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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803522/2019 | 6 December 2019 | Mrs H Bham | Kirklees Metropolitan Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2201378/2019 | 6 December 2019 | Heather Platt (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803721/2019 | 6 December 2019 | Mrs T Kusnercuk | Howarth Timber (Windows & Doors) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205756/2018 | 6 December 2019 | Mr J F Edwards | Unite the Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2500745/2019 | 6 December 2019 | Miss K O'Neill | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2304506/2019 | 6 December 2019 | Mr S Tibrewal | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3200055/2018 | 5 December 2019 | Mrs L Fletcher | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2202372/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Miss R Campbell |
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 | 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 |
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| 3320085/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mr S Callan | Verex Insurance Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410850/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Miss J Griffin | Edge Hill University | England & Wales | — |
| 1403519/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mr K Buttery | Home Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410714/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mr M Holt | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106826/2019 | 5 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106826/2019 Mr J Jones | McLelland Cheese Packing Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4107509/2019 | 5 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107509/2019 Mr RW Matheson | West Of Scotland Housing Association Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1803301/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mrs R Parker | Kids Korner Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312717/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mr WN Salazar | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313712/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Mr G Bancroft-Blake | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800485/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Miss A Mealing | Persimmon Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2417797/2018 | 5 December 2019 | Mr J Lavallin | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2401955/2019 | 5 December 2019 | Miss C Kennedy | Gray Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601759/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr M Kingdon | Designer Flooring Ltd | England & Wales | £16,308 |
| 2600982/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Miss J Sekula | Pow Nottingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200105/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr A Inglis | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803608/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr Jenkins, Counsel | Mrs Simpson, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2602138/2019 | 4 December 2019 | — | The Order of Saint John Care Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600820/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr S Chaluda | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1805291/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Ms Cadbury, volunteer CAB adviser | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600635/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr J Singh | Butt Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800189/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mrs C Fawcett | The Chief Constable Of North Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2600815/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mrs J Lawson-Davies | CVS (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601234/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr I Moulsdale | HW Martin Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502662/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Miss E Hodgson | Resq | England & Wales | — |
| 3306270/2020 | 4 December 2019 | Mr P Tapsell, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4110799/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr A Pullar | British Telecommunications plc | Scotland | — |
| 1600291/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr S. Moss | Isringhausen GB Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1809884/2018 | 4 December 2019 | Miss PE Bell | St. Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1303633/2019 | 4 December 2019 | Mr L Haworth | Birmingham Community Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600824/2017 | 3 December 2019 | Ms C Davis | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1803949/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mr K Couldwell | European Metal Recycling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403539/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mr R Sallis | 1.Wiltshire Council 2.Rachel Gipson | England & Wales | — |
| 4110801/2019 | 3 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110801/2019 Mr S Wright | Complete Cleaning Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1401709/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mr A James | Devon Partnership NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502406/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mr N Barrett | Express Reinforcement Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4112076/2019 | 3 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112076/2019 Mr C Ross | Mitchells and Butlers | Scotland | — |
| 3324427/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mrs S Sabatino | The Royal Veterinary Colleges / Queen Mother Hospital for Animals | England & Wales | — |
| 2600546/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mrs B Pawlik, Representative For the | Mr A Graham, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1402497/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mrs S Millard | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1403187/2018 | 3 December 2019 | Mr G Stretch | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1403641/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mrs K Parr | The Cornwall Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600211/2019 | 3 December 2019 | Mrs J Wilson-Smith | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |