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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600517/2020 | 18 January 2022 | Mrs C Evans | Maritime and Coastguard Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1803669/2021 | 18 January 2022 | Mr L Norton | Cutwel Limited HELD by: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2600650/2021 | 18 January 2022 | Ms Hussain in person For the | Mr Cameron, employment consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2301794/2021 | 18 January 2022 | Miss Y Cowan | Ketchum Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2307805/2020 | 18 January 2022 | Tye Reeves | Cityway Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 1403828/2021 | 18 January 2022 | Mr S. Langi (Solicitor) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302019/2020 | 18 January 2022 | Mr A Norton | Motorline Canterbury Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305187/2019 | 18 January 2022 | Mr B Dewing | Nev'll Fix It Limited |
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.
| British Telecommunications plc |
| 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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| 2501649/2018 | 17 January 2022 | Judy Hansen | Durham County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2403203/2020 | 17 January 2022 | Mr J Wylie | Baker Hughes | England & Wales | — |
| 2500586/2020 | 17 January 2022 | Mr Patrick Ngugi | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1601435/2020 | 17 January 2022 | Ms L Madhavan | R Gil-Candon, S Douglass, P Hedges (a partnership trading as Shotton Lane Surgery) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303100/2020 | 17 January 2022 | Mr Danny Lee | New Era Fuels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204561/2021 | 17 January 2022 | Ms K. Christofi | CRG Allied Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306669/2019 | 16 January 2022 | Miss J Denton (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600713/2021 | 14 January 2022 | Mrs S. Samule-Thomas | University of Wales Trinity St David | England & Wales | — |
| 2501243/2020 | 14 January 2022 | Ms Denise Mennim | New College Durham | England & Wales | — |
| 1805735/2021 | 14 January 2022 | — | Oakforest Joinery Contractors Ltd (sued as Oak Forest Joinery Contractors Ltd) | England & Wales | £6,087 |
| 3321069/2019 | 13 January 2022 | Mr A Baker | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1406722/2020 | 13 January 2022 | Mr C Smith | Encompass (Dorset) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302112/2022 | 13 January 2022 | Mr. B. Sandhu 1st | PMP Recruitment Limited (in administration) 2nd Respondent: CEVA Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200239/2018 | 13 January 2022 | Mr R Rogers | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400822/2019 | 13 January 2022 | Ms. Z N Clarkson-Palomares | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1300221/2021 | 13 January 2022 | Miss G Palfrey and | Drop Music Digital Limited | England & Wales | £900 |
| 3300978/2021 | 13 January 2022 | Mr J Cansdale | Bud Rescue & Recovery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1300428/2021 | 13 January 2022 | — | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2306259/2020 | 12 January 2022 | Mr K Nicholls | Invictus Roofing | England & Wales | — |
| 4109424/2021 | 12 January 2022 | — | : First Aberdeen Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301058/2021 | 12 January 2022 | Mr David Lingard | Jardox Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307253/2020 | 12 January 2022 | Miss A Ashton | SEM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406174/2020 | 12 January 2022 | Ms E Hambry | AL Realisations Limited (formerly Laura Ashley Limited) in Voluntary Creditors Liquidation | England & Wales | — |
| 1405744/2019 | 12 January 2022 | Ms F Jowett | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1803468/2020 | 12 January 2022 | — | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405339/2020 | 11 January 2022 | Miss T McLoughin | Sue Ryder | England & Wales | — |
| 2303539/2021 | 11 January 2022 | Miss S Welsh | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321170/2021 | 11 January 2022 | Ms S Messi | Charles Novacroft Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322089/2019 | 11 January 2022 | Miss I Khanem | Berkshire Schools Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601649/2019 | 11 January 2022 | Mrs J Davies | The Regard Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402619/2020 | 11 January 2022 | Mrs S Roberts | Infiled E M International Ltd By: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2305015/2021 | 11 January 2022 | Ms S Spencer | London & Quadrant | England & Wales | — |
| 3302984/2021 | 11 January 2022 | Mr Amirzadah For the | Ms Pourtival (inhouse solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3324170/2019 | 11 January 2022 | Ms Cathryn Hulme | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1600094/2021 | 11 January 2022 | Mr J Richards | Chief Constable of North Wales Police Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1305712/2020 | 10 January 2022 | Russell John Curtis | Curtiss Wright T/A E/M Coating Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2405492/2021 | 10 January 2022 | Mr P Woods | Merseyside Fire and Rescue | England & Wales | — |
| 4110245/2021 | 10 January 2022 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4110245/2021 (V) Held remotely by means of the Cloud Video Platform on 15, and December 202110 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Ms N Elliot Tribunal Member Mr A Ward Mr S McCready | Manchester Metropolitan University | Scotland | — |
| 4102333/2020 | 10 January 2022 | Ms L Davidson | Represented by: Mr S Smith - Solicitor E&M Manufacturing Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3207297/2021 | 10 January 2022 | Mr I Hashmi | HSBC Group Management Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302329/2020 | 10 January 2022 | Mr Nazeem Shah, Solicitor of OH Parson LLP For | — | England & Wales | — |