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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306241/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Ms S Robinson | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1306202/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mrs A Metcalfe | Aegis Residential Care Home Ltd Ladydale | England & Wales | — |
| 2406525/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Miss K Aspinall | Wigan Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2411407/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Ms A Nicholls | Primark Warrington (First Respondent) Primark Stores Limited (Second Respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300397/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mr T Ward First | Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Second Respondent: Mr Stephen Rainbird | England & Wales | — |
| 1801790/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Miss T Green | Sheffield Hallam University | England & Wales | — |
| 2410521/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mrs K Grice | Sandcastle Care Limited | 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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| 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 |
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| 3322365/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Miss L Bevan | Treston Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602111/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mrs S Eghan | Aquatic Control Engineering Limited (R1) Helen Bradford (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300972/2018 | 16 December 2019 | Ms A Maybank | Metropolitan Police Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3326265/2019 | 16 December 2019 | Mrs J Gibbons | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324537/2019 | 15 December 2019 | Meha Francis | Central Middlesex Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 3313448/2019 | 15 December 2019 | Mr F Carter-White | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500803/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr K Lidster | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302786/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mr B Kungwengwe | First MTR South Western Trains Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106020/2019 | 13 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106020/2019 Mr J Murray | McGill's Bus Service Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2601298/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mr. D England | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303556/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Ms C Nixon | Ernst & Young LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3314390/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr W Scott | O’Hara Bros Surfacing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1806371/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr S Gilbey, solicitor | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304273/2018 | 13 December 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602378/2019 | 13 December 2019 | In person For the | Mr. S Swanson - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2503615/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mrs S Dorritt | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106027/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr S Lamond | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1805030/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr B Mulkerrin | Karen Liggins | England & Wales | — |
| 2202282/2019 | 13 December 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413459/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Miss SL Elliott | Miocare | England & Wales | — |
| 1802156/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr C Bourne, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4102920/2019 | 13 December 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4102920/2019 Held at Edinburgh on 20, 21, and November 2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Members: Mr S Gray Mr T Lithgow Mr Simon White | Represented by Mr D Jaap, Solicitor Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2414914/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mr C Turner | Paul Hartmann Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4103465/2018 | 13 December 2019 | — | Mno | Scotland | — |
| 1402397/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr S Taylor (in person) For the | Mr Bit Limited 1402397/2019 | England & Wales | £3,391 |
| 1403987/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Miss H Cowan | National Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2503571/2018 | 13 December 2019 | Mrs Joanne Thompson | 2020 Homes Limited | England & Wales | £987 |
| 2200563/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr P Buttivant | 3GS (UK) Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1403345/2019 | 13 December 2019 | Mr M Griffiths | Leonardo MW Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304185/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr R I Wanniachchi | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602083/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mrs J O'Neill | Nottingham Trent University | England & Wales | — |
| 2500478/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr C Sykes | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502624/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Miss K Nicholson | Aramark Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400653/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr McKee (Claimants Husband) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602823/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr. M White-Jones | Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107299/2014 | 12 December 2019 | Mr G Imrie | Represented by: S Healey– Solicitor Right Track Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2404964/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mrs L Rigby | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2416741/2018 | 12 December 2019 | Miss J Adshead | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300420/2018 | 12 December 2019 | Mrs J Cuthew | London Borough of Hounslow | England & Wales | — |
| 2202630/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr M Martins | Mitie Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803625/2018 | 12 December 2019 | In person with assistance from Mr Yates For the | Mr C Ridley (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2404529/2019 | 12 December 2019 | Mr J Pearce | Baxter Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |