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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3313473/2020 | 30 December 2020 | Miss D Tunmore | The Black Bear Public House Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110827/2019 | 30 December 2020 | Mrs I Tierney | Represented by: Mrs A Maxwell- Ferguson - Solicitor Sky Subscribers Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3327649/2019 | 29 December 2020 | Mr. A Frost | Paragon Land & Estates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202239/2020 | 29 December 2020 | Mr K Sivarajah | Sikandar Ali Jatoi Tahir Shahab Khan Salman Shah Ghulam Mustafa Saghir Ahmad | England & Wales | — |
| 2500141/2020 | 29 December 2020 | Mr D Hunter | Kuehne & Nagel Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301349/2021 | 28 December 2020 | Mr M Jackson, counsel | Mr B Hendley, Consultant | England & Wales | £1,242 |
| 3201348/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Mr Michael Hannant | Hambling Utility Services Limited |
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 |
| £3,838 |
| 4100946/2020 | 23 December 2020 | Ms D | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 1601952/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Mr. H. West | Sofidel UK Ltd HELD BY: Telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 3314771/2019 | 22 December 2020 | Ms S Phillips | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4104125/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Miss L Stokes | Represented by: J MacDonald Scottish Midland Cooperative Society Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2413280/2020 | 22 December 2020 | Miss D Smith | CRG Medical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601460/2018 | 21 December 2020 | Mr J Thomas | B & Q plc Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 2413466/2020 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs M Whalley | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100900/2020 | 21 December 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4100900/2020 (V) Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh on th November 2020, th and th February 2021 Held via the Cloud Based Video Platform (CVP)10 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr G Ross | Represented by:- Mr S Smith, Solicitor Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 1807557/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Mr M Haynes | Sky UK Limited Heard by CVP at Sheffield | England & Wales | — |
| 3202267/2019 | 21 December 2020 | Mrs A Hillsley | Home-Start Colchester | England & Wales | — |
| 2205689/2019 | 21 December 2020 | MS J MCCARTHY | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206595/2020 | 21 December 2020 | M and | Home office SITTING AT: London Central | England & Wales | — |
| 2303090/2019 | 21 December 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2603285/2020 | 19 December 2020 | In person, assisted by her father Mr James Leadbeater For the | Miss A Bullmore, Solicitor Ms W Mackney, Director of the Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 1307346/2019 | 19 December 2020 | Mr Kaysor Ahmed (family friend & union official but acting as a lay representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402401/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mrs S Ahmed | Alternative Futures Group Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1806511/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mr M Brien (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2502656/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Miss J McDonald | Tyneway Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402263/2019 | 18 December 2020 | in person For the | Mr T Sheppard | England & Wales | — |
| 2402175/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Ms N Rae | Compsych Limited | England & Wales | £25,323 |
| 4104117/2020 | 18 December 2020 | — | McCurrach UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1802283/2020 | 18 December 2020 | Mr P Hargreaves (solicitor) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200165/2019 | 18 December 2020 | Mr O O Okanlawon | London City Airport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803981/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Miss T Burton | Royal Mail Group Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1804369/2020 | 17 December 2020 | — | Brown v Baxterstorey | England & Wales | — |
| 2601552/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mrs A Moss | Next Retail Limited T/A Next Online | England & Wales | — |
| 2402067/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr A | ‘C Ltd’ | England & Wales | — |
| 3314458/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr J Brody | O'Riordan Bond | England & Wales | — |
| 1602019/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mrs C Lloyd | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602509/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mrs S. Short | Maximus UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400250/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Ms L Keating | Jurys Inn Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 1308074/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mrs D Daley | Optiva | England & Wales | — |
| 2600799/2020 | 17 December 2020 | Miss L Minton | Pine View Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302190/2019 | 17 December 2020 | Mr T Moore (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3326394/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Mr Pedro Gomes | London City Bond Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203299/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Miss B Ogrodowska | Mizkan Euro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2504292/2019 | 16 December 2020 | Mr M French | Premier Plant and Civil Engineering (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1311267/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mr Bryan Southward | Colas Rail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304300/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr B McKew | Dell Corporation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400205/2019 | 15 December 2020 | Mr G Williams | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4100212/2020 | 15 December 2020 | — | Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (Scotland) | Scotland | — |
| 1601061/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mr J Walsh | Bryan Tree | England & Wales | — |
| 1803483/2020 | 15 December 2020 | Mrs. L Craven | E B Bradshaw & Sons Ltd | England & Wales | — |