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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2502063/2019 | 18 July 2019 | Mr D Lofthouse | Pendragon plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2410222/2018 | 18 July 2019 | Mr M P Sutcliffe | Crown Prosecution Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2402431/2019 | 18 July 2019 | Miss M Amar | Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300055/2019 | 18 July 2019 | Miss T Alao | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4104306/2018 | 18 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)Case No: 4104306/2018 Ms S McArthur | Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 3331434/2018 | 18 July 2019 | Mr K Fletcher | International Art (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600581/2018 | 18 July 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201141/2018 | 18 July 2019 | Mr R Cunningham | Financial Conduct Authority |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1801230/2019 | 18 July 2019 | Mr S Hussain | JCT600 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106407/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr A Higgins White House Products Limited | Represented by: Mr W McParland - Solicitor | Scotland | — |
| 1303809/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr M Dorel | Diebold Nixdorf | England & Wales | — |
| 1800717/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr R Saleh | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416925/2018 | 17 July 2019 | Miss J Booth | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1803031/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr D Almond | Wekanhire Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200144/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr L Atkins | Places For People Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304625/2018 | 17 July 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403164/2020 | 17 July 2019 | — | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1405243/2018 | 17 July 2019 | Miss C McCormack | Edward Hayes LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1303808/2018 | 16 July 2019 | Mr M Charles | West Midlands Fire Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2301238/2019 | 16 July 2019 | Mr L T Wadhams | Tolgate Coffee Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801960/2019 | 15 July 2019 | Mr J Haste | 19th Hole @ Driffield Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2303805/2018 | 15 July 2019 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4118413/2018 | 15 July 2019 | — | Wm Morrison Supermarkets pic | England & Wales | — |
| 2300225/2019 | 15 July 2019 | Mr S Gaskell | TOTO Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201079/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Mr J. Plant | Bank of Beirut (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402733/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Mr A Mason | Eastleigh Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3201230/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Mr S. Leacy | Building Crafts College Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300617/2018 | 12 July 2019 | Mr G Hales (Father of the claimant) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4122942/2018 | 12 July 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122942/2018 Held in Aberdeen on & June 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Tribunal Member A W Bruce Tribunal Member V Lockhart Miss M Brander | Represented by Mrs H Brander –20 Mother Bachlaw Ltd t/a Lillies Kindergarten | Scotland | — |
| 2304574/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Mrs M Itulu | London Fire Commissioner | England & Wales | — |
| 2503209/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Mrs G Martin | Together For Children | England & Wales | — |
| 4123491/2018 | 10 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123491/2018 Mrs J Griffiths | Represented by: Mr N Stewart,- Solicitor Aberdeen City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4118430/2018 | 10 July 2019 | M RobisonMr W Muir Mr K Thomson Ms J Adegun | Represented by Mr G Cunningham Counsel The Mungo Foundation | Scotland | — |
| 2402214/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Mr P Lawrence | Charles Stanley & Co. Limited | England & Wales | £576 |
| 3318964/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Miss C Purnell | Emma Nesbitt | England & Wales | — |
| 1405190/2018 | 10 July 2019 | Mr N Mills | Kier Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303046/2017 | 10 July 2019 | Ms S Siegel | King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2304084/2017 | 10 July 2019 | Mr W McLeod | London Borough of Southwark | England & Wales | — |
| 2201864/2018 | 9 July 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1300128/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr M Tarrant Mrs J Tarrant | 3L Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400008/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Ms D Fitton | Manchester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301429/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr P Chiosa | Pietro Addis & Sons Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302546/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mrs M Purkiss | Horder Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 1403414/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Ms K Moth | The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall | England & Wales | — |
| 2417790/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr C Elliott | Hyndburn Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2301314/2017 | 9 July 2019 | Mr M Curtis | Secretary of State for Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 1402469/2019 | 9 July 2019 | Mr BJ Clements | T.R. King Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304059/2018 | 9 July 2019 | Mr M Watts | Canterbury Christ Church University | England & Wales | — |
| 3333923/2018 | 8 July 2019 | Mr T Perry, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |