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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801969/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr I Wilcock | Capita Customer Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304023/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Ms A Miller | Stepping Stones Montessori Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405151/2018 | 9 September 2019 | in person For the | Mr Jones (consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2503343/2018 | 9 September 2019 | Mr S Williamson First | Second Respondent: HM Prison Frankland Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1402588/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr J Power | Care South | England & Wales | — |
| 1601622/2019 | 9 September 2019 | Mr A Rogojina | David Bellis | England & Wales | — |
| 3314745/2019 | 8 September 2019 | Mr H Mark | Travis Perkins plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2416883/2018 | 6 September 2019 |
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 | 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 |
| Mr C Vervon |
| CEG Packaging Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 4103676/2019 | 6 September 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4103676/2019 Mrs E MacInnes | Represented by: Ms M MacDonald Solicitor The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 1801079/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Ms S Afitlhile. First | BUPA Care Homes (GL) Ltd. Second Respondent: Jane Madden. Third Respondent: Dawn Murphy. | England & Wales | — |
| 2601297/2017 | 6 September 2019 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Gala Leisure T/a Gala Bingo | England & Wales | — |
| 2300811/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Ms J Smith | Shard Financial Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601787/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs G Sanger | Valleys to Coast Housing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2202016/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr A Sikander | Linklaters LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2600240/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr K McGowan | (R1) B & K Building Services Limited (R2) B & K Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305091/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Miss F Howlett | Fiona’s Coffee Shop & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2207248/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Mr X Lin | NatWest Markets plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2205240/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs M Smith, solicitor For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803614/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss A Walton | Hermes Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803661/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mr A Lusher | Knauf | England & Wales | — |
| 2600837/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Mrs G Brough | Seymour Capital Limited t/a Mour Hotel | England & Wales | — |
| 3202002/2018 | 6 September 2019 | Ms Stacey Prout First | Royal Mencap Society Second Respondent: Bethany Howe Third Respondent: Helen Crow | England & Wales | — |
| 1304330/2017 | 6 September 2019 | Ms L Scully | R1.Thoughts of Others Limited in creditors voluntary liquidation R2. Secretary Of State For Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2404684/2019 | 6 September 2019 | Miss T Moss | Pearson Education Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302409/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr M Carberry | Pets at Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601638/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Mrs S Marwaha and Miss K Grinrod | University of Nottingham | England & Wales | — |
| 2302463/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Miss R Nelson | London Community Rehabilitation Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2207029/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr R Comet and others, PSU For | Ms S Dickinson, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3302996/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr D King | Speed Design & Print Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3333469/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr C Elton | Ferns Surfacing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601902/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mrs AE Lambert | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (“the third respondent” or “R3”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600024/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Miss F England | Lord Clarke Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301144/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr G Norton | Cruisers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600235/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Mr D Bosworth | Bunny Appliance Warehouse Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303091/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Miss P Baker | Quality First Education Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3334233/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr P Knapper | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602027/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Mr P Bills | Ceva Logistics Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601368/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Miss T Ward | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1401255/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Mr A Mears | UPS limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600812/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Ms E Thompson | Oxford Innovations Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403042/2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1) Miss J Thomas 2) Miss M DeCordova | 1) Bristol City Council 2) Kay Brown | England & Wales | — |
| 3314474/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Mrs D Featherstone | Park Infant Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2601043/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Miss C Barrett | HD Leicester Limited t/a Heavenly Desserts | England & Wales | — |
| 2601778/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Miss K Sherry | Garden Building Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601470/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Ms L Foster | Topps Tiles plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2601343/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Mr S Loydall | Emtel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303019/2018 | 5 September 2019 | Ms Sarah Forsyth, Employment Case Worker For the | — | England & Wales | £7,500 |
| 2600480/2019 | 5 September 2019 | Miss K McBride | Bolsover District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3331175/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Miss NJ Wilks | Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202513/2018 | 4 September 2019 | Mrs M Oguntimehin | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |