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Tribunal Watch has indexed 15,226 UK employment tribunal cases involving disability discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,650 (the largest £269,114) across 939 cases. Tribunals upheld 22% of the 8,602 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,162 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,677 | 52% |
| Upheld | 1,925 | 15% |
| Other | 1,562 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,319 | 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 | 1,478 | |
| 2026 | 1,038 |
| 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 |
| 3302311/2023 | 18 June 2026 | Ms Rumyanka Spasova | Oak Farm (Taverham) Limited | £153,804 |
| 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 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1403532/2018 | 8 April 2021 | Mr N. Smith (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2400068/2021 | 8 April 2021 | Mrs A Mitchell | Northern Building Design Associates Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802196/2020 | 8 April 2021 | — | Alliance Healthcare Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | £10,933 |
| 3324356/2019 | 7 April 2021 | — | Active Assistance Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 4110828/2019 | 7 April 2021 | — | Paisley Despatch Ltd and A McAulay Keddie | Scotland | — |
| 1602525/2020 | 7 April 2021 | Miss LE Lewis | TLC Nursing & Homecare Plus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204541/2019 | 6 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3314867/2019 | 6 April 2021 | Mr. K Nottra | Santander UK plc |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 34 |
| 17 | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 34 |
| 18 | Amazon UK Services Limited | 31 |
| 19 | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | 31 |
| 20 | DHL Services Limited | 28 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2414225/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr J Ford Brown | Heightsafe Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314398/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr K Hurry | Prime Steak & Grill | England & Wales | — |
| 1806613/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr N Drury | Everard Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402527/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr A Subhan | Rac Motoring Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2414401/2019 | 6 April 2021 | in person For the | Mr Brayley (director) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303135/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr Megha (for Ms Woodun) Ms Leaver (for Ms Kellam) For the | Mr Singer PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1602052/2019 | 6 April 2021 | Mr Andras Toth | HR GO (Liverpool) Ltd (R1) Mayr-Meinhof Packaging UK Ltd (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314559/2020 | 5 April 2021 | Mrs S Patel | BPP Professional Education Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302296/2020 | 5 April 2021 | Mrs A Adeniran-Driver | Vocalink Ltd | England & Wales | £71,473 |
| 2600066/2021 | 1 April 2021 | Miss E Kennedy | Tec Partnership t/a The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education | England & Wales | — |
| 1401324/2020 | 1 April 2021 | In person For the | Mr Potterton | England & Wales | — |
| 1402835/2021 | 1 April 2021 | Stephen Jones | Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) | England & Wales | — |
| 1308131/2019 | 1 April 2021 | Mr I McFarlane | ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1304453/2020 | 1 April 2021 | Miss I Virk | Estée Lauder Cosmetics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600885/2020 | 1 April 2021 | MR THAKERAR (COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303449/2018 | 1 April 2021 | Stuart Walton | Thurairajah Sivakumar | England & Wales | £375 |
| 2602697/2018 | 1 April 2021 | Ms A Kownacka | Textbook Teachers Limited Heard via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 1404028/2019 | 1 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402875/2019 | 31 March 2021 | Mr C Jackson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335546/2018 | 31 March 2021 | Mr H Pope | And WFL (UK) Ltd t/a Watsons Fuels Held by CVP on 11 March 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 3201544/2019 | 31 March 2021 | Mr G Grayling | Wolseley UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302505/2017 | 31 March 2021 | Miss D Gibbons | 1) Mr K Chinambu & 2) Nationwide Building Society | England & Wales | — |
| 1400498/2021 | 31 March 2021 | Mr A J Cambridge | Mott MacDonald Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600530/2020 | 31 March 2021 | Mr R Jackson | Countrywide Freight Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401811/2018 | 31 March 2021 | In person For the | Ms P Hall, Litigation Executive | England & Wales | — |
| 2603890/2020 | 31 March 2021 | Mr. Lee Forbes | Reflex Labels Plus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303836/2020 | 31 March 2021 | Mr C Milsom, of counsel For the | Mr D Craig, of Her Majesty’s counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3321958/2019 | 31 March 2021 | — | New Look Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202028/2020 | 31 March 2021 | Miss C Williams | Fortell Rail Construction Ltd t/a Sky Blue Solutions & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2413970/2019 | 30 March 2021 | Ms Helene Corlett | Halton Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301848/2017 | 29 March 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403870/2020 | 29 March 2021 | Miss E Mallinson | Art1 Services Limited t/a Manor Farm Residential Home | England & Wales | — |
| 4104838/2020 | 26 March 2021 | Ms J Sharkie | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | Scotland | — |
| 3303551/2020 | 26 March 2021 | Mr A. Liaquat | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404952/2020 | 26 March 2021 | Mr C Searles | Castleman Accident Repair and Service Ltd | England & Wales | £7,550 |
| 1800237/2021 | 26 March 2021 | Mr M. Pacey | EC Outsourcing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201632/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Mr P Navarro Molina | Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2503626/2018 | 25 March 2021 | Mrs S Smith | Health Education England | England & Wales | — |
| 1400138/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Miss J Duvall-Richards | Curo | England & Wales | — |
| 1403107/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Miss C Bird | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300057/2020 | 25 March 2021 | Mr Juraj Vysvader | The Garden Pub Ltd - The Woodman | England & Wales | £100 |