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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300023/2020 | 9 March 2021 | Ms D Derby | Southwark Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4103655/2020 | 9 March 2021 | Mr S Ferguson | Skymore RVs Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1806037/2020 | 9 March 2021 | Mr A Wheater | Perrys Motor Sales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2504239/2019 | 9 March 2021 | Mrs B Ord | BEL Valves Limited | England & Wales | £22,947 |
| 1400996/2020 | 9 March 2021 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Mrs J Jeffery | England & Wales | — |
| 1802790/2021 | 9 March 2021 | Mr S Thompson | Tesco Stores Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2302649/2018 | 8 March 2021 | Mr Dilmi | Wilson Jones Catering Ltd Heard by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 4102165/2020 | 8 March 2021 | Ms Carole Fortune | Stobo Castle |
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 |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 1406383/2019 | 8 March 2021 | in person For the | Mr S Ball – partner | England & Wales | £27,401 |
| 1802281/2020 | 8 March 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601955/2019 | 8 March 2021 | Mr D Loftus | Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2305539/2019 | 7 March 2021 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806653/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Ms K Muff | Southfield Healthcare Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2602551/2019 | 5 March 2021 | Ms K Burton | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (“the third respondent” or “R3”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300366/2020 | 5 March 2021 | — | American Express Services Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107924/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Mr G Fawcett | Represented by A Evan-Jones Solicitor Laplace Solutions Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1401387/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Ms M McGee (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300061/2019 | 5 March 2021 | Mr A Hill | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500558/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Mr Peter Graham | Chief Constable of Cleveland Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1802864/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Mr S Gillatt | ASE plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1805882/2020 | 5 March 2021 | Mr M Butler | John Wright Electrical & Mechanical Services Limited Heard: Remotely (in public by video) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300941/2020 | 4 March 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304505/2019 | 4 March 2021 | Mr N Swords | Lingfield College Heard by Cloud video | England & Wales | £2,848 |
| 2204813/2020 | 4 March 2021 | Mr O Akinosho | London Borough of Camden | England & Wales | — |
| 3303562/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Ms M Buwa | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1602021/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mrs K Parrott | Formation Furniture Limited – In Administration | England & Wales | — |
| 2304856/2019 | 3 March 2021 | Miss R Gammon | Lowdell Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301119/2019 | 3 March 2021 | Mrs G Gray | J.Com Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312391/2019 | 3 March 2021 | Ms Shukri Jama-Yusuf | LHR Airports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501320/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mr Q Hawkins | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £5,536 |
| 4107184/2020 | 3 March 2021 | Mr G Murray | — | Scotland | — |
| 2304284/2019 | 2 March 2021 | — | Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502389/2019 | 2 March 2021 | Mr D Hall | Wood Group Industrial Services Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 2413757/2019 | 2 March 2021 | Mr M Lal | Phillips & Cohen Associates (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802775/2019 | 2 March 2021 | Mr U Saeed | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3314895/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | The Beeston Group Ltd and Beeston Regis Holiday Park Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602557/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr. C. Woolley | Motorline Ltd. LIABILITY | England & Wales | — |
| 2402617/2019 | 2 March 2021 | Ms G Thomas | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | £4,724 |
| 2409517/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr G Roberts | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2305163/2020 | 2 March 2021 | Mr K Ratnajothy | Astellas Pharma Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300328/2021 | 2 March 2021 | Mr Aldred (Trade Union Representative). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600068/2021 | 2 March 2021 | Mr D Bryan | Blinds 2 Go Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314983/2020 | 2 March 2021 | — | The Beeston Group Ltd and Beeston Regis Holiday Park Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301925/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mrs Hall | Dan Armah / Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300015/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr R Tim | Mr D Gallagher | England & Wales | — |
| 1400363/2020 | 1 March 2021 | Mr S Renz | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3321470/2019 | 28 February 2021 | Miss D Elliott | Axflow Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4122408/2018 | 27 February 2021 | Mrs H Morrison | Represented by: Mr D Hay - Counsel Inverclyde Council | Scotland | — |
| 2414219/2019 | 26 February 2021 | did not attend For the | UK Staffing Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304289/2020 | 26 February 2021 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |