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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3335549/2018 | 17 January 2020 | Dr S Siva | London Metropolitan University | England & Wales | — |
| 1303513/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Ms M Hawkeswood | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302158/2016 | 17 January 2020 | Miss J Willetts | Secretary of State for Education | England & Wales | — |
| 1804892/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Mrs H Morley | Telefonica UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600196/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Ms N Reid | Saffron Apothecaries (Leicester) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206277/2018 | 17 January 2020 | Ms A Hart, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602290/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Ms N Arab | GB Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601909/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Miss H Jones | The City and County of Cardiff |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1305548/2018 | 17 January 2020 | Mr M Lloyd | Bromford Housing Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2301807/2019 | 17 January 2020 | Mr H Nyombi | Asda Stores Limited | 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 | — |
| 1403391/2019 | 17 January 2020 | - IN PERSON (ASSISTED BY MS S FITZGERALD (ELIPS)) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300904/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr C Massey | Ernst & Young LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2304185/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs L Foster | Matalan Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804691/2019 | 16 January 2020 | In person | Harrogate Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2202915/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Ms K D Woodruffe | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602019/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Miss J Dilley | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2602437/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr M Devonish | Nottingham University Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 3201850/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr L English | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300453/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr J Braun | Marie Curie | England & Wales | — |
| 2602628/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Miss E Harrison | Derbyshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1806946/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr B Axcell | R1: Plaxton R2: Unite the Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2304233/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs C Bull | Virgin Holidays Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300501/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs L Thomason | Debenhams Retail Limited (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303702/2020 | 16 January 2020 | In person For the | Ms A Kent, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2603529/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Miss E Howis | Andenor Limited Heard : via Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 2602213/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mr A Hooper-Love | Abellio East Midlands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307203/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs S Pledger | Countrywide Healthcare Supplies Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2603232/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs C Foster | Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301084/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Mr S Woodmore | Access Cars London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602201/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Ms L Blain | East Midlands Trains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306509/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Miss I Prazak | Barclays Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400527/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs D James | Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601310/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mrs H Kalsi | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416188/2018 | 16 January 2020 | Ms. R. Day | People Asset | England & Wales | — |
| 2302958/2019 | 16 January 2020 | Mr S Douglas | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | — |
| 1601978/2019 | 15 January 2020 | — | Edwards v Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202665/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Miss I Aziz | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600461/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Ms G Jones | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 3201784/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Ms S Begum | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 3202337/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Mr P Hornsby | Public Realm Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302311/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mrs T Ellis | Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601174/2017 | 15 January 2020 | Miss L Wills | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 3200904/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Ms D Keyms | Synnex Concentrix (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803308/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr M Bryan, Counsel For the | Mr A Graham, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2602269/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Mr Edward Smith | Hambleton Bard Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1303024/2018 | 15 January 2020 | Ms C Skervin | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3200351/2019 | 15 January 2020 | Miss J Kaliniceva | Mm & Gs Food Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3335185/2018 | 15 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403432/2019 | 14 January 2020 | Mr P Burgess | Co-operative Legal Services Limited | England & Wales | — |