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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3315878/2019 | 2 December 2020 | Ms S McAdorey | Chiltern Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603279/2020 | 2 December 2020 | Ms M Croxall | KP Snacks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601374/2020 | 2 December 2020 | Mr S Mohammed | B Braun (Avitum) UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600846/2020 | 2 December 2020 | Mr J Clarke | Mercia Garden Products Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601639/2018 | 2 December 2020 | Mr R Connor | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304212/2019 | 2 December 2020 | Mrs L Brown | Scobie Vending Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804842/2019 | 2 December 2020 | Ms L Whitelock | DL Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | £11,650 |
| 1301922/2019 | 1 December 2020 | Ms G Crew (counsel) For the |
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.
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| 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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| 2203742/2021 | 1 December 2020 | Mr K Ojo | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2503633/2019 | 1 December 2020 | Mr P Marley | SD Taylor Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401782/2020 | 1 December 2020 | Miss Katy Fining | AND Jayar Components Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307338/2019 | 30 November 2020 | in person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403334/2018 | 30 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805003/2020 | 30 November 2020 | Miss C Burton Respondent 1: Respondent 2: Strong Life Care Limited Pam Banwaite HELD by telephone | Ms K Hodson, legal representative | England & Wales | — |
| 1304917/2020 | 30 November 2020 | Mr C Nagle | Lighting Consultants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103717/2020 | 28 November 2020 | Mr J Costello | Represented by:10 N Stewart - Solicitor Lavazza Professional UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4114485/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Member W Canning Tribunal Member P Fallow Mr Peter Kennedy | Hillcrest Homes (Scotland) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1800342/2020 | 27 November 2020 | Mr J Brackenbury | DHL International (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600183/2021 | 27 November 2020 | Ms Peak Ong | Aberystwyth University | England & Wales | £264,442 |
| 2302665/2018 | 27 November 2020 | Mr C Tunstall | London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 2200855/2021 | 27 November 2020 | Ms AB | Equinor UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600294/2020 | 27 November 2020 | Mr C Tiso | University of Nottingham | England & Wales | — |
| 2205086/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Miss K Doolin | The Institute of Physics | England & Wales | — |
| 3303955/2020 | 27 November 2020 | Michal Karpiuk | Munnings Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4103310/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Mrs K Lucas | Scottish Widows Services Limited nd | Scotland | — |
| 3202010/2020 | 27 November 2020 | Ms Joanne Tierney | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1810569/2018 | 26 November 2020 | Mr C Dibnah | RB Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306218/2019 | 26 November 2020 | Mr B Frew (Counsel) For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332163/2018 | 26 November 2020 | Mrs NL Ben-Miriam | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2305500/2019 | 26 November 2020 | Mr Alton | Royal Caribbean Cruises | England & Wales | — |
| 3328218/2019 | 26 November 2020 | Mr Somunsunthram | BP Express Shopping Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802896/2020 | 26 November 2020 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203263/2020 | 25 November 2020 | Miss O’Neill | The Health & Safety Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304648/2018 | 25 November 2020 | Mr J Tomlin | Bexhill Electrical (Southern) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204318/2020 | 25 November 2020 | Mr J Hylton | Dr Martens Airwair | England & Wales | — |
| 4105502/2020 | 25 November 2020 | Ms S Coyle | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1400256/2019 | 25 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403927/2019 | 25 November 2020 | Mr J Oakley | Mitie Ltd Heard by cloud video | England & Wales | — |
| 2409124/2020 | 24 November 2020 | Mr C Ireland | Robyn Mullarkey | England & Wales | — |
| 3202544/2019 | 24 November 2020 | Miss A Jarvis | St Mungo’s Community Housing Association | England & Wales | — |
| 2305121/2019 | 24 November 2020 | Mr W Gibbs | Wickes Building Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303876/2019 | 24 November 2020 | Ms M Cornaglia, of counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4111083/2019 | 24 November 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111083/2019 (V)5 Held by video on 9, 10, and November 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Ms S Wood | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1302289/2019 | 24 November 2020 | In Person For | Mr I Lovejoy (Legal Executive) | England & Wales | — |
| 2305131/2019 | 24 November 2020 | Miss A Osinska | Gather and Gather Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303662/2019 | 23 November 2020 | Ms. H Carson | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303523/2018 | 23 November 2020 | Mr D Hill | The Berkeley Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2413573/2018 | 23 November 2020 | Mr P D Cooper | Your Housing Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100896/2020 | 23 November 2020 | — | Gillespie and MacLean Electrical Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201274/2019 | 23 November 2020 | Mrs H Lee | Chief Constable of Essex Police | England & Wales | — |