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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4111304/2019 | 27 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111304/2019 Mr J Sparks | Decathlon UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107801/2019 | 27 December 2019 | Mr C Tosh | The Chief Constable of the Police | Scotland | — |
| 2402066/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Miss Dawn Louise Sheridan | Aspire Recruitment Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805431/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Mr D Hadfield | Lincolnshire Road Care Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410335/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Mr AA Parhiar | Amazon UK Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406476/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Mrs D Derbyshire | Governing Body Of Harwood Park Primary School & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2424170/2017 | 24 December 2019 | Ms A Howarth | Bouygues ES FM UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 4107868/2019 |
| 24 December 2019 |
| EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107868/2019 Miss A Noble |
| Represented by: Midlothian Council |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 2410640/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Mr M McCarthy | Intraining / Newcastle College Group & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4110498/2019 | 24 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110498/2019 Ms C Letson | JD Sports Fashion plc | Scotland | — |
| 1403159/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Miss L Buckingham | Lloyd's Banking Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2410879/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Ms H Lofthouse | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1403658/2019 | 24 December 2019 | Ms R Turner | North Hill Homecare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402769/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mr. S. Hagan | Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4121468/2018 | 23 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121468/2018 Mr J Cowan | Ministry of Justice | Scotland | — |
| 1600078/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Dr A Grant | Cardiff University | England & Wales | — |
| 2502531/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mrs L Davison | Jet2holidays Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600465/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mrs K de Herder | Saint-Gobain Construction Products Limited t/a Artex | England & Wales | — |
| 2405517/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mr M Singh | F Duerr & Sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302243/2019 | 23 December 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103070/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mr L Morgan | Clearwater Fire Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2405934/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mrs Jill Snape | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2502913/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mrs A Garfoot | Northumbria Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2414956/2018 | 23 December 2019 | Mr J Jones | Furness Heating Engineers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201086/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Dr M Arnheim, counsel For the | Mr N Henry, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1308519/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mrs Y Yoong | Mobile Fun Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200730/2016 | 23 December 2019 | — | Chidavaenzi v Spencer & Arlington Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 3200939/2018 | 23 December 2019 | Ms C. Cooman | Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 3201257/2018 | 23 December 2019 | Miss Y Akinkuolie | Corps Security (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401787/2016 | 23 December 2019 | Miss J Marks | Virgin Media Business Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1307744/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mr A Peake | Coventry University | England & Wales | — |
| 4108830/2019 | 23 December 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4108830/2019 Ms T Anderson | Represented by: Ms F Meek Solicitor Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 1400265/2019 | 23 December 2019 | Mr R Fitzgerald | Ellen MacArthur Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 4123886/2018 | 23 December 2019 | Mr X | - Solicitor Capita Customer Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1601715/2018 | 22 December 2019 | Mrs Sarah Mason | Pobl Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600639/2019 | 21 December 2019 | Mr Spencer Grennan | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1600264/2018 | 21 December 2019 | Ms D Rowberry | First Greater Western Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1810176/2018 | 20 December 2019 | Mr G Plowright | Sky In-Home Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207048/2017 | 20 December 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805081/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mr M Stephenson | Serco Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1401297/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mr WG Brumeau-Green | Hampshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4107169/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Miss G Smith | Represented by Mr A Matthew Solicitor Independent Vetcare Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3202474/2018 | 20 December 2019 | Mr T Fletcher | Interserve (Facilities) Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500538/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mrs K Frankland | North Yorkshire County Council And Governing Body Of Hutton Rudby School & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2201746/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mr Kevin Harris | HCL Great Britan Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401295/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mr A Smith | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 3313880/2019 | 20 December 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2503699/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Mr J Budd | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301095/2021 | 20 December 2019 | In person For the | No participation | England & Wales | — |
| 4107168/2019 | 20 December 2019 | Park | Aramark Defence Services Limited | Scotland | — |