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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4111558/2019 | 2 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111558/2019 Ms J Kerr | North Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1805022/2019 | 2 March 2020 | Mr M Cumming | R1: The Governing Body of St Barnabas Primary School R2: City of York Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2414129/2019 | 29 February 2020 | Mr E Swainbank | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414737/2019 | 29 February 2020 | Miss C Black | Walgreens Boots Alliance | England & Wales | — |
| 2413688/2019 | 29 February 2020 | Mr G Benn | Crawford & Company Adjusters (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404675/2019 | 29 February 2020 | Ms P Cordice | First Choice Homes Oldham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303076/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr A De’Ath | Thames Reach Ltd | 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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| 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 |
| 2502012/2019 |
| 28 February 2020 |
| Miss D Findley |
| Care UK Community Partnerships Limited |
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| 2500403/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs S Dumble | Croft Care Group & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2302976/2017 | 28 February 2020 | Ms. E. Onigbanjo | London Borough of Croydon | England & Wales | — |
| 2400242/2020 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs A Ahmed | Calico Barley View Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 3332151/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Miss A Stroud, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306071/2019 | 28 February 2020 | In person For the | Little Men and Misses Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 1402872/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr M Bassant | Automobile Associations Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321366/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs C Hall | AstraZeneca UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103668/2019 | 28 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103668/2019 Mr M Harvie | Represented by: Mr G Robinson Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 1400200/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs B Vaz | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon | England & Wales | — |
| 2304035/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs M Parish | Midkent College | England & Wales | — |
| 1404025/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr J Galloway | Porton Biopharma Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503779/2019 | 28 February 2020 | — | Owens v Together for Children Sunderland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302617/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr C Williamson | The Napit Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403364/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Ms K Conroy | Trufflehunter Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502031/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Miss E Evans | Rudjarvy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402838/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr D Hawes | Alliance Healthcare Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404220/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr J Dryden | Prima Dental Manufacturing Ltd t/a Prima Dental Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2303236/2019 | 28 February 2020 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302614/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Miss CL Weller | The Governing Body, Epsom College | England & Wales | — |
| 2405545/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs A. Brady (C1) Mrs S. Jones (C2) | LGH Hotels Management Ltd (R1) Hallmark Hotels Ltd (R2) Topland Hotels (R3) Lapithus Hotels Management Ltd (R4) Goldie Hotels | England & Wales | — |
| 1400432/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs M Francis | Ordnance Survey Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403022/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Miss J Perry | Scot Group Limited T/a Thrifty Car & van Hire | England & Wales | — |
| 2304213/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Mr S Ahmed | Publish What You Pay | England & Wales | — |
| 1304184/2018 | 27 February 2020 | Mr T Allsop, Solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405871/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr M Downs | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201920/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr J Wright | Siemens Mobility Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400376/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Miss B Carpenter | Pets at Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600159/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr T Wakefield & Mrs J Wakefield | Mr Mark Roberts – Gwel Mor Park | England & Wales | — |
| 2301802/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms S Jabul | South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2415221/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms E Bloodworth | Northern Rail | England & Wales | — |
| 1601414/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr O Wilson | Scott Medway & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1800408/2020 | 27 February 2020 | Mr C Allender | Cirteq | England & Wales | — |
| 1601725/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mrs B James | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3332656/2018 | 27 February 2020 | Mr K Wilson | Squadron Leader Chris Kay | England & Wales | — |
| 3324808/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr A Morrill | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803739/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr I Simpson | Ashstead Plant Hire Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302624/2018 | 27 February 2020 | Mr Martinho Da Silva | Unilever UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503568/2018 | 27 February 2020 | Mrs S Cullen | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service | England & Wales | — |
| 4113568/2019 | 27 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113568/2019 Mrs L Watson | BrewDog plc | Scotland | — |
| 2300802/2018 | 27 February 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303642/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr D Thorley | National Crime Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2304223/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr J Mason | MITIE Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |