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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3332636/2018 | 7 February 2020 | Mr N Weaver | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2500050/2019 | 7 February 2020 | Miss J White | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2300569/2018 | 7 February 2020 | Mr M Obu | GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201248/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Miss L Duffield | Parfums Christian Dior Limited | England & Wales | £25,033 |
| 3202247/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Ms C Hudson | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202235/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss L Glover | Barclays plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806813/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr G Woliter | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4121976/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Member J Torbet Tribunal Member M Williams-Edgar Ms Patricia Johnston |
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 |
| Represented by: Mr S Milligan Solicitor Diageo Scotland Limited |
| Scotland |
| £12,760 |
| 1804942/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss B Briggs | HSBC Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3319915/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Ms M Tether (Counsel). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306881/2019 | 6 February 2020 | In person For the | Mr R Dempsey, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2302873/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr P Somerville | Biffa Waste Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300630/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs M Hawksworth | Stantons Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 1800333/2020 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs A Dixon-Mersh | Bettys & Taylors Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302933/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Mr S Vassel | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301995/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Mr S Thompson | IBM United Kingdom Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302080/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr P Ashley | Change Grow Live | England & Wales | — |
| 2300800/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Mr D Sually, Brother For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1806697/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr A Parke | Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301838/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss A Stewart | Capita Customer Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302352/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr T Porter | IKEA Greenwich | England & Wales | — |
| 2414562/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs K Woods | Training Strategies Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 1401146/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs C Cordey | Honiton College Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600770/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs D Hunt | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201244/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr D Savic | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301711/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms D B Burchell | Cafcass | England & Wales | — |
| 2300010/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs Y Abisogun-Oriku | North East London Commissioning Support Unit | England & Wales | — |
| 2302221/2017 | 5 February 2020 | Mr Zohaib Butt | Wolseley UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200201/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms AM Tremain | Forrest Nurseries Limited T/a Clever Cloggs Day Nursery | England & Wales | £938 |
| 2405406/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr L Cornwall | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413751/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Ms J Foster | Spyke Enterprise Ltd T/a Bluebird Care Sefton | England & Wales | — |
| 3322185/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Miss R Owusu’Agyei (Counsel). For the | Mr N Allen (HR Officer). | England & Wales | £110,360 |
| 2411456/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr S Gracey First | Irwell Valley Housing Association Ltd Second Respondent: Irwell Valley Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 3323914/2016 | 5 February 2020 | Mr T Mohammed | Crown Prosecution Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1400364/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Miss I Sherratt | Performance In People Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4107645/2019 | 5 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107645/2019 Ms P Kaur | The Church Of Scotland t/a Crossreach | Scotland | — |
| 2305385/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs R Affarka | James Chandler - Vh Community Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402278/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Ms Z. Irving | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3313304/2019 | 4 February 2020 | In person For the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400606/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr S Kirby | Key Office Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £26,032 |
| 1405959/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mr F Yousafzai | Trago Mills Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416239/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr Joel Ellis | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1804397/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Miss S Jackson | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 4113807/2019 | 4 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113807/2019 Mr G McVicar | JBD Tritec | Scotland | — |
| 2410261/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs D Crutchley | The Together Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3300769/2015 | 3 February 2020 | Mr P Wenn | Ministry of Defence Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3202529/2018 | 3 February 2020 | Mr M Alexander-Boxall | The Commisioner Of The Police Of The Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3202108/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mr G Seal | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1600280/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mr L Newman | St Vincent’s Community Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806713/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mr J Jones | Plusnet plc | England & Wales | — |