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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404616/2019 | 16 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £31,890 |
| 1803457/2021 | 16 August 2021 | Mr A Barkley | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3212823/2020 | 16 August 2021 | Miss P Fletcher | Cream Town Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1300574/2021 | 16 August 2021 | Mr C Emms | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300432/2022 | 16 August 2021 | Mr J Jenkins (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313947/2020 | 15 August 2021 | Mr B Patel | WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315272/2020 | 14 August 2021 | Mr L Varnam, Counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403362/2020 | 13 August 2021 | Christian Mallon | Electus Recruitment Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
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 |
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| 3318929/2019 | 13 August 2021 | Ms N Barney | Amersham and Windsor Carriage Company Ltd | England & Wales | £1,093 |
| 2600924/2020 | 13 August 2021 | Mr J Lawrence | British Gas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304849/2019 | 13 August 2021 | Mr P Penny | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500282/2020 | 12 August 2021 | Catherine Millward | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3325855/2019 | 12 August 2021 | Mr T Millward | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403741/2020 | 12 August 2021 | Miss E Carradine | 1 Star Care (Bristol) Ltd 2 Ms T Alway Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 1802143/2021 | 12 August 2021 | Miss R Hemingway | Yorkshire Ambulance Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1802385/2020 | 12 August 2021 | Mr R Stephens | Denholm Logistics UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401187/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Ms G Bircham | Whitbread Group plc Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 1401891/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Mr Trevor Hackett | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1402086/2020 | 11 August 2021 | Mr D Cooper | A2B Newquay Travel Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 2411692/2019 | 10 August 2021 | Mr M Simpson | Thomas Cook | England & Wales | — |
| 2413902/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Mr G Ramsden | The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601558/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr. M Skubis | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2424418/2017 | 10 August 2021 | — | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400317/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr A George | Peter Cox Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200032/2020 | 10 August 2021 | Ms R. Harman | Strettons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111111/2019 | 10 August 2021 | Mr P Costello | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1800592/2021 | 10 August 2021 | Mr C Simpson | Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Ltd T/a Omexom | England & Wales | — |
| 2501016/2020 | 9 August 2021 | Mr A Preece | The Chief Constable Northumbria Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3321596/2019 | 9 August 2021 | In person For the | Mr L Ashwood, solicitor UNANIMOUS | England & Wales | £731 |
| 1402575/2020 | 9 August 2021 | Mr J Walker | Blue Group UK Retail Ltd (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500213/2020 | 9 August 2021 | Mr I T Pattison | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 4103739/2020 | 9 August 2021 | : E Farrell S Larkin Mr W Brown | Represented by: Mr E Mowat Solicitor Hayward Contracts Ltd | Scotland | £2,155 |
| 3326180/2019 | 7 August 2021 | Miss A Austin | Gas Logic Limited (t/a Logic4Training) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601116/2021 | 6 August 2021 | Mr L Vadas | Bakkavor Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108537/2021 | 6 August 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number:4108537/2021 Mrs L J Thomson | Brodies LLP | Scotland | — |
| 2600913/2020 | 6 August 2021 | Miss A Aldridge | St.Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1300496/2021 | 6 August 2021 | Ms T Oyidi | The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2304382/2019 | 6 August 2021 | Ms Z Hilton-Webb | Minis Childcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312368/2020 | 6 August 2021 | Mr J Lewis | AARA Corporate No. 76 (no response received) | England & Wales | £5,064 |
| 3314602/2020 | 6 August 2021 | Mr Denman, Lay Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203886/2019 | 5 August 2021 | A Sanyaolu | Faz Sajjadi | England & Wales | £98 |
| 1602009/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Mr P Webb | DWR Cymru Welsh Water | England & Wales | — |
| 1309177/2019 | 4 August 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 1400292/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mr M Marsden | Clarkson Evans Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3205173/2021 | 4 August 2021 | Mrs A Hind | Success for All Education Trust/Redden Court School | England & Wales | — |
| 2300404/2020 | 4 August 2021 | Miss B Norgrove | The Back Up Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602275/2019 | 4 August 2021 | — | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | £3,478 |
| 1406237/2019 | 4 August 2021 | Ms H Charles | Central Southern Security Limited | England & Wales | — |