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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600566/2020 | 21 April 2021 | Mr S Jones | British Airways Maintenance Cardiff Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202201/2020 | 21 April 2021 | Mr G Bouchard | Facebook UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500840/2020 | 21 April 2021 | Miss E Peace | Commissioners for H M Revenue and Customs | 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 | — |
| 2410971/2019 | 20 April 2021 | Miss A Davin | The Governing Body of District CE Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 1305909/2020 | 20 April 2021 | No attendance For the | Mr Mc Taggart, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3324886/2019 | 20 April 2021 | Mr A Phipps |
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 |
| Hartwell plc |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2206087/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr T O'Connor | The Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London | England & Wales | — |
| 4100018/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Member McCullagh Tribunal Member Martin Mr G R Black | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £63,150 |
| 2300476/2020 | 20 April 2021 | Mr B Rainey | W M Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805835/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr B Murgatroyd | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2307171/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr J Studd | Sheegate Publishing Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1310353/2020 | 19 April 2021 | not in attendance For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3314025/2019 | 16 April 2021 | — | P Poppy and others | England & Wales | £23,590 |
| 1807287/2019 | 16 April 2021 | In person assisted by Mr R Loft For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201641/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Mr A Y Yarrow | Crown World Wide Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331238/2018 | 16 April 2021 | Mr N Swift | Evolution Sports Trading Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2206362/2020 | 16 April 2021 | Ms A Bukowska (1) Ms K Adamska (2) | Mizkan Euro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304799/2020 | 15 April 2021 | In Person For the | Mr A Weiss - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2415064/2019 | 15 April 2021 | Mr S Vernel | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1404988/2019 | 15 April 2021 | Mr M Lidbetter | Automobile Association Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601461/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr D Stevenson | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1802887/2020 | 15 April 2021 | Mr G Fowler | University of Huddersfield FINAL HEARING Heard: BY CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 3201914/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Ms B Corley | Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning | England & Wales | — |
| 1806400/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Miss L Riley | Dr David Burley, Dr Nigel Taylor, Dr Katherine Moore, Dr Teo Draghici and Dr Ruth Grainger trading as Hebden Bridge Medical Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 1405225/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Miss C. Harrison (daughter) | Miss Dawson (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2500254/2018 | 14 April 2021 | Mrs J Davison | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1804411/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Mr A Booth | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2305627/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Mr O Awodele, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401302/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Ms M Beach, Claimant’s Partner For the | Mr S Fagan, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2405476/2019 | 14 April 2021 | Miss R Foster | Nutree Life Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3213171/2020 | 13 April 2021 | Carole Scott | Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2304247/2019 | 13 April 2021 | Mrs. M Khavaja | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3306202/2020 | 13 April 2021 | — | Deans v Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303203/2020 | 13 April 2021 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600072/2020 | 13 April 2021 | Mrs S Bates | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502529/2019 | 13 April 2021 | Mr G Bailey | ADM Pressings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502708/2019 | 13 April 2021 | Miss L Hoggart | Student Loans Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503538/2019 | 12 April 2021 | Mrs J Wilkinson | The Co-operative Group Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | £12,483 |
| 2300164/2019 | 12 April 2021 | Mr Brown (Solicitor) For the | Mr Dilaimi | England & Wales | — |
| 1401133/2021 | 12 April 2021 | Dr C Van Den Anker | University Of The West Of England, Bristol & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3319539/2019 | 12 April 2021 | Ms Miller For the | Mr Uduje | England & Wales | — |
| 3305646/2020 | 12 April 2021 | Mr S Langi | OH Parsons LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404363/2020 | 12 April 2021 | Mr R Wayman of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2502489/2019 | 10 April 2021 | Normand | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | £1,381 |
| 2604486/2020 | 10 April 2021 | Mr R Peberdy | Impact Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602284/2018 | 10 April 2021 | Mr. M.J Taplin | Freeths LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404152/2020 | 9 April 2021 | Ms S Brooks | Leisure Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201119/2018 | 9 April 2021 | Mr Norman Hutchinson | Governing Body of Downsell Primary School | England & Wales | £10,906 |