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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301740/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs S Raj | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1800789/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs Lyndsay Hall | Santander UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3321040/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Ms N Timms | Ipsen Biopharm Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602503/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs J Cropper | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1800684/2019 | 21 January 2020 | In person | Ms L Bailey, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2417251/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Ms L Fletcher | MBNA Limited | England & Wales | £20,968 |
| 1305623/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mr A Ellis | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301382/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr T Pullen (Adviser) For the | — |
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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| 2301291/2016 | 21 January 2020 | Ms M Bari | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 1601225/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs E Purbrick | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2503843/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr C Douthwaite | E E Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4112046/2019 | 21 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112046/2019 Mrs M Craig | Kinning Park Care Home (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2402212/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr P Reilly | British Gas Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601663/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs L Troka | Thesecretboutiquenottingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600753/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Ms. M Kotecha | The National Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty To Children | England & Wales | — |
| 1601228/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mr SK Fairbrother | Countrywide Freight Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601890/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr A McDonald | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405236/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Miss C Kerkham | The Wave Project | England & Wales | — |
| 3334957/2018 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs R Maharaj | The Commission of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2416696/2018 | 20 January 2020 | Ms L Foley | Salford Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303862/2017 | 20 January 2020 | Dr M Nze | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1404002/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr G Edwards | Kelsoon Ltd t/a Parkers & CJ Hole | England & Wales | — |
| 1403439/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs A Milner | R Community CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 3331013/2018 | 20 January 2020 | In Person, with an Interpreter in the Tamil Language | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600628/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr P Wearne | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1601842/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr E Roberts | Kier Group plc (R1) Kier Limited (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601076/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr J Collis | Flintshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1601365/2018 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs N King | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2202416/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Miss M McEntee | Monzo Bank Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110023/2019 | 20 January 2020 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4110023/2019 Held at Edinburgh on January 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr Jacob Cohen | Faculty Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2203818/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr C Fernandes | Interserve Facilities Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301095/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs G Hunjan | The University Of Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 2603403/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr. P Williams | E.On UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3306839/2018 | 20 January 2020 | — | Hatherley v Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402852/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr N Cockburn | Handelsbanken plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1602033/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr RA Jeremy | Torfaen Leisure Trust Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307460/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs L Lowe | Diaverum UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600355/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Ms RM Davies | Cyfri Cyfrifwyr Cyfyngedig T/a Pje, Chartered Accountants | England & Wales | — |
| 1805429/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mrs E Dean | R1: Hebden Bridge Group Practice R2: Tony Martin | England & Wales | — |
| 1601667/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr R Cicholc | Dunbia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600907/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr H Clarke | Monmouthshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600693/2019 | 20 January 2020 | Mr SK Cunningham | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4111761/2019 | 20 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4111761/2019 Mr R Godfrey | Represented by: Ms A Bowman Solicitor SSE Metering Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1601665/2018 | 20 January 2020 | Mr P Neale | Dvla | England & Wales | — |
| 3335437/2018 | 20 January 2020 | Mr R Grieves | Safe 4U Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602721/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Mr M Kelly | Catering Projects Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601770/2016 | 17 January 2020 | Mr J Banks | (R1) United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (R2) Nicola Warren and (R3) Tim Loake | England & Wales | — |
| 2300792/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Mrs M Beckles, representative For the | Mr Z Mahmood, representative | England & Wales | — |
| 2206277/2018 | 17 January 2020 | Ms A Hart, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600196/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Ms N Reid | Saffron Apothecaries (Leicester) Ltd | England & Wales | — |