Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414903/2018 | 21 September 2019 | Ms A Burton | 1) David L Clackson Organisation (Northern) Limited 2) The Distribution Business Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334852/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Miss C Cain | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1600594/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mrs P Bear | Creatasmile | England & Wales | — |
| 1303527/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr S Hateley | David Field | England & Wales | — |
| 1400959/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr A Green | Deloitte LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1403558/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr D Hodges | Blok ‘n’ Mesh UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334451/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Miss K Mancer | London Borough of Brent | England & Wales | — |
| 1405111/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Mr Michael Mora |
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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| 34 |
| 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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 1405135/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Miss G Lofthouse | Assured Futures Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414683/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Mr M Mills | Capita Business Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600812/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr K Morris | Gestamp Tallent Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400312/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Ms L Morris | Metro Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2500498/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Miss R Cairns | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4107715/2019 | 20 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107715/2019 Mr B White | Represented by: Mr C White Mitie Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1403445/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr T Brookes | Streetsharp Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800563/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Ms T Kilmartin | Sheirs Solicitors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403544/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Mr A Ewart | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403038/2018 | 20 September 2019 | Mr JL Wood | BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600359/2019 | 20 September 2019 | Mr D Maynard | The Royal Mint Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301652/2020 | 19 September 2019 | Mr Stanley Lewry | Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803671/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr M J Brown | Etherington Aluminium Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300266/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Miss M Clail | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401151/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Ms R Jones | Aspens Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1800479/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr R Jenkins | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 3201615/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr J Masterson Pyemont | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3329350/2017 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs A Ward | Pepper UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2402373/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mr S Bailey | UK Debt Help Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303492/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs Catherine Marks | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413760/2018 | 19 September 2019 | Mr J Froes | Bolton Cares (A) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803281/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs S Jones | The Governing Body of Tankersley St Peter’s Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2501946/2019 | 19 September 2019 | Mrs C Hughes | Citizens Advice Gateshead | England & Wales | — |
| 3310989/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr L Borromeo | Kuehne + Nagel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301546/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Ms K Leighton | VR Music Limited (In liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 3201391/2018 | 18 September 2019 | AB | Hodgson Automotive Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804056/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr C Boylin | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400031/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Miss E Williams | Academies Enterprise Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2406340/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mrs L Rosthorn | General All Purpose Plastics Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2302829/2018 | 18 September 2019 | Did not appear For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2404757/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Ms C McLaverty | County Insurance Consultants Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400546/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mrs J | Smith Brothers Marine Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803984/2019 | 18 September 2019 | Mr S McKeating | Cordant Cleaning Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206908/2018 | 17 September 2019 | In Person | Mr G Graham - Counsel | England & Wales | £3,180 |
| 2406117/2019 | 17 September 2019 | — | Mrs E Evans and others T/a Foxleigh Family Surgery | England & Wales | — |
| 2503362/2018 | 17 September 2019 | In person For the | Ms Eggington (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 4112575/2018 | 17 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4112575/2018 Ms A Rao | Represented by: Mr G Bathgate, Solicitor Blue Arrow Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 2405531/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Miss L Wareing | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1810241/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Mr A Phillips | Elland Metal And Spinning Pressing Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303116/2018 | 17 September 2019 | Miss C Rosser | Boots Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802080/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mr J Baum | Simpson Millar LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2404721/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Ms K Steele | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |