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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201716/2020 | 28 October 2020 | Ms M Sobieszek | Perkbox Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304563/2018 | 27 October 2020 | Ms C Budhu | University of the Arts London | England & Wales | — |
| 4114942/2019 | 27 October 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No: 4114942/2019 (A) Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh via the Cloud Based Video Platform on th October 2020 at am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr S Beech | Lothian Buses Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1304761/2020 | 27 October 2020 | Miss E Greenwood | North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300600/2019 | 27 October 2020 | Ms C Wright | The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306243/2019 | 26 October 2020 | Mr B Sturges | Clarkes Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603157/2019 | 26 October 2020 | Mr K Lewis | Tulip 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 |
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| 3202254/2019 | 23 October 2020 | Mr MJ Rajput | London Borough of Hackney | England & Wales | — |
| 2602313/2019 | 23 October 2020 | Mr K A Pruden | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310878/2019 | 23 October 2020 | Dean Martyn Percy | The Dean & Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry VIII | England & Wales | — |
| 1305061/2020 | 23 October 2020 | Mr D Rogers | Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201284/2020 | 22 October 2020 | Did not attend For the | Mr H Felix, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1303777/2019 | 22 October 2020 | Ms K Sidhu | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2500492/2020 | 22 October 2020 | — | Warner v Capita Business Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400979/2019 | 22 October 2020 | Mr D Whelan | South Gloucestershire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1801245/2020 | 22 October 2020 | Ms H Holdsworth | West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry | England & Wales | — |
| 2201536/2021 | 22 October 2020 | Mrs H Riley | Premier Christian Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411617/2019 | 21 October 2020 | Mr L Townsend | Department of Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1404026/2019 | 21 October 2020 | Mr N Morfitis | Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202075/2018 | 21 October 2020 | Mr R Hastings-Prosser | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 1405482/2019 | 21 October 2020 | Mr T McGovern | Heritage Automotive Limited | England & Wales | £12,134 |
| 3201680/2020 | 21 October 2020 | Mr Ian Reynolds | Coleman Engineering (Structural) Ltd | England & Wales | £8,870 |
| 2207626/2021 | 20 October 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405461/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Miss H Mooney | MSQD Ltd | England & Wales | £876 |
| 1305255/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr Simon Pipe | Coventry University Higher Education Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 2601462/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Miss A Sulieman | Domestic and General Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402625/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr J Grimes | Sunshine Cruise Holidays Ltd T/A Cruise1st.co.uk | England & Wales | — |
| 2600551/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Miss M Grzelecka | Kcr Cro Ltd Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 4101234/2020 | 20 October 2020 | Mr H Tariq | Telecom Service Centres Ltd t/a Webhelp UK | Scotland | — |
| 2501148/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Lorraine Gordon | Student Loans Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801134/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Ms M Boatswain-Tomkin | Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306179/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr L Harvey | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304684/2019 | 19 October 2020 | In person For the | Mr R Saunders, Managing Director | England & Wales | £666 |
| 2201184/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr J | Department for International Development | England & Wales | — |
| 3325822/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mr S Harburn | John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300901/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mrs S Howard | ST & H Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300538/2020 | 19 October 2020 | Mr N Toms of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1807146/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Mrs D Taylor | Astrea Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3200137/2017 | 19 October 2020 | Ms F Habib | Dave Whelan Sports Limited T/a DW Fitness First | England & Wales | — |
| 3306835/2018 | 19 October 2020 | Mr I Komusanac, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310889/2019 | 19 October 2020 | Ms F Takyi-Micah | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 1801061/2020 | 16 October 2020 | AB | Minster Law Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300657/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Ms L Whitmore | Central and Cecil Housing Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2400870/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Mr D Elms | APD Call Centres Limited t/a AlldayPA | England & Wales | — |
| 1804759/2020 | 16 October 2020 | Mr M Mubin | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300125/2019 | 16 October 2020 | Mrs L Shah | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust Heard | England & Wales | — |
| 1304229/2018 | 16 October 2020 | Mr C Burton | NN Cresswell Coach Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405900/2019 | 16 October 2020 | Mr Charlie George | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201871/2019 | 15 October 2020 | Ms M Fuller | London Borough of Tower Hamlets TELEPHONE PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |