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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3300469/2019 | 6 October 2019 | Miss S Owen | Fairview Estates (Housing) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314148/2019 | 6 October 2019 | Mr C Bogucki | Kyra Enterprises Limited t/a McDonald’s | England & Wales | — |
| 3328737/2017 | 6 October 2019 | Ms C Guinee | Huntswood CTC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314786/2019 | 6 October 2019 | Mrs T Allcock | St Andrew’s Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 3319958/2019 | 6 October 2019 | Brogan Riviere | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 3334750/2018 | 6 October 2019 | Miss R Robinson | The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3331360/2018 | 6 October 2019 | Ms N Swepson | Celgene Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319574/2019 | 5 October 2019 | Mr S Mann |
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 | 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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| 3201581/2019 | 5 October 2019 | Mrs A Dimmock | Igo4 Partners Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3318975/2019 | 5 October 2019 | Mr P Devereux | Perenco UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332185/2018 | 5 October 2019 | Ms S Bannan | Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303471/2018 | 5 October 2019 | Miss T. Plumb | Anchor Hanover Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3319615/2019 | 5 October 2019 | Mr P Strelitz, Counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332173/2018 | 5 October 2019 | Miss T Lewthwaite | Pop World MK | England & Wales | — |
| 3331381/2018 | 5 October 2019 | Mrs S MacLeod-Smith | Co-Op Funeralcare | England & Wales | — |
| 4118201/2018 | 4 October 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Tribunal in Case No: 4118201/2018 Heard at Edinburgh on th, th, th March and th April with deliberations on rd April, th May, th and th September 2019 Employment Judge: J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Members: Mrs Lorraine Brown Mr John Terry Mr S Wilkinson | , Advocate instructed by Levy & McRae, Solicitors, Pacific House, Wellington Street, Glasgow, G UA Chief Constable Of The Police Service Of Scotland | Scotland | £10,000 |
| 2502619/2019 | 4 October 2019 | Mr D Firmager | Redcar And Cleveland Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1303820/2019 | 4 October 2019 | Miss A Rowley | Aberrant Group Limited T/A McDonald's | England & Wales | — |
| 3202038/2018 | 4 October 2019 | Ms J Ng | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1804386/2019 | 4 October 2019 | Mrs S Czuba | Galpharm International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4110022/2019 | 4 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110022/2019 Mrs V Carroll | Represented by: Mr D Carroll The Real Good Dental Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3334564/2018 | 4 October 2019 | Mr R Lyons | The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1800801/2019 | 4 October 2019 | In person assisted by Mr L Shaw (husband) & Mr S Wood (friend) | Ms S Ross, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2402145/2019 | 4 October 2019 | Miss C Widocks | Birtenshaw | England & Wales | — |
| 4111913/2018 | 4 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge J M Hendry Case Nos: 4111913/2018 & 4100697/19 Mrs B Oghughu (Deceased) | Represented by: Cyril & Co Sols Robert Gordon University & Others | Scotland | — |
| 2603497/2019 | 4 October 2019 | Miss L Thompson | UV Tanning Lounge Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403157/2018 | 3 October 2019 | Mr Stephen Potter | The Chief Constable Of Merseyside Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2500532/2019 | 3 October 2019 | Mrs N Alberts | Comfort Call Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503550/2018 | 3 October 2019 | Mr S Carson | Secretary of State For The Home Department | England & Wales | — |
| 2601058/2019 | 3 October 2019 | Ms S Bowler | Dynex Semiconductor Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501412/2018 | 3 October 2019 | Mr B Othen | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3200883/2019 | 3 October 2019 | Ms D Srao | Citibank N.A | England & Wales | — |
| 3335112/2018 | 3 October 2019 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202023/2018 | 3 October 2019 | Mr J Alom | Financial Conduct Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 3201732/2018 | 3 October 2019 | Mrs D Shaw | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 3300281/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Ms R Kirton | Regal Healthcare Properties Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200474/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Mrs D Little | 1) Royal Bank of Scotland plc 2) National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3307580/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Mr J R Davidson | National Offender Management Service | England & Wales | — |
| 1804231/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Mrs J Arton (Claimant’s wife, lay representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2200869/2017 | 2 October 2019 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3334492/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Mr A Gammon | Help Systems International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411514/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Mr T Hegarty | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2402907/2017 | 2 October 2019 | Mr AJ Sutherland | Arriva Rail North Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201514/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Mrs A Powers | Barking Havering And Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201718/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Mr W Way | Restore (Cumbria) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201466/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Ms N Johnson | London Borough of Hackney | England & Wales | — |
| 1601257/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Dr D Clegg | University of South Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 1801003/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Mr Sharples, solicitor | Ms Gould - counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 2400206/2019 | 2 October 2019 | Mr M Zarabian | Galliford Try Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414677/2018 | 2 October 2019 | Mrs D Crompton | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |