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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800051/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mrs L Jackson (Claimant’s wife) | Mr A Skelton (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403224/2019 | 17 September 2019 | Mrs C Rose | ISS Facility Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332094/2018 | 16 September 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3320583/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mr P Wareing, Counsel – written submissions For the | Mr C Brazier, Solicitor – written submissions | England & Wales | — |
| 2406321/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mrs L Wilkinson | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3331473/2018 | 16 September 2019 | Miss D Balcikonyte | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415055/2018 | 16 September 2019 | Mrs A Rutherford-Hacon | Health & Safety Executive (Inspector Julian Charles Tuvey) | England & Wales | — |
| 3328429/2017 |
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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| 2402931/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mrs C Olstowski | Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2404861/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mr R Westman | Nerudia Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201781/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mr G Cullen | Pets at Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403340/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mr A O'Connor | EE Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405408/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Miss H Dixon | Kendal Care Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2201281/2019 | 16 September 2019 | Mr M Buchanan | HeleCloud Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402526/2018 | 16 September 2019 | Miss C Holmes | Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2301331/2019 | 16 September 2019 | In person For the | Mr B Uduje Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1401261/2019 | 13 September 2019 | Mr J Wood | The Cornwall Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1401726/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Mr P Wallace | Entech (Poole) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804080/2019 | 13 September 2019 | In person | Mrs L Roberts (Legal Executive) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314503/2019 | 13 September 2019 | Mr P Addison | Redline Buses Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402302/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Mr S Schauker | Smart Solutions (Recruitment) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601576/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Mrs J Smith | Glyndwr University | England & Wales | — |
| 3202166/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Ms S Jinafru-Kai | Payerise Limited "In CVL" | England & Wales | — |
| 2402277/2019 | 13 September 2019 | Mrs BE Magson | Delphside Health Ltd (Registered Charity) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401741/2019 | 13 September 2019 | Mr NA Gardner | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202237/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Miss S Smith | MacKman Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600552/2019 | 13 September 2019 | Miss G Ellis | Poundland Stores Limited (R2) Poundland Retail Limited (R3) Poundland (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 2302395/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Mr S Cook | The Chief Constable Of Kent Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2303828/2018 | 13 September 2019 | — | Wright v Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3302990/2018 | 13 September 2019 | Mrs A Tarbart | Renzacci UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4104090/2016 | 13 September 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Conjoined Cases No: 4104090/2016 and 4106953/2017 Heard at Edinburgh on 18, 19, 25, 26, and September, 02, 03, October and 01, and November 2018 and on February and February 2019 and Deliberations on February, March 2019, and and April 2019 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Tribunal Member Ms P McColl Tribunal Member Mr S Currie Ms M Hamilton | Represented by:- Mr M Allison, Solicitor Fife Council | Scotland | £8,550 |
| 4122829/2018 | 12 September 2019 | — | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 4100387/2017 | 12 September 2019 | Mrs V Wilson | Greater Pollock Citizens Advice Bureau | Scotland | — |
| 4107709/2019 | 12 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107709/2019 Mr D Finlayson | Represented by Mr R Russell Solicitor McKenna Group | Scotland | — |
| 4103294/2019 | 12 September 2019 | Ms J MacPherson | Represented by Mr J Murphie Advocate Moray Council | Scotland | — |
| 4107268/2019 | 12 September 2019 | Mrs E Ferguson | Represented by:15 Mr R Russell Solicitor Braid Ltd t/a Burns Bar | Scotland | £12,563 |
| 2300195/2018 | 12 September 2019 | Ms L Birch | London Borough of Hounslow Oaklands School The Governing Body of Oaklands School | England & Wales | — |
| 1402845/2019 | 12 September 2019 | Mr A Prevett | Oxoid Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402386/2018 | 12 September 2019 | Mrs L J Bradley | Cobham plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4106417/2019 | 12 September 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106417/2019 Miss L McKay | Represented by: D Denny, Solicitor Debenhams Retail Limited nd | Scotland | — |
| 2300623/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Miss A Nottra | Coty UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2303180/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Ms J Horne | Hailsham Community College Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3324888/2017 | 11 September 2019 | Mr S Martins, Legal Executive For the | — | England & Wales | £6,975 |
| 1800807/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Mrs K Pease | Extras Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403977/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mrs DC Bullingham | Gloucestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2304038/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mrs K Pelling (née Graves) | Sussex Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2303962/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mr I Brown | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2300599/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Mr M Clark | JLT Benefit Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303002/2018 | 11 September 2019 | Miss N Brunger | Hastings Insurance Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107530/2019 | 11 September 2019 | Miss D Middleton | — | Scotland | — |