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Tribunal Watch has indexed 15,205 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 11,143 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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 | 1,017 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500176/2019 | 15 August 2019 | Ms K Wagner | Virgin Money plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2401980/2019 | 15 August 2019 | Mr C Wyer | Razor Sharp Tree Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2416565/2019 | 15 August 2019 | Mrs L Baroudi Abdullah | University of Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 1400242/2019 | 14 August 2019 | Miss Tyrwhitt-Williams | AND Marina Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123210/2018 | 14 August 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4123210/2018 Held at Glasgow on February 2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn AB | Represented by:- Mr R Cooney,15 Consultant South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2200729/2019 | 14 August 2019 | Mrs S Austin | Liberal Democrats | England & Wales | — |
| 2406217/2019 | 14 August 2019 | Mr S Rowlands | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 2405911/2019 |
| 14 August 2019 |
| Ms A Sulkowska |
| 1) Kudos Shower Products Limited 2) Paul Newton |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2200917/2019 | 14 August 2019 | Mr S Nichani | EXL Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300054/2019 | 14 August 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2418074/2018 | 14 August 2019 | Mr J Hayman | Mr I C Wilson t/a Lyons Wilson Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2402241/2019 | 14 August 2019 | Mrs K Gleeson | Hmr Group Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100175/2019 | 14 August 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4100175/2019 Miss N Rankine | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor Tesco Stores Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2406551/2019 | 13 August 2019 | Mr J McDermott | Crawford Legal Services (Human Resources) | England & Wales | — |
| 2600821/2019 | 13 August 2019 | Mrs A Harmer | Sharon Burke | England & Wales | — |
| 1810129/2018 | 13 August 2019 | In person For the | Mr G Price | England & Wales | — |
| 1811017/2018 | 13 August 2019 | Mrs L Union-McGibbon | National Education Union | England & Wales | — |
| 2600388/2019 | 13 August 2019 | Miss J Rylott | Arggen 1 Ltd T/a Dentcare 1 Smile | England & Wales | — |
| 1302164/2019 | 13 August 2019 | Ms A Hermon | Bluebird Care North | England & Wales | — |
| 2418112/2018 | 13 August 2019 | Mr G Everett | Homotopia Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405844/2019 | 13 August 2019 | Mrs R Cumine | Parkhaven Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4103858/2018 | 13 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103858/2018 Mr M Mockford | Represented by: Mr B McLaughlin Unionline Scotland Highland Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2400639/2016 | 12 August 2019 | Mr A Jain | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2416677/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Mrs S Moses-Jones | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2405000/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Mrs C Lambert | Marksand Spencer | England & Wales | — |
| 4107533/2019 | 12 August 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107533/2019 Mr P Kennedy | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 2417945/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Miss S Ramirez | Peter Nelson | England & Wales | — |
| 2200553/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Miss G Stephens | Taster Food (Uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417181/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Mr S Turner | Phillips & Cohen Associates (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303403/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Miss A Hamshere | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1405296/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Mr R Pateman | A&S Tooling Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2405074/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Miss A Salisbury | The Contact Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332627/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Mrs J Everson | STL Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601550/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Miss A Lukasz | Coop Castlewood Distribution Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 4107288/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Mr D Brock | Represented by Mr D Strang Solicitor Aros Holdings Limited | Scotland | £101,455 |
| 3334830/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Miss J Vest | David Lloyd Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303965/2017 | 12 August 2019 | Mr N Hawthorne | Highways England Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402492/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Mr S Gaskell | TOTO Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302781/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Ms K Smith | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319908/2019 | 12 August 2019 | Ms N Seymour | Hertz Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334311/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Miss N MacKenzie-Shannon | Greggs plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2415231/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Miss C Dutton | McColl’s Retail Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401420/2018 | 12 August 2019 | Ms J Merrick | Primetower Leisure Ltd t/a The Goods Yard | England & Wales | — |
| 2601934/2017 | 11 August 2019 | Mr T Naute | Adhar Project | England & Wales | — |
| 3307603/2018 | 11 August 2019 | Mrs Churchill | Spicehaart Group Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1403107/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr S Miles | UK Research and Innovation | England & Wales | — |
| 3200324/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Miss H Gilvear | Glenavon Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1402884/2019 | 9 August 2019 | Mr N Ahmed | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3202032/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Ms KR Free | University of Essex | England & Wales | — |
| 2404572/2018 | 9 August 2019 | Mr A Tuffley | Cavaghan and Gray Limited | England & Wales | — |