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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4104636/2018 | 25 January 2019 | Mr Mark Houston | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1405152/2018 | 25 January 2019 | Miss T Russ | Monty's Bar And Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205343/2018 | 24 January 2019 | Mr R Hannigan | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4104882/2018 | 24 January 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104882/2018 Preliminary Hearing at Edinburgh on December 2018 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Michael Steiner | Heriot-Watt University | Scotland | — |
| 4102143/2017 | 24 January 2019 | Mr S Gray Mr A Ross Dr A | NHS Education for Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 4103225/2018 | 24 January 2019 | A Kemp (sitting alone) Miss L McGregor | Represented by Mr D McGregor Father Total Waste Management Alliance Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4104880/2018 | 23 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4104880/2018 Mr R Cooper |
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 |
| Represented by: Mr M Briggs - Solicitor S & G Aberdeen Limited |
| Scotland |
| — |
| 1301995/2019 | 23 January 2019 | Miss A Williams | High Speed Two (HS2) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400231/2019 | 21 January 2019 | AA | BB and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4104533/2018 | 21 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104533/2018 Mrs A Smith | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3200410/2017 | 21 January 2019 | Mr S Althaf | Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £3,000 |
| 4113176/2018 | 20 January 2019 | Mr D McDougall (deceased) | C/o Mrs Marion McDougall Represented by: Mr T Pacey - Counsel XPO Logistics | Scotland | — |
| 2404358/2018 | 19 January 2019 | Mr L Watkinson | Tab Refractory Construction and Maintenance Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400744/2018 | 18 January 2019 | Mr N Grainger | First MTR South Western Railway Ltd DISMISSAL | England & Wales | — |
| 4101720/2012 | 18 January 2019 | — | Scottish Agricultural Colleges (SAC) | Scotland | — |
| 2303141/2017 | 18 January 2019 | Mr E Macdonald, Counsel For the 1st | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1810633/2018 | 18 January 2019 | Mr S Holborn (solicitor) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600706/2017 | 18 January 2019 | MR M Z HASSAN | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2501337/2017 | 18 January 2019 | Mrs L Falconer | The Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 4102268/2018 | 16 January 2019 | Ms I Neill | Represented by: Mr W McParland - Solicitor J E Sheeran Amusements Arcades Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2374916/2011 | 16 January 2019 | Mr Stephenson - Counsel For the | Mr Smith – Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1302962/2016 | 16 January 2019 | Dr R Ibakakombo, representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302158/2018 | 15 January 2019 | Mrs S Hancock | Superdrugs Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305032/2018 | 15 January 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600747/2017 | 15 January 2019 | Mr O Hyams, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2411821/2018 | 14 January 2019 | Ms C Hannell | Lima Networks Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600539/2018 | 12 January 2019 | Mrs C Summers | Mr J Kinsella – Wood | England & Wales | — |
| 1302155/2018 | 11 January 2019 | Mr Daniel Parkes | Plastic Bottle Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302614/2017 | 11 January 2019 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2201692/2019 | 11 January 2019 | In person | Ms A Rokad - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 1301938/2019 | 11 January 2019 | Ms R Levene - Counsel For the | Mr S Jagpal - Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 1301718/2017 | 10 January 2019 | Mrs L Phipps | Priory Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2201876/2018 | 9 January 2019 | In Person on 20 November and assisted by Ms Lord from ELIPS on 13 December 2018. | Ms A Carse - Counsel | England & Wales | — |
| 4102303/2017 | 9 January 2019 | Members: Foster Evans Alex MacMillan Mr Jamie Simpson | — | Scotland | — |
| 1303124/2018 | 8 January 2019 | Anthony Mullane | Sofology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1301029/2018 | 8 January 2019 | Mr D Taheri | Walk in Showers and Baths Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304145/2018 | 8 January 2019 | Miss L Grady | Nestor Primecare Services Ltd T/a Allied Healthcare (In Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200924/2019 | 8 January 2019 | Ms M. Gromek | Moto Hospitality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1811070/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr McGrath, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104706/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Atack Members: Mrs L Brown Mr T Lithgow Mr M Samson | Represented by: Mr W McPartland Solicitor Baillie Estates Ltd | Scotland | £9,635 |
| 2303895/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr R Lunn | ZPG plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1806040/2018 | 7 January 2019 | Mr A Hamid | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300011/2016 | 7 January 2019 | Mr R Gould | ARL Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104275/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4104275/2018 Mr JD Hargreaves | Represented by: Ms A Buchanan - Solicitor The Chief Constable Of The Police Service Of Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 4102665/2018 | 3 January 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102665/2018 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Ms Ruth Seymour | Represented by Ms M Porteous CAB Volunteer Lochinvar Developments Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3328100/2017 | 2 January 2019 | Mr B Harland | The Hospice of St Francis | England & Wales | — |
| 3202089/2019 | 2 January 2019 | Miss Z. Alia | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301688/2018 | 2 January 2019 | Mr TS Boyt | The Terrence Higgins Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3327781/2017 | 31 December 2018 | Mrs C Tennant | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302017/2018 | 31 December 2018 | Mr K Patel | William Hill Organisation Limited | England & Wales | — |