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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3321094/2019 | 18 October 2021 | Mr O Ball | Epic Pub Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3207431/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Ms Rita Modza | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 2305075/2020 | 18 October 2021 | Ms C Webb | Rawling and sons (Opticians) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4113855/2019 | 18 October 2021 | : Mr R McPherson Mr A McFarlane Mr G Reid | ’s Mother Brakes Bros Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102242/2020 | 18 October 2021 | M Kearns Tribunal Members: Mr G Doherty Mr W Muir Mrs R R Bhatti | Represented by: Ms L Hart Strathclyde University Law Clinic Nuffield Health | Scotland | — |
| 2402184/2021 | 18 October 2021 | Ms R Dennon | JD Gyms | England & Wales | — |
| 3305127/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Ms Jenny Millar, Niece For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300436/2020 |
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 |
| 15 October 2021 |
| In Person For the |
| — |
| England & Wales |
| £36 |
| 2601798/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs S D McMillan | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500259/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Miss J Beveridge | Durham University Hybrid hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 3303219/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs S Wallis | Buttle plc Heard: By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1309671/2020 | 15 October 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2417995/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs Patricia Jones | Emcor UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2414525/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Mr R Hussain | Hanson Springs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401905/2020 | 15 October 2021 | Broome | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3318961/2019 | 15 October 2021 | Mrs. A. Lukasik | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302600/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mr C Rundle | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3323547/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mrs J Chadderton | Everyday Loans Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603562/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mr. W Reith | Heaton Products Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803647/2021 | 14 October 2021 | Mr C Smith | Canal & River Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303077/2019 | 14 October 2021 | Mr P de Coste | Axis Elevators | England & Wales | £16,997 |
| 1302088/2019 | 13 October 2021 | Mrs S Reeves | Gloverpriest Solicitors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303524/2020 | 13 October 2021 | Miss R Aston | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400943/2021 | 13 October 2021 | In person For the | ABG Couriers Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600125/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mr M Gregory | Engie FM Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2203793/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Ms J Rajput | Commerzbank AG | England & Wales | — |
| 1600302/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Mrs M Becher | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 4120679/2018 | 12 October 2021 | Mulheron | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | Scotland | — |
| 2409102/2021 | 12 October 2021 | Ms K Turner | Edge Hill University | England & Wales | — |
| 2413669/2019 | 12 October 2021 | Mr K Stanley | Microlise Limited | England & Wales | £39,524 |
| 1807392/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Miss A Razak | Costco Wholesale (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807361/2020 | 12 October 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3207924/2021 | 11 October 2021 | Ms A Rosu | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406500/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms J Hammond | Worle Community School Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1601365/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Ms H Grindley | Coppersun Dental Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601812/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr R Brown | BT plc Heard: Via Cloud Video Platform in the Midlands (East) Region | England & Wales | — |
| 3304889/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr T Sells | Darren Lee Hancock | England & Wales | — |
| 2409169/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr C Barlow | SCSC Realisations Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation), (formerly known as S. Cartwright & Sons (Coachbuilders) Limited) | England & Wales | £2,888 |
| 1404756/2020 | 11 October 2021 | Mr S Green | Governing Body of Newbridge Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2402025/2019 | 11 October 2021 | Glenn Parkes | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2402744/2021 | 8 October 2021 | Mr N Cain | A1 Shutters Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303347/2021 | 8 October 2021 | Mrs I Diaconu | Asda-George Warehouse | England & Wales | — |
| 3306713/2020 | 8 October 2021 | Mr D Ballard | H&M Hennes and Mauritz UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802185/2021 | 8 October 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800906/2021 | 7 October 2021 | In person assisted by Ms K Stalker (partner) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401219/2021 | 7 October 2021 | Mr Iqbal | Bupa Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403538/2020 | 6 October 2021 | Ms Y Sin | Trade Wind Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402987/2020 | 6 October 2021 | Miss L Roden | Guy Bridger Ltd Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £26,258 |
| 4103316/2019 | 6 October 2021 | Member G Coyle Tribunal Member A MacDonald Ms Jill Armstrong | — | Scotland | — |
| 2300295/2020 | 6 October 2021 | Mr R Green | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |