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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300057/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Mr Juraj Vysvader | The Garden Pub Ltd - The Woodman | England & Wales | £100 |
| 2302312/2019 | 25 March 2021 | Ms Ferrario, Counsel For the | Mr Chaudhry, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1403107/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Miss C Bird | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307862/2019 | 25 March 2021 | Dr M Ahmad (Counsel) For | Ms A Smith | England & Wales | — |
| 1400138/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Miss J Duvall-Richards | Curo | England & Wales | — |
| 2304524/2018 | 25 March 2021 | Mrs W Hyrmak | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201632/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Mr P Navarro Molina | Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305562/2020 | 24 March 2021 | Ms Veronica Davies | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust |
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 |
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| 1309304/2019 | 24 March 2021 | Mr James Porter | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3306124/2020 | 24 March 2021 | Quint Murphy | Stanley Consultants Inc. | England & Wales | — |
| 1402626/2020 | 24 March 2021 | Mr C Bowrage | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202664/2020 | 24 March 2021 | Mr H Clark | Essex Glass & Windscreens Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201081/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Mrs P Hodge | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2406458/2019 | 23 March 2021 | Mr S Kirk | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | £16,154 |
| 1600013/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Ms J Young | Watkin Jones & Son Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401026/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Mr J Bromige, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304832/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Mr J Dilworth | Ryman Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304355/2018 | 23 March 2021 | Ms D McElvaney-Bryson | Iceland Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410662/2019 | 23 March 2021 | Mr P McCool | Unilever UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503454/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr A Thomas | Hertel (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303783/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mr Barrie Thornton | Unity Education Trust OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3307505/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Mrs S Bowden | Agincare Live In Care South East Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303142/2020 | 22 March 2021 | No attendance For the | Mr A Khan, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2302582/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Ms S McLoughlin, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308010/2019 | 22 March 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304502/2018 | 22 March 2021 | Mr G Brown, Lay Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202430/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr Denzil McDonald | The Governors of Buxton School | England & Wales | — |
| 3202112/2019 | 22 March 2021 | Mr M Harris | Colchester United FC Football in the Community | England & Wales | — |
| 1403108/2020 | 22 March 2021 | Ms N. Gill | Independent Living West Country Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405553/2019 | 20 March 2021 | Mrs S Sutherland | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4104868/2019 | 20 March 2021 | Member J Burnett Tribunal Member R McPherson Ms K Downes | , Solicitor Western Isles Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2301123/2019 | 20 March 2021 | Mr M Somasundaram | Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion | England & Wales | — |
| 2302181/2019 | 20 March 2021 | Ms G Jeffrey | South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303650/2018 | 19 March 2021 | Ms G Churchhouse of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401122/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Ms S Davies | HM Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2302738/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr Wesley Macarty | CPP-LM Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501114/2024 | 19 March 2021 | I Ajo | The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natural Beauty | England & Wales | — |
| 2600235/2021 | 19 March 2021 | Mr. D Cooper | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502655/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr D Handysides | South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2305555/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr G Pond | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2300140/2020 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Carew | Pure Gym Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305582/2019 | 19 March 2021 | Mr B Dodds | Genial Associates Limited & Ors. OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2304486/2018 | 19 March 2021 | Mr A Zelik | Say Fromage Limited Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 4114284/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr G Docherty | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804284/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Ms Rita Mehta | Lowell Financial Ltd Heard by: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1804600/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr J Close | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2400534/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mrs L Dowling | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402304/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr D Walker | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603694/2019 | 18 March 2021 | Mr K Farhadi | De Montfort University | England & Wales | — |
| 4105297/2020 | 18 March 2021 | 5 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105297/2020 Interim Relief Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on February 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr D Robertson | Represented by: Ms L Neil Solicitor Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited | Scotland | — |