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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1302260/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mr S Dunnigan | Sky In-Home Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804560/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mrs T Crossland | Syha Enterprises Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200145/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Ms A. Baker | The House of Commons Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 2414833/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mrs A Leyland | St Helens Council & Anya Robinson | England & Wales | — |
| 2301803/2017 | 23 January 2020 | Mr G Rutledge | Pimlico Plumbers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600451/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mr A Brown | Kaefer Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414147/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Miss B Hushon | A.F.C Fylde | England & Wales | — |
| 1602131/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mr J Chapman | Shaw Trust Limited (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 | 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 |
| — |
| 1807424/2019 | 23 January 2020 | — | On The Fence (York) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306815/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Miss E Heritage | Chetwoods Associates (services) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416780/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Miss M Alder | Places For People Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405029/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Ms K Whittaker | Able Care And Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304326/2018 | 23 January 2020 | Ms M Tether, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405991/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Mrs L Ryding | TC Bibby | England & Wales | — |
| 2300995/2018 | 23 January 2020 | (1) Miss T Bergqvist Paulusson (2) Mr D Hays | The Ellsmere Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 2305493/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Ms I Glavee | Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1307330/2019 | 23 January 2020 | Ms K Plodziszewska | Staircraft Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802257/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr Dunn (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308028/2019 | 22 January 2020 | — | Taylor v Eaton Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3333563/2018 | 22 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3328362/2017 | 22 January 2020 | In person For the | Mr J Ward, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2413834/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr C Weaver | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413844/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr A Hussain | Go Car Credit Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406044/2019 | 22 January 2020 | — | Hagan v Sharief Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204976/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Ms N Peprah-Boadu First | Intergence Systems Limited Second Respondent: The London Metal Exchange | England & Wales | — |
| 1406442/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Miss K Burn | Berkshire Cloud Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804343/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr J Digpal | HM Prison Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2405611/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mrs C Doherty | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2411507/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr E Eaton | Blackpool Sixth Form College | England & Wales | — |
| 1305630/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mrs C Otshudy | IKEA Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401769/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mrs J Rowlinson | Vodafone Group Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600772/2016 | 22 January 2020 | Mrs J Climer-Jones | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2406218/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Mr S Slater | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404023/2019 | 22 January 2020 | Miss S Rice | Carousel Day Nurseries | England & Wales | — |
| 1601225/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs E Purbrick | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1800684/2019 | 21 January 2020 | In person | Ms L Bailey, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1601228/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mr SK Fairbrother | Countrywide Freight Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301291/2016 | 21 January 2020 | Ms M Bari | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2402212/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr P Reilly | British Gas Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301382/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr T Pullen (Adviser) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600753/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Ms. M Kotecha | The National Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty To Children | England & Wales | — |
| 2417251/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Ms L Fletcher | MBNA Limited | England & Wales | £20,968 |
| 2602503/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs J Cropper | British Telecommunications plc | 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 | — |
| 4112046/2019 | 21 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112046/2019 Mrs M Craig | Kinning Park Care Home (Scotland) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2503843/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mr C Douthwaite | E E Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601663/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs L Troka | Thesecretboutiquenottingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305623/2018 | 21 January 2020 | Mr A Ellis | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301740/2019 | 21 January 2020 | Mrs S Raj | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |