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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2603172/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr JA Townsend | Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3200114/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Miss D Lotter | Veolia ES (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304095/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr R Ingram | Sainsbury’s Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801333/2020 | 6 May 2020 | Miss E Metcalfe | Leeds University | England & Wales | — |
| 4111621/2019 | 6 May 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111621/2019 Mr D McCall | Represented by: Ms D Flanigan - Solicitor JB Global Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302427/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr S Rose | Innovative Development London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304392/2018 | 6 May 2020 | Ms J Herbertson | Communication Workers Union | England & Wales | — |
| 1405544/2019 |
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 |
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| Ms M Malik, Solicitor (Irwin Mitchell) |
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| 3201254/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr S Isherwood | Mears Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202504/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Ms SL Ho | KPMG Holding LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2304207/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Mr N Molloy | Pure Gym Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400233/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr B Lea | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414250/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr M Kennedy | LTE Group trading as Novus | England & Wales | — |
| 2415011/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr J Bardsley | The Guinness Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411084/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr A Razzak | (R1) Qiagen Limited (R2) Qiagen Manchester Limited (R3) Kate Haughton (R4) Helge Hoffman (R5) Kenny Love (R6) Martin Horlitz (R7) Vanessa Morisey | England & Wales | — |
| 2602225/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr M Ghumra | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600496/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Ms L. Durham | Target Group Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 3322374/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Miss K Hunt | Amey Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410700/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Miss S Baseel | Manchester Airport plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1401328/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Miss R Kitson | Elliott Brothers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414142/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Ms N Fay | Virgin Media Business Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401447/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Mr N Ridgway | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400651/2020 | 5 May 2020 | Mr M Wells | J Sainsbury plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400105/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr D Rowland | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403941/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr A Murphy | KES Power and Light | England & Wales | — |
| 3326413/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Ms A O’Donoghue | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600542/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr. P Brown | Provident Personal Credit Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410731/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr B Knowles | Wm Morrrison Supermarkets plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3320269/2019 | 4 May 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413875/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr K Billington | Mi Vehicle Integration Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303203/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr Timothy Andrews | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801082/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr M Chaudhry | Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202981/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr D Sheridan | Barleylands Glassworks | England & Wales | — |
| 1401120/2020 | 4 May 2020 | — | Summers v INTO University Partnerships | England & Wales | — |
| 1801279/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr M Cunnane | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414450/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Miss F Kalu | Hinduja Global Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806790/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr A Raven | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2600926/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr P Marriott | White Peak Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405145/2018 | 4 May 2020 | Mr D Allenby | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2302982/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr D Roberts | GMS Adaptations Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602625/2019 | 4 May 2020 | Mr S Barratt | Donaldson Filtration (GB) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2415237/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Mr J Wood | Hallgarten and Novum Wines Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110316/2021 | 1 May 2020 | Miss S Messi | All People Employment Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2203061/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Ms A. Yianoullou | Thomas Telford Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417107/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Mr L Rumsey | O2 (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401678/2020 | 1 May 2020 | Mr M Cater | Domestic Darlings | England & Wales | — |
| 1805049/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Mr C Gellen | Directline plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400920/2020 | 1 May 2020 | Mr P Farrington | 1) Mr G McLoughlin 2) Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800611/2020 | 1 May 2020 | Mrs J Bedford | City Of Bradford Metropolitan District Council & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4106872/2019 | 1 May 2020 | Mr W Paton | Represented by Mr P Santoni - Solicitor Redstones Hotel | Scotland | £9,774 |