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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804725/2019 | 23 October 2019 | Mrs C Morfitt | Blue Arrow and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3335640/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr K Kelly-Fleming | The Northview Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1811225/2018 | 22 October 2019 | In person | Mr Tenbe, legal representative | England & Wales | — |
| 2405933/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr K Sanderson | American Express Services Europe Limited / Amex | England & Wales | — |
| 1802025/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr M Parker | Liberty Speciality Steels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410779/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Ms E Morris | Sudlows Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400679/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs D Wood | Bristol Hotspring Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302115/2016 | 22 October 2019 | Mr D Williams |
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 |
| The Police Federation of England and Wales |
| England & Wales |
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| 1300464/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Ms J Parsons (in person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4121874/2018 | 22 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Employment Judge N M Hosie Case No: 4121874/2018 Mr D MacKay | Represented by: Mr R Clarke, Solicitor Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | Scotland | — |
| 1403088/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr J Butcher | Childbase Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600694/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs J L Evans | Cartrefi Cymru Co-Operative Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410003/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr S O’Brien | Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1402191/2018 | 22 October 2019 | D Grennan of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403129/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs G Jansen-Wynne | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2415180/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr R Keenan | The Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2503396/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mrs Lynn Fenwick | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202035/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr R Walker | Royal College of Psychiatrists | England & Wales | — |
| 1402664/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr D Trowt | The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1401933/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr M Langdon | Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1803612/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Miss E Rich | Axcess Merchant Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104188/2018 | 22 October 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4104188/2018 Held in Glasgow on August 201910 Employment Judge: J D Young Mr Christopher Lowe | Represented by: Ms L Neil – Solicitor GAR Trading Limited T/a Cashing In | Scotland | — |
| 3302972/2020 | 22 October 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4121537/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr W MacLeod | Represented by: Mr M Allison - Solicitor ARK Housing Association | Scotland | — |
| 2300960/2018 | 22 October 2019 | Mr B M Marchant | Seaport Engineers Ltd Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600625/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr P Howard | Natural Resources Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 2601821/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Mr M Smith | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600050/2019 | 22 October 2019 | Miss C Lowell | Whitbread Group plc t/a Costa Coffee | England & Wales | — |
| 2300185/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr N Clark, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401760/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr A Clarke | Briscoe Lane Bakery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3327693/2017 | 21 October 2019 | Both in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1303161/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr T Browning | CBRE Managed Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601552/2018 | 21 October 2019 | — | McCarthy v Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2201034/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss A Kellow | The Lady Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104486/2018 | 21 October 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104486/2018 Held in Aberdeen on and March, 14, and May and June 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Members Mrs S Taylor Ms V Lockhart Mr J Horn | Represented by: Mr R Holland - e Solicitor Grampian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 4120797/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr. AB Grant Mr. G Doherty A | Represented by: Ms L Sourbutts - Director, Cube HR Consultancy Ltd Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 4109363/2018 | 21 October 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109363/2018 Mr R Brown | Represented by: Mr D Maguire - Solicitor SCB Vehicle Dismantlers | Scotland | — |
| 2405474/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr W Doyle Foulkes | Disclosure and Barring Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3202583/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr D McCarthy | Balfour Beatty plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2302473/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Ms S Burnett | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1403074/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr J Atlee | Invinsec Limited | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 2601750/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr P Lewis | Bourne Leisure Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302152/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr Richard Harper | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2500033/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Miss A Blakey | Helen Elizabeth Ruff & Aidan Paul Ruff(T/A The Ellingham Partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301089/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mr GM Al-Mamun | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502360/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs E Stanley | Prosper Learning Trust First Respondent Mary Astell Academy Second Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 2300750/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr D Everest | S&S Distribution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335564/2018 | 21 October 2019 | Mrs S Nicoll | Options Autism Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601390/2019 | 21 October 2019 | Mr J Johnstone | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304510/2018 | 21 October 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |