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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2303257/2019 | 4 May 2021 | Mr P Broome | Sally-Ann Gosling t/a Riding Farm Equestrian Centre Heard | England & Wales | £1,355 |
| 3303706/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Miss Casserley, Counsel For the | Mr Gray - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3321023/2019 | 4 May 2021 | Mr M Goodrum | Virgin Media Limited; and | England & Wales | — |
| 3303701/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Mrs M James | GEO Amey Pecs Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601496/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Mrs J Grant | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1402540/2020 | 30 April 2021 | In person, assisted by his wife | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600592/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr J Lambert | Tony Team Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603545/2019 | 30 April 2021 | Mr D Middleton |
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 |
| — |
| 1309330/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr M Beasley | Secretary of State for Education | England & Wales | — |
| 2600079/2021 | 30 April 2021 | Mrs R Powell | (R1) The Royal British Legion (R2) National Memorial Arboretum (R3) Ms Susan Smith (R4) Ms Jane Jennings | England & Wales | — |
| 1802863/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mr J Duxbury | University of Huddersfield FINAL HEARING Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | £107,795 |
| 2206790/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Miss R Maddock | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2300640/2019 | 29 April 2021 | M Wright | The Governing Body of Cardinal Newman Catholic School | England & Wales | — |
| 2305426/2019 | 29 April 2021 | In person For the | Ms S Causer (Lay rep and Chair of Trustees) | England & Wales | £2,463 |
| 1806328/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr R Thomas | Michael Michael HELD: Sheffield | England & Wales | — |
| 3311817/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr Michael Wright | Heritage Automative Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3302796/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr D Gibson | Busy Bees Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3213169/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr C Wyness | Rigging Services Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307465/2020 | 28 April 2021 | No attendance For the | Executive Care Agency Midlands Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200247/2021 | 28 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306656/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mr A Kena-Abrokwa | KGB Cleaning and Support Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602555/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Ms L Regan | The Governing Body of Hillocks Primary and Nursery School | England & Wales | — |
| 2200063/2016 | 28 April 2021 | Miss R Boampong | LCH Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500812/2020 | 27 April 2021 | Miss B Russell | First Source Solutions UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405748/2019 | 27 April 2021 | Mr S Bible | Stateside Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404318/2020 | 27 April 2021 | In person For the | Mrs D Hummerstone, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1601480/2020 | 27 April 2021 | Miss T Laskey | MWR Sales Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404732/2020 | 26 April 2021 | Mrs J A Gover | Sursum Limited t/a Bramley House | England & Wales | — |
| 1305688/2020 | 26 April 2021 | Ms P McDonald | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2205691/2018 | 26 April 2021 | Mr Algis Anglickas | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325756/2019 | 26 April 2021 | Mr M Farrington | Wellingborough Norse Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303071/2020 | 24 April 2021 | Mr S Cheesman | Leaders Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201297/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Mr Y Mahmood | Keolis Amey Docklands Limited | England & Wales | £37,006 |
| 1803903/2020 | 23 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £0 |
| 4101441/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Ms A Canaj | Represented by:15 Mr Kadirgolam, Solicitor Atalian Servest Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2603735/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mr H Norwood | Ashfield Effluent Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401229/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mr S Bortey | City Building Engineering Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300063/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Ms O Hawkesworth | Kentucky Fried Chicken Great Britain Ltd Fieldrose Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405020/2019 | 22 April 2021 | Mr S Belsom | The White Horse Caravan Company Limited Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2300006/2018 | 22 April 2021 | Mr M Jackson of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1406574/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mr C Thick | Hillier Recycling Limited T/a Quickskips | England & Wales | — |
| 1305642/2019 | 22 April 2021 | Mr T Williams | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2415347/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mr M Bell | Machfab Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404410/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mrs L Lakh | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2501498/2020 | 22 April 2021 | Mr A Grant | EE Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600566/2020 | 21 April 2021 | Mr S Jones | British Airways Maintenance Cardiff Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303731/2019 | 21 April 2021 | Miss J A Gower | Babcock Land Defence Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304263/2020 | 21 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804630/2020 | 21 April 2021 | Miss Lindsay Smith | SHARE Multi-Academy Trust | England & Wales | £10,450 |
| 2206442/2021 | 21 April 2021 | Mr R John | Select Service Partner UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |