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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801441/2020 | 28 April 2020 | Mr G Fiddes | Rack Systems (Engineering) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403762/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mrs D Warham | Viridor Waste | England & Wales | — |
| 3319457/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr T Smith | And R1 – Joan Smith R2 – Clive Smith Oxford Limited Private Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806315/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr R Hewitt | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1806313/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr D Forsyth | Bespoke Stairlifts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414958/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Ms C Doherty | Aramark Defence Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307515/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr A McMellon | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800364/2020 |
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 |
| 28 April 2020 |
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| 1400024/2020 | 28 April 2020 | Miss F Sarol | Cheltenham Regency Hotel | England & Wales | £1,811 |
| 2204815/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr J Diaz | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2202864/2019 | 28 April 2020 | Mr M Campbell | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301993/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Mrs J Rowley | Shine Academies | England & Wales | — |
| 1801305/2020 | 27 April 2020 | Ms T Nelson | North Yorkshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2502201/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Miss M Flounders | Association of Educational Psychologists & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3320759/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Mr R Gibson | Norton Way Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1801621/2020 | 27 April 2020 | Ms K Plaha | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1800161/2020 | 27 April 2020 | Ms M Pirrone | Grimes Shellfish Ltd | England & Wales | £1,399 |
| 2411054/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Miss D Parkinson | Peel Ports Investments Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801074/2020 | 27 April 2020 | Miss J Saunders | Pavers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807163/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Miss L Kirkham | The Boots Company plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2404584/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Miss B White | Innovative Alliance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202357/2018 | 27 April 2020 | Mrs J Tunstall | Blue Co London LLP (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2415266/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mrs L Walmsley | Erskine Murray Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2414465/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mrs K Brennan | (R1 Lloyds Banking Group plc (R2) Lloyds Bank plc (R3) HBOS plc (R4) Bank of Scotland plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2418062/2018 | 24 April 2020 | Mr W Gilmour | Stockport Metropolitan Borough | England & Wales | — |
| 2402839/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr J Johnson | CleanEvent Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406171/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr H Bhatt | TSB Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400082/2020 | 24 April 2020 | Miss K McGaugie | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1807600/2019 | 24 April 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2414709/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr P Banks | Shred-It Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304616/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mrs F Simmonds | Sutton Community Transport Charity Co | England & Wales | — |
| 3300046/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr T Tabi | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401224/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr D Hammel | HSBC Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2416513/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mr M Jimenez | The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3316135/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Miss S Dukalska | Easyjet Airline Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202447/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Miss Gisele H da Cruz Andrade | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3321682/2019 | 24 April 2020 | Mrs P Hall | Assetsgroup Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324602/2019 | 23 April 2020 | In person. For the | Mr S Mars, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3320605/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Ms F Hussain, Legal Representative. For the | Mr C Platt, HR Advisor. | England & Wales | — |
| 3319848/2019 | 23 April 2020 | In person For the | Mr S Ellerby - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3321491/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Miss K O’Riordan | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3307331/2018 | 23 April 2020 | Did not attend For the | Ms Laura Collignon – Counsel (acting pro bono) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600310/2020 | 23 April 2020 | Ms C Matthew | Sir Jonathan North College | England & Wales | — |
| 4105545/2017 | 23 April 2020 | Kenneth Thomson Andrew McFarlane Mr L Trueman | Civil Nuclear Police Authority | Scotland | — |
| 3320435/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Mr G D Collier | Nuffield Garage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315956/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Mr. P. Vashishtha | Dr Andrew Theobald and Bedgrove Surgery (Westongrove Partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 2203741/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Mr J Faulkner | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3310911/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Mr C Fernandes | St James Court Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307167/2018 | 22 April 2020 | In person For the | Mr D McCrum, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1405986/2019 | 22 April 2020 | Mr S McGrath | SWL Security Services | England & Wales | — |