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Tribunal Watch has indexed 15,215 UK employment tribunal cases involving disability discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,650 (the largest £269,114) across 939 cases. Tribunals upheld 22% of the 8,602 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,146 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,677 | 52% |
| Upheld | 1,925 | 15% |
| Other | 1,562 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,319 | 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 | 1,478 | |
| 2026 | 1,027 |
| 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 |
| 3302311/2023 | 18 June 2026 | Ms Rumyanka Spasova | Oak Farm (Taverham) Limited | £153,804 |
| 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 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3315947/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms N Malek | The Perse School | England & Wales | — |
| 2304036/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms S Dhanji | And Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403452/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mrs RJ Currie-Cathey | Diamedica (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2418084/2018 | 17 February 2020 | Mr D Mothersole | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2411688/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Miss A Mirza | Slater and Gordon | England & Wales | — |
| 3201375/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Miss S Gordon | River Island | England & Wales | — |
| 2413418/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr K Coyle | Alpha-LSG Sky Chefs | England & Wales | — |
| 1804411/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr A Young | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited |
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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 34 |
| 17 | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 34 |
| 18 | Amazon UK Services Limited | 31 |
| 19 | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | 31 |
| 20 | DHL Services Limited | 28 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1401872/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr S Woodhouse | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2416668/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr H de Silva | Manchester Metropolitan University | England & Wales | — |
| 3313600/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr S Raven | Voiceability Advocacy | England & Wales | — |
| 3201528/2018 | 17 February 2020 | Mrs K Begum | The Governing Body Of George Green's School | England & Wales | — |
| 1804292/2019 | 16 February 2020 | Ms S Waslin | The Chief Constable of Humberside Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3322130/2019 | 15 February 2020 | Mrs C McIntosh | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325718/2019 | 15 February 2020 | Mr K Penzer | Mark Love | England & Wales | — |
| 4113127/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr Donald Gabel | Health & Safety Executive (Inspector Julian Charles Tuvey) | Scotland | — |
| 2600122/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Ms AC Grant | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2414156/2019 | 14 February 2020 | — | Nicholson v Finance4me Ltd (Dissolved) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2414894/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Miss A Watson-Jones | Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3202371/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs P Haslam | Colegrave Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 3201942/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr Y Arafat Begum | UK Snacks Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110110/2019 | 14 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110110/2019 Mrs K Foley | National Waiting Times Centre Board | Scotland | — |
| 4107467/2019 | 14 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107467/2019 Ms C Coyne | Office Angels Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1402050/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr A Robinson | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2603537/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Ms E Pears | North East Lincolnshire Ccg | England & Wales | — |
| 1601098/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. J. Lumborg | Airbus Operations Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603076/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Miss R Stevens | University of Nottingham | England & Wales | — |
| 2206519/2018 | 14 February 2020 | in person For | Mr S. Hoyle of Croners | England & Wales | — |
| 2601176/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs S Stephens | NOVA Education Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602484/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs A Cross | Academies Enterprise Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602710/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs LJ Burns-Kuyateh | Cherry Tree Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600448/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr. R Wightman | Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302081/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr R Bannocks | University of the Arts London | England & Wales | — |
| 3335031/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mr J Mooney | Atkis Strategy Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2400184/2020 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs S Francis-Goss | AF Archers Brook SEBD Residential School | England & Wales | — |
| 2603617/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Mr N Wainwright | Morrison Utility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414064/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss Z Hillman | Ambulance Training & Staffing Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314847/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr P Wilson | Avon Cosmetics | England & Wales | — |
| 1406447/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss N Simpson | Mr C Newnham | England & Wales | — |
| 1807529/2019 | 13 February 2020 | — | Dislioglu v Principle Systems Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304151/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr G Mercer | Sgn | England & Wales | — |
| 2402911/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss K Pijetlovic | Liverpool Hope University | England & Wales | — |
| 2304291/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr J Sunderland | Thames Water Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300447/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mr M Bason | Abstract Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404194/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Mr D O’Brien | John Lewis plc | 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 | — |
| 1305908/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Dr A Hoaen | University of Worcester | 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 | — |
| 2303125/2017 | 13 February 2020 | Mr E Longley | Prager Metis LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404320/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Ms J Moore | ConMed UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |