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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1310245/2020 | 2 July 2021 | in person For the | Mr M Warren-Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 1807093/2020 | 2 July 2021 | Mr N. Lambley | National Crime Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 3300000/2020 | 2 July 2021 | Ms T Aminu | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1802616/2021 | 2 July 2021 | Mrs Tracey Harrison-Racey | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200760/2020 | 2 July 2021 | Mr S Betteridge | The Vine Residential Services (TVRS) Ltd | England & Wales | £3,808 |
| 2500748/2020 | 2 July 2021 | Miss Chloe Bage | Valuation Office Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1300277/2021 | 2 July 2021 | Mr M White | The Governing Body of Sherbourne Fields School | England & Wales | — |
| 4103766/2020 |
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.
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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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| 4111404/2019 | 2 July 2021 | — | All Job Trading Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2500060/2021 | 2 July 2021 | Miss L Bentley | Greene King Retail Services Limited Heard: Remotely (by telephone) | England & Wales | — |
| 4107639/2020 | 2 July 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number:4107639/2020 Mrs L McPherson | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1601578/2020 | 1 July 2021 | Mr. J. Durbin | Marks and Spencer plc HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2600592/2021 | 1 July 2021 | Mr D C Morris | (R1) LCC Business Group/LLC Business Group (R2) Leicestershire County Council (R3) The Governing Body of Congerstone Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2604107/2020 | 1 July 2021 | Mr A Skrobich | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403792/2020 | 1 July 2021 | Mrs K Wyatt | Barchester Health Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1406377/2019 | 1 July 2021 | Representing herself For the | — | England & Wales | £2,801 |
| 3305592/2020 | 1 July 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3219992/2020 | 1 July 2021 | Ms S O’Brien | Holmes & Hills Solicitors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3202640/2019 | 1 July 2021 | Mr I Barteczko | B3 Architects Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100439/2021 | 1 July 2021 | Mr J Brogan | Represented by:15 Mr Gerry Loughery - Solicitor Personal Hygiene Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2301327/2019 | 1 July 2021 | Mrs D Czech | New England Seafood International Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402849/2019 | 30 June 2021 | Mrs J Lewis | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2301186/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Miss M Stanley, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4109251/2021 | 30 June 2021 | — | Vascutek Limited (t/a Terumo Aortic) | Scotland | — |
| 1600078/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Mr D Izilein | Royal College of Nursing Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2302627/2019 | 30 June 2021 | Mr D Bird | M4 Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400858/2019 | 30 June 2021 | Mr J Grantham | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1806739/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Mr E Ker | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police HELD: By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404828/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Mr J Cook | The County Tyre Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2406408/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Mrs L Taleporos | Sunrise UK Operation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405391/2020 | 29 June 2021 | Mr R Hobson | Wessex Eagle Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601871/2018 | 29 June 2021 | Mr W Roderick | The Chief Constable of South Wales Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1402867/2019 | 29 June 2021 | Mr Gidney, counsel | Mr Howson, consultant, Peninsula | England & Wales | — |
| 1405511/2020 | 29 June 2021 | Miss J Allen | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2401620/2021 | 29 June 2021 | Ms J Morris | Denholm Logistics UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3334770/2018 | 29 June 2021 | Ms Millicent Clarke | London Borough of Brent Heard By: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2602655/2020 | 29 June 2021 | Mr R Hempsell | Cadent Gas Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308979/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Mr R Bermingham | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415146/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Miss A Tariq | Smart NYD Limited t/a New York Diner | England & Wales | — |
| 4102314/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr J Bolger | Pointmedia Creative Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3200559/2019 | 28 June 2021 | Ms S Begum | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600191/2021 | 28 June 2021 | Mr D Biddles | Leicestershire Aero Club Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602378/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Ms Stokes | Lewis Homes (South Wales) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300443/2019 | 28 June 2021 | in person / Ms Turner, lay representative | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805861/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr P King | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100135/2021 | 28 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4100135/2021 Open Preliminary Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on June 202110 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr Bryan McMurtrie | Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 3307519/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Mr M Charles | Allvotec Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403198/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Miss C Drewett | Petworth Surgery | England & Wales | — |
| 1601024/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Miss J Philpott | Maximus UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3318948/2019 | 27 June 2021 | Mr A S Joseph | Dnata Ltd | England & Wales | — |