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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2418028/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Miss L Leonard | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2405886/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mr E Elsamelghi | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2414962/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Ms N Izaddoust | Alliance Medical Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4121536/2018 | 6 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4121536/2018 Ms H Waugh | Doosan Babcock Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2416725/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Mr J Beech | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2405152/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Ms A Lorenzelli | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401659/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Ms JE Somerfield | IT Fleet Automotive Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2207206/2018 |
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 |
| 6 January 2020 |
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| 2402818/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mr S Mathai | United Biscuits (UK) Ltd t/a Pladis | England & Wales | — |
| 3335367/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Miss A Hart, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4110663/2019 | 6 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110663/2019 Ms SC Kirkwood-Wright | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow | Scotland | — |
| 2302891/2017 | 6 January 2020 | Ms L O’kelly | Brighton and Hove City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1400039/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mr J Connop | Devon & Cornwall Police | England & Wales | — |
| 4111739/2019 | 6 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111739/2019 Mr A Wardrope | DHL Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3202170/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Miss T Surridge | St Michael’s Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 4102908/2019 | 6 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102908/2019 Mr M Shaw | Represented by: Donna Shaw McDonald's Restaurants Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301976/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Mr C Mallon | Options Resourcing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303630/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mrs N Moore | Brook Street (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406541/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mr. D. Wilkinson | Liverpool University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405746/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Mrs L Woolley | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301974/2018 | 6 January 2020 | Mrs D Pennington | Dunelm (soft furnishings) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806695/2019 | 6 January 2020 | Ms J Millward | Samuel Smith Old Brewery Tadcaster) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101680/2017 | 6 January 2020 | Member H Boyd Tribunal Member J Burnett Mr David Pickup | - Solicitor HMRC | Scotland | — |
| 3201239/2019 | 5 January 2020 | Mr I Byrne | University College London | England & Wales | — |
| 3334373/2018 | 5 January 2020 | Mr A Peterson | British Gas Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601768/2019 | 5 January 2020 | Ms J. Rogers | JMD Law Ltd (R1) Mr N. Jones (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2415263/2018 | 4 January 2020 | Mr W Brennan | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2417094/2018 | 3 January 2020 | Ms E Farrow | LTE Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3202193/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Miss J Foote | Jp Morgan Chase, N.A. - London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 4102909/2019 | 3 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case Number: 4102909/2019 Held in Glasgow on December 2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Mr E Ward | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3303456/2019 | 3 January 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302770/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Ms M Strickland | Macmillan Cancer Support | England & Wales | — |
| 1403129/2018 | 3 January 2020 | Ms J Joynes | The Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 1806561/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Miss D Taylor | Nadine Jimmison | England & Wales | — |
| 2402075/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Mr J Choudhury | British Gas Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303833/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Mr A Adebola | Fujitsu Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305568/2019 | 3 January 2020 | Mr R Williams | Stadium Traffic Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602488/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Mr R Nyandoro | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2413940/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Mrs A Smythe | Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management | England & Wales | — |
| 1806591/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Miss J Hardaker | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust AT A HEARING BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL | England & Wales | — |
| 2420871/2017 | 2 January 2020 | Mr I McLellan | The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3201358/2018 | 2 January 2020 | Mr C. Meya | Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404536/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Mr R Standhaft | Lush Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302584/2018 | 2 January 2020 | in person | Mr P Roberts, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3312672/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Miss C Atkinson | Medical Research Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1804087/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Ms J Ellery as the administrator of the Estate of Mr G Ellery | National Skills Academy for Food and Drink | England & Wales | — |
| 2602210/2018 | 2 January 2020 | Miss G Bassett | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1804793/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Miss M Woollett | Gordon Rigg Nurseries | England & Wales | — |
| 2304078/2019 | 2 January 2020 | Mrs S Mackmin-Wood | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303052/2018 | 2 January 2020 | Mr M Moriarty | John Lewis Partnership plc | England & Wales | — |