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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2307822/2020 | 21 July 2022 | — | The Works Stores | England & Wales | — |
| 1402378/2021 | 21 July 2022 | In person, assisted by his partner Ms Buckingham For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202186/2022 | 21 July 2022 | Mr J Madigan | The British Library | England & Wales | — |
| 1401603/2021 | 21 July 2022 | Miss Marina Akarepi | Dice Quest Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300754/2021 | 20 July 2022 | Mrs S Josipovic | Haberdasher’s Aske’s Temple Grove Free School | England & Wales | — |
| 1601824/2021 | 20 July 2022 | Miss L Bonney | NHS Shared Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2305975/2021 | 20 July 2022 | Miss S Bennett | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3306140/2020 | 20 July 2022 | In person For the |
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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| 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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| 3325471/2019 | 20 July 2022 | C Obazuaye For the | A Allen QC | England & Wales | — |
| 2600081/2021 | 20 July 2022 | Mrs J Smith | Home from Home Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204580/2021 | 19 July 2022 | Miss P Thompson | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2601875/2021 | 19 July 2022 | Miss F Goodwin | Mitchells & Butlers Retails Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600657/2021 | 19 July 2022 | Mr R Romero | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2405376/2020 | 19 July 2022 | Dr Z Fitzgerald | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1300724/2022 | 19 July 2022 | Mr A Singh | Anglia Home Furnishings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315415/2022 | 19 July 2022 | F McLaughlin & M Walsh-Pammen (Personal representatives of the estate of Mr B Walsh, deceased) | Morrison Data Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601536/2021 | 18 July 2022 | M Thurling | Rockwool Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601585/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Mrs E Meacham | Pembrokeshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2208802/2022 | 18 July 2022 | Mr A Lazreg | Veolia ES (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302479/2021 | 18 July 2022 | Ms R Ogedi-Uzokwe | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2201380/2020 | 18 July 2022 | Mrs L Cook | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | £10,000 |
| 2203461/2021 | 18 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600471/2022 | 16 July 2022 | Mr R Nowak | DHL Aviation UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320853/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Not present For the | Norse Commercial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600999/2022 | 15 July 2022 | Mr. P Bowley | Creed Food Services | England & Wales | — |
| 4111986/2021 | 15 July 2022 | Ms S Cameron | Dumfries and Galloway Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3220569/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Philip Smith | Swann Engineering Group Limited | England & Wales | £34,290 |
| 1307009/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Mrs A Seivewright | NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU | England & Wales | — |
| 1404996/2019 | 15 July 2022 | Mr R Phillips | Bournemouth and Poole college | England & Wales | — |
| 2305212/2020 | 15 July 2022 | Miss Helen Rolle | Total Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805088/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Miss B Jacks | The Vital Element (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207261/2021 | 14 July 2022 | In Person, accompanied by his mother Ms L Levenson For First | Bucket Group Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1302836/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Miss K Lemon | Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402825/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr H Cuthbertson | Teleperformance limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300509/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mr G Burgess | Walthamstow Hall Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4110269/2015 | 14 July 2022 | Mr. P McWilliams | Represented by: - Mr. E Hawthorn, Advocate Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | Scotland | — |
| 2302968/2019 | 14 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £2,016 |
| 2301822/2020 | 14 July 2022 | Mr CT | The Forward Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602772/2022 | 14 July 2022 | Mrs K Kulasooriya | The Secretary of State for Justice FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2501708/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Robert Oyston | Council of the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland | England & Wales | — |
| 4112056/2021 | 14 July 2022 | — | Universal Student Living Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3319551/2019 | 14 July 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2407180/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Miss S Taylor | Vesta Care (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300507/2021 | 14 July 2022 | Mr C Hagan | Sky Retail Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110008/2021 | 13 July 2022 | Mr C Kilshaw | Santander UK plc | Scotland | — |
| 1311241/2020 | 13 July 2022 | Mr K Grant | Ocardo Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414432/2021 | 12 July 2022 | Mr D Hession | 1.Prosperity Law LLP 2.Mr A Farrell 3.Mr S Gerrard 4.Mr E Smethurst | England & Wales | — |
| 2203620/2021 | 12 July 2022 | Mr B Tonner | GMB Heard via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | England & Wales | — |
| 3321185/2021 | 12 July 2022 | Ms K. Cooper | MHC Peterborough Ltd | England & Wales | £12,642 |
| 1305233/2021 | 11 July 2022 | Mrs D Begg | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |