Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2304116/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mr P Tamiz | Brook Learning Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3304255/2018 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs S Bibi | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400226/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs O O’Flynn | Southampton City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4101675/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101675/2019 Mr D McDonald | Lloyds Banking Group | Scotland | — |
| 4107349/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107349/2019 Mr G Hunter | RHL Direct Limited (T/A Kura) | Scotland | — |
| 3319343/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mr Tommy Carstensen | Wellcome Sanger Institute Trading As Genome Research Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4101520/2019 | 21 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101520/2019 Mr J Dunlop | : William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited | Scotland | — |
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 |
| 3335333/2018 |
| 21 November 2019 |
| Mrs K Boness |
| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2601614/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs J Blankley | Boots UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401342/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Mrs C Griffin | North Bristol NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2201336/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr S Rodgers | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303726/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Miss R Desale | Blue Bird Care | England & Wales | — |
| 2401530/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr R Stringer | Renewi UK Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2406169/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr P Crouch | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200342/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr G Martin | Extra Personnel Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1307207/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr A Bone | The Management And Simon Cassar | England & Wales | — |
| 2411006/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Ms L Thornton | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200139/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr S Teji Mr R Tyler | Mr W Moore trading as Bales College | England & Wales | — |
| 2303247/2018 | 20 November 2019 | In person For the | Mr L Galvani | England & Wales | — |
| 2411586/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr B Thomas | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302239/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr G Melia | Photo-Me International plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2502333/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Ms S Cawtherley | Care Quality Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 1600424/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Ms A Thomas | Welsh Ministers | England & Wales | — |
| 2301003/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr P Colonna | Raven Housing Trust Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404809/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Miss N Kerr | R J Media LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2411144/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs AJ Baines | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2502200/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Ms S Collings | Barkers of Richmond Limited and | England & Wales | — |
| 2406499/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mr R Chacewicz | Chorley Yamaha Centre Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303139/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Mr Onwudiwe – McKenzie Friend For the | Mr Perry - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 3202128/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Miss R Harkness | Holland & Barrett Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201573/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs C Chokshi | Petrie Tucker And Partners Limited Trading As Mydentist | England & Wales | — |
| 2405935/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Miss J Thompson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803628/2019 | 20 November 2019 | — | Leeds University Union and University of Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 1601416/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Ms J Dennis | Lush Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107614/2019 | 19 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107614/2019 Mrs F McAllion | South Lanarkshire Council - Local Services | Scotland | — |
| 1805172/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs A Mather | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3333856/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Cox | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600583/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mr P Traynor | ProCare Wales Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301670/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr G Bruccoleri | EJ Barton | England & Wales | — |
| 1801781/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr B Taylor | Niftylift Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417846/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Miss E Wright | Warm Hearth Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204964/2013 | 19 November 2019 | In person For | — | England & Wales | £5,753 |
| 1810669/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Price | Food Standard Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2601611/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs J Millband | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (“the third respondent” or “R3”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2406434/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr T Myles | Leadec Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302916/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Miss P Sneh | H&M Hennes & Mauritz UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302101/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr J Paddick | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3306652/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Ms A Hart, Counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3320753/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Ms C Culley | Buckinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3320647/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mr A Clare | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |