Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806284/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Mr Clay (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308817/2019 | 19 May 2020 | Mrs E Atwell | Ketley Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1400943/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Mr S Thatje | University of Southampton | England & Wales | — |
| 3303556/2018 | 19 May 2020 | Mr D Livingstone, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400198/2018 | 19 May 2020 | Mr I Plummer | Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club | England & Wales | — |
| 1801771/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Mr R Beardsley | Socotec (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201120/2020 | 19 May 2020 | Mr J Franklin | Zuri Technologies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804738/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Mr R Hardwick | Betextra Limited | England & Wales | — |
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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| 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 |
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| 1402483/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Mrs N Nowe-Andrews | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602306/2018 | 18 May 2020 | Miss Clare Jayne Fox | Blaby District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1805234/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Miss T Langley | Yorkshire Wildlife Park Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405939/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Mr B Pall | Workfront Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102887/2019 | 18 May 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102887/2019 Miss A Franklin | Fernrigg Limited t/a Studio@54 | Scotland | — |
| 1801909/2020 | 18 May 2020 | Mr C Thornton | Cairn Cross Civil Engineers | England & Wales | — |
| 1400545/2020 | 18 May 2020 | Mr J Simmonds | Rnli | England & Wales | — |
| 2201208/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Mr S Vizor | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406434/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Ms A Read | North Bristol NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1405532/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Ms T Belsom | Astwick Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500133/2020 | 18 May 2020 | Mr I MacDonald | J&B Recycling Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806587/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Ms A Roberts | Roomsbooked. Com | England & Wales | — |
| 1400957/2020 | 18 May 2020 | Mr S Lake | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404077/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs G Ewers | Tricuro Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406276/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr S Mellor | FGH Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319846/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Miss L Dunhill | Cloud Offsite Construction Ltd (in administration) PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: BT Meet Me On: 15 May 2020 | England & Wales | £46,972 |
| 1805497/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr G Kelley | HBOS plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2600976/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr S Bhandal | VM Fabrics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405407/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs S Dale | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2500161/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr C Mitchell | Deepdale Building Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503436/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs J Burnett | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1402574/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr M Thomas Mr T Davies | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1309025/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Ms P Collins | Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801087/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr G Hood | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600324/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs A Perkins | Burtons Biscuits Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304105/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr B Bennett | Spendor Audio Systems Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404182/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr R Huthwaite | SSE Services plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202509/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Ms C McLaughlin | Mgn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500082/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs S James | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2416550/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr M Kenny | Special Catering Company (preston) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500061/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mrs L Dowell | The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2401729/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr G Brownhill | Amey Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801598/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mr J Littlefield | Rradar Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403838/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Miss R O’Shea | University of Exeter | England & Wales | — |
| 1601962/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr R. Haines | Panasonic Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4114497/2019 | 14 May 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114497/2019 Miss C Robertson | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2600331/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Miss D Corby | Carlton Cleaning UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1406243/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr I Sangster | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806562/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr Wayne Alcock | Department of Work and Pensions AT A HEARING BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL | England & Wales | — |
| 1405800/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr S Collis | Center Parcs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400010/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mr S Harrison | Weston College | England & Wales | — |