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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2602484/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs A Cross | Academies Enterprise Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302081/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr R Bannocks | University of the Arts London | England & Wales | — |
| 3314847/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P Wilson | Avon Cosmetics | England & Wales | — |
| 2304285/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Kelly | Clinigen Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1404320/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Ms J Moore | ConMed UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305908/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Dr A Hoaen | University of Worcester | England & Wales | — |
| 1403095/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr A Kadiri | R and B Industrial Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414064/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss Z Hillman | Ambulance Training & Staffing Solutions Ltd |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1406447/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss N Simpson | Mr C Newnham | England & Wales | — |
| 2402911/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss K Pijetlovic | Liverpool Hope University | England & Wales | — |
| 4100007/2020 | 13 February 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100007/2020 Miss R Smith | GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited | Scotland | — |
| 2303125/2017 | 13 February 2020 | Mr E Longley | Prager Metis LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2304151/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr G Mercer | Sgn | England & Wales | — |
| 1405047/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs C Sherwood | NFU Mutual | England & Wales | — |
| 1807529/2019 | 13 February 2020 | — | Dislioglu v Principle Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400904/2017 | 13 February 2020 | Mr Wheatton, of Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2414564/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr A M Zourmand | Northern Schools Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300735/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Casper | The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2304291/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr J Sunderland | Thames Water Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123313/2018 | 13 February 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123313/2018 Mr L Collings | Ambitions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2304073/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Durrant | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404194/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr D O’Brien | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2300447/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Bason | Abstract Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402588/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs L Hall | Lotus Care (Cressingham Court) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301232/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss S Samms | London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 2602343/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. G Lowambo-Samba | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601652/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr J Jones | Action For Children | England & Wales | — |
| 4107313/2017 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs F S Paton Mr D Frew Ms Lorraine Thomson | Represented by: Mr G Booth - Consultant The Board of Directors of St Mary’s Kenmure | Scotland | — |
| 3321239/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss AR Fern | Football Association Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1600676/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss L Field | THG Holidays Limited | England & Wales | £8,486 |
| 2602492/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Miss L Thompson | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2602321/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. P Parkin | Rolls-Royce plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2405648/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss A Digpal | SLG Marketing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807608/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr A Howarth | UK Greetings Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806960/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs A Scott | Sulzer Pumps (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110010/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110010/2019 Mr H Hounat | Capita Life and Pensions Regulated Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4111444/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111444/2019 Ms A Durno | Quarriers | Scotland | — |
| 3321117/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss J Hill | Alan Howard (Stockport) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403568/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr D Walsh | Viridor | England & Wales | — |
| 3313567/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr K Roberts | McLaren Automotive Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601885/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Ms RE Evans | Carmarthen County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2414331/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss M Perrin | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4110430/2019 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110430/2019 and 4111566/2019 Ms J Turner | Heathfield Care And Residential Homes Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1602206/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs H Naish | Aneurin Bevan Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1805034/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr M Shahpal | XPO Logistics | England & Wales | — |
| 4100131/2020 | 12 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100131/2020 Mr A McNeil | Rathbone Brothers plc | Scotland | — |
| 2602303/2018 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. M Dalby | Mecc Alte (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603334/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Miss T Stickley | Nottingham Industrial Cleaners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400086/2020 | 12 February 2020 | Miss R ODonnell | Nisbets plc | England & Wales | — |