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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4108082/2021 | 2 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108082/2021 Mr B Fraser | Represented by: Mr R Lawson - Solicitor Edinburgh Bus Tours Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3313287/2019 | 2 June 2021 | Mr L Davies, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403860/2020 | 2 June 2021 | Mr B Major | TJ Morris T/A Home Bargains | England & Wales | — |
| 2409603/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Mr J Williams | North Wales Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1802036/2020 | 1 June 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300271/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Mr G Plummer | Education for the 21st Century Heard | England & Wales | £131 |
| 3202971/2019 | 1 June 2021 | Mr David Taylor-Webb | Dennis Eagle Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207216/2020 | 31 May 2021 | Ms Beech (Counsel) For the First |
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 |
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| 3303759/2019 | 28 May 2021 | Mr R Grozdanov | Redstone Converged Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305359/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr S Curry | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106707/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr M Leonard | BT Group plc | Scotland | — |
| 1401770/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr D Moodie | B.S. Steels Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2304523/2018 | 28 May 2021 | Mr Steven Haynes | Musicians’ Union | England & Wales | — |
| 1405952/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr J Barlow | Exeter City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3301563/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Miss H Ebdon | Norfolk County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3311637/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Mr R Midgley | Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 3303733/2020 | 28 May 2021 | Ms J O’Neill (McKenzie Friend). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300232/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr M Wingrove | Rentokil Initial UK Ltd t/a Rentokil Pest Control | England & Wales | — |
| 4104130/2020 | 27 May 2021 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4104130/2020 Held remotely on 19, 20, 21, 26, and April 2021 (V) Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member Mrs J Lindsay Tribunal Member Mrs S Lawson Mrs G Dinse | Represented by: Ms S Shiels – Solicitor Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 4105118/2020 | 27 May 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105118/2020 Mrs L McNiven | Tesco Store Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1600350/2019 | 27 May 2021 | Mr. M. Roberts | Conwy County Borough Council HELD BY: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2409751/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr D Grayson | Waitrose plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1300435/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr A O’Donnell, Ms T O’Donnell and Mrs C O’Donnell | The SMART Actuator Company Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £49,926 |
| 3304872/2020 | 27 May 2021 | Mr J Cameron | And Superdrug Stores plc Held by telephone on 27 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 4105630/2020 | 26 May 2021 | In Person 20 John Lewis Plc | Represented by Ms L Gould,25 Counsel. | Scotland | — |
| 2304926/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Mr G Marsden | Bucher Municipal Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403072/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Miss J Penny | Estée Lauder Cosmetics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321216/2019 | 26 May 2021 | Miss A Khamis | And Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd Held by CVP on 19 April 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 1802264/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Miss S Zandy | UK Language Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201767/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Mrs Andrea Moore | Clarion Housing Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601263/2020 | 26 May 2021 | Mr C Parry | DSG Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307164/2020 | 26 May 2021 | A Freeman | Sainsbury Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602831/2018 | 25 May 2021 | Mrs A Wilford | Evolve Trust AT A FINAL HEARING In: The Midlands (East) Region. Heard: Remotely, via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3304130/2020 | 25 May 2021 | Ms M Brown | Nisbets plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4103790/2020 | 25 May 2021 | — | Moore House School Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2205307/2019 | 25 May 2021 | Mr L Thompson | Ultra Serve Europe Limited London Central via CVP 19 to 25 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 1401948/2019 | 25 May 2021 | Ms K Pokrywka | Meadows Visionplus Limited Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £500 |
| 2401450/2020 | 25 May 2021 | Mr A Lawton | Crystal Ball Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306765/2020 | 24 May 2021 | Mrs R Moseley | John Craddock Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103598/2020 | 24 May 2021 | Member G Doherty Tribunal Member J Gallacher Ms S Cairney | Represented by: Mr E Mowat, Solicitor The National Autistic Society | Scotland | — |
| 2403480/2020 | 24 May 2021 | Mr P Moran | Motor Bodies Widnes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300382/2019 | 24 May 2021 | Miss C. Nicholls | Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403185/2020 | 24 May 2021 | Mr D Gatt | Kilnbridge Construction Services Ltd c/o David Sanchez | England & Wales | — |
| 4108017/2020 | 22 May 2021 | Russell | — | Scotland | — |
| 1402630/2020 | 21 May 2021 | Ms K Bolton, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1602019/2020 | 21 May 2021 | Mr M Keats | V12 Retail Finance Limited RECONSIDERATION | England & Wales | — |
| 2204584/2020 | 21 May 2021 | did not attend For the | Ms S. Jolly Q.C. | England & Wales | — |
| 2203405/2020 | 21 May 2021 | Ms A Holland, lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3304040/2020 | 21 May 2021 | Mr. J. Morgan | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3213350/2020 | 21 May 2021 | Mr M Kumi | City Calling Limited | England & Wales | — |