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Tribunal Watch has indexed 14,981 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 8,457 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,011 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,547 | 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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 | 797 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101390/2020 | 27 May 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101390/2020 Mr M Poole | Represented by: In Person Royal Mail Group Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2202341/2019 | 27 May 2020 | Ms D Sinclair | College of Policing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331649/2018 | 27 May 2020 | Miss C Slasberg | Nestor Prime Care Services Limited t/a Allied Healthcare (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303400/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Miss R Thorpe | Sainbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100441/2020 | 26 May 2020 | Member Ms Lindsay Grime Tribunal Member Mr Adrian Atkinson Conor Adamson | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | £9,500 |
| 2411128/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Miss B Freitas | The Arts Council of England | England & Wales | — |
| 4100189/2020 | 26 May 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100189/2020 Miss A Spence | Represented by: Ms A Salt, Solicitor Dundee City Council |
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 |
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| 2402349/2020 | 26 May 2020 | Miss G Harrison | Moonage Pictures (Intergalactic) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311741/2020 | 26 May 2020 | Mr G Shine | Anesco Ltd Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | — |
| 1304311/2020 | 26 May 2020 | Mr K McIntosh | Wet Holdings Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802778/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Miss K Walsh | Newross Impex Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411594/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Ms L Diamond | Sefton Meadows Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301522/2016 | 26 May 2020 | Ms L Downie | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3335170/2018 | 24 May 2020 | Mr D Bennett | DD Data Exports Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400220/2019 | 22 May 2020 | — | Sim v Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2400117/2020 | 22 May 2020 | Mr C Bullock | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1804898/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Miss R Tolley | Wakefield and District Housing Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2600591/2020 | 22 May 2020 | Mr J Cavana | Red Mills (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200375/2020 | 22 May 2020 | Dr C Mallon | Leyton UK Partners LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2414694/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Ms L Melling | Mears Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413883/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Ms E Hartigan | Borough Council of Bolton | England & Wales | — |
| 2416630/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Mr I Thompson | County Removals Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502593/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Mrs E C Beasley | The Rainbow Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2404954/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Mrs K Jones | NSL Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202027/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Mrs L Hackett | Oxfam GB | England & Wales | — |
| 2500022/2020 | 21 May 2020 | Mr P Ellis | North Tyneside Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1805407/2019 | 21 May 2020 | Mr L Crew | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806696/2019 | 21 May 2020 | Mr S Moore | Fine Grinding Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601474/2020 | 21 May 2020 | Mr S Goodwin | J S Highfield | England & Wales | — |
| 2503549/2018 | 21 May 2020 | Mr PH Spashett | Tees Licensed Foyboatmen's Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321915/2019 | 20 May 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801625/2020 | 20 May 2020 | Mr J Bonner | F Parkinson Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601337/2020 | 20 May 2020 | Miss N Newton | Sturdee Community Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 1806493/2019 | 20 May 2020 | Mrs A Smith | Screwfix Direct Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603573/2019 | 20 May 2020 | Mrs Morgan | Hothorpe Hall Limited t/a Hothorpe Venues | England & Wales | — |
| 1806368/2019 | 20 May 2020 | Ms L Hodgson | Martin Design Associates Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400982/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Miss L Quick | Ian Farmer Associates (1998) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201120/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Mr J Franklin | Zuri Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403218/2018 | 19 May 2020 | Miss L Hale | Countryman’s Kitchen Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806284/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Mr Clay (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103727/2020 | 19 May 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4103727/2020 (V) Held remotely on January 2021 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Miss S Massey | Project Trust | Scotland | — |
| 1400198/2018 | 19 May 2020 | Mr I Plummer | Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 3310916/2019 | 19 May 2020 | — | Health Education England and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1801771/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Mr R Beardsley | Socotec (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500388/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Ms M Tilbury | Nando’s Chickenland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304261/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Mr M Dunn | Commisioner Of The Metropolitan Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3319403/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Miss D Kelly | Belron UK Limited t/a Autoglass | England & Wales | — |
| 2203466/2019 | 19 May 2020 | — | Pym v City Of Westminster Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3303556/2018 | 19 May 2020 | Mr D Livingstone, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308817/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Mrs E Atwell | Ketley Parish Council | England & Wales | — |