Spence and Mr. A Spence T/A G.E. Spence and Sons (a partnership) |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the disability discrimination caseload if disability discriminationis 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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| 34 |
| 16 | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 34 |
| 17 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 33 |
| 18 | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | 31 |
| 19 | Amazon UK Services Limited | 30 |
| 20 | DHL Services Limited | 28 |
| England & Wales |
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| 4103771/2022 | 10 May 2023 | M Shearer | Litigant In Person Muir Leisure Limited (part of Muir Group PLC) | Scotland | — |
| 6000184/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Mr A Ntiege | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2204681/2022 | 10 May 2023 | Ms L Wills | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1802290/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mrs Tracy Ann Elder as administrator on behalf of the estate of Matthew Elder | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000056/2022 | 9 May 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000056/2022 Held at Edinburgh on April 2023 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Mr C Thacker | Represented by: Mr D Stevenson, CAB representative Bridgend Farmhouse | Scotland | — |
| 3206003/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr G Sanghu | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801131/2022 | 9 May 2023 | Mr M Taylor | Lidl Great Britain Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | £2,244 |
| 1304246/2021 | 7 May 2023 | Mrs Nadine Jolly | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2400799/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mr H Amin | Manchester Airports Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3300426/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mr M Humphrey First | Keith Taurai Bero Second Respondent: Boardworks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204759/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Miss K Dhar | Ford Retail Limited t/a | England & Wales | — |
| 8000059/2023 | 5 May 2023 | — | Serco Caledonian Sleepers Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1802204/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mrs M Lynskey | Direct Line Insurance Services Ltd Heard: In Leeds | England & Wales | £25,500 |
| 2600014/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Mrs MG Harkins | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303534/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Ms Hayley Merritt | St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1302875/2022 | 5 May 2023 | MR W RAI | Micro Pathology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301367/2021 | 5 May 2023 | Mr A Zborowski | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000111/2022 | 5 May 2023 | Ms Katrina Williamson | British Gas Trading Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1400871/2022 | 4 May 2023 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807151/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Mrs J Bestington | Panther Warehousing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401596/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Miss S Douglas | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3201302/2022 | 4 May 2023 | Ms Lakhvinder Kaur | Tunmarsh School | England & Wales | — |
| 2400894/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Mr D Verdin | M & S Transport HELD AT: Manchester (by CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408447/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Mr T Cash | Boe Gin Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600169/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Miss S D Vickers | Sense, The National Deafblind and Rubella Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2305865/2021 | 3 May 2023 | Ms A Alberto | Hillcrest Childrens Services Limited«resp_others» | England & Wales | — |
| 1305855/2020 | 3 May 2023 | Mr R Moss | Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1600714/2022 | 3 May 2023 | Mr S Bridges | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320619/2021 | 3 May 2023 | Ms T Coombs | Superdrug Stores plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2304906/2021 | 3 May 2023 | Ms M Duodu | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404850/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr D Coletta | Bolton College | England & Wales | — |
| 2414216/2021 | 2 May 2023 | Mr N Collins | Alissar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206612/2022 | 2 May 2023 | (1) Ms. I. Nikopoulou (2) Mr. I. Okorodudu | The Institute of Physics | England & Wales | — |
| 1601781/2020 | 2 May 2023 | Ms Sarah Squires | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2206619/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr J Singh | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302219/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr I Caka | Givaudan UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308971/2022 | 2 May 2023 | Mr Sabour Sattar | Parcelforce Worldwide | England & Wales | — |
| 1800759/2023 | 2 May 2023 | — | Dixon v The Borough Council of Calderdale and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2303572/2019 | 2 May 2023 | Mr M Gill | Kier Environmental Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3313791/2022 | 30 April 2023 | Mrs O Hamolli | Meister Real Estate Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415178/2021 | 28 April 2023 | Ms A Gowers | Department of Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3213032/2020 | 28 April 2023 | Mrs Janet Peart (as personal representative of Mr Derek Woodroffe, deceased) | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |