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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2410828/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mr I Lilley | Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410207/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mr P Bromley | Carpenters Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410966/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Miss J Taylor | Bidfood | England & Wales | — |
| 2402038/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mrs R Warmby | Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2406557/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mr Jeremy Alan O’Neill | Wirral Metropolitan College | England & Wales | — |
| 3313275/2019 | 2 November 2019 | — | Mondelez International Modelez Europe Services CMBH UK Branch and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2400150/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mr M Smith | Blackpool Transport Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405126/2018 |
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 |
| 1 November 2019 |
| Mr SR Rodgerson |
| Reach plc |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1402754/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mrs D Roberts | Department for Works and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1801531/2017 | 1 November 2019 | — | Mbuisa v Cygnet Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | £594 |
| 2404549/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr S Galloway | North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1801962/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr A Mitchell | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1400640/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr B Zieniuk | Somerset Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403103/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr A Narbett | Keter UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332909/2018 | 1 November 2019 | Mr Paul Martin | Countrywide Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2410225/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr JL McEvoy | Sainsbury’s Supermarket Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320241/2019 | 1 November 2019 | In person For the | Mr Brett, Solicitor. | England & Wales | — |
| 1810586/2018 | 1 November 2019 | Mrs K Sloane | Independent Health Care Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2402519/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Miss E Ellis | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402460/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Ms D Jenkins | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200481/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr K Harrison (TU Representative) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404189/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Ms L Little | Abilia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403717/2018 | 1 November 2019 | Ms S Blyth | Holland & Barrett Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3333749/2018 | 1 November 2019 | Ms A Berkeley | And Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Private Preliminary (Case Management) Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 1403851/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Mr E Morris | Richardson Hotel Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2600197/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr D Smith | Copify Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802047/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr D Parker | Capita Customer Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201874/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mr P Sangh (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202962/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr P O’Callaghan, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601584/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Miss S Davies | National Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3332055/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mrs D Barker (Claimant’s mother) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2411000/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss E Radcliffe | LSH Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415474/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mr A Greenwood | HMSHost UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805090/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss C Jones | Preston Baker and Associates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601303/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr D Weedon | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303515/2017 | 31 October 2019 | Mrs F Aderele | Outward Housing Trading As Outward Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3202244/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Ms L Young | Ambulance Transfers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602320/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mrs N Keshavji | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602073/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss J Fox | Julian Boween Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602245/2018 | 31 October 2019 | Mr A Hince | Horizon Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312676/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Did not attend For the | Mr D Chapman (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2601538/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss K Knight | Sylmar Home Deliveries LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2600978/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Mr LB Birch | Mansion House Interiors (Joinery) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400525/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss J Dowdell | Keys Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409967/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss M Bowden | ULT Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1300206/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Miss A Moss | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1805060/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr C Binnie | Wright Medical UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402408/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mr K Fitzpatrick | Gregory Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302597/2019 | 30 October 2019 | Mrs JK Poonia | Energy Resourcing Europe Limited Mr Sean MacGloin | England & Wales | — |
| 2302496/2018 | 30 October 2019 | Ms E Sule | J Sainsburys plc | England & Wales | — |