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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300688/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Mr J Reeves | The Commissioner of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 4104575/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Members: John McElwee John Hughes Ms Mandy Davies | Represented by:-15 Ms K Osbourne - Solicitor Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | Scotland | £19,010 |
| 1801339/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Miss S J Austin | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | £269,114 |
| 2301456/2017 | 9 May 2018 | Mr G Ettridge | Thales Training & Simulation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301842/2017 | 30 April 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1600538/2016 | 27 April 2018 | - MR A BOUSFIELD (COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2205943/2018 | 25 April 2018 | Miss S Asghar | Talentyard Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331223/2018 | 24 April 2018 |
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 |
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| 1400283/2018 | 23 April 2018 | in person | Mr French-Williams | England & Wales | — |
| 2303260/2017 | 20 April 2018 | Mr D Walshe | Department for Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 1600473/2016 | 18 April 2018 | Mrs N Johnson | Mental Health Care UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303089/2017 | 17 April 2018 | Mr E Hasa | Purelake New Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300561/2017 | 17 April 2018 | Mrs P Spence | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 2301764/2017 | 17 April 2018 | Mrs R Rioux | (R1) The Governing Body of Patcham House school (R2) Brighton & Hove City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1802563/2018 | 17 April 2018 | Mrs EM Bullock | — | England & Wales | £1,620 |
| 4102323/2017 | 13 April 2018 | Members: Mr Peter O’Hagan Mr Andrew McFarlane Mrs Amanda Tonner | Represented by: Mr S McCluskey Friend Conroy McInnes Solicitors | Scotland | — |
| 3332982/2018 | 11 April 2018 | In person – assisted by a friend, Ms Smith For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3347076/2016 | 10 April 2018 | Mr M Aslam, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602214/2017 | 10 April 2018 | Mrs D Jenkin Jones | Shakespeare Martineau LLP; Mark Beesley Emma Shipp Mark English Victoria Tester Andrew Taylor Andrew Whitbread Andy Raynor | England & Wales | — |
| 2302962/2018 | 7 April 2018 | Mr D Lamina, McKenzie friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2602464/2018 | 5 April 2018 | Mr N Parsons, the claimant’s partner. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3327949/2017 | 4 April 2018 | — | Shahid Karim 247 Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207224/2021 | 4 April 2018 | Ms J Schemane | Mace Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107557/2017 | 3 April 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107557/2017 Miss H Cameron | Crail Medical Practice | Scotland | — |
| 2200667/2019 | 3 April 2018 | Mr. P.McQueen | General Optical Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600023/2018 | 28 March 2018 | Mrs M Coughlan | Brookes Jordan Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3332310/2018 | 27 March 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3400186/2017 | 27 March 2018 | In person assisted by Mr S Hussein (Mr Hussein not attending on the last day) For the | Ms C Harrington | England & Wales | — |
| 1801533/2018 | 26 March 2018 | In person | Suez Recycling & Recovery Kirklees Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801631/2017 | 26 March 2018 | Mrs K Abbiss | Housing & Care 21 | England & Wales | — |
| 4102064/2017 | 26 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102064/2017 Mr D Simpson | North Ayrshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2501059/2017 | 26 March 2018 | Mr Y Bakhsh For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106433/2017 | 26 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4106433/2017 Mr S Wylie | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4106852/2017 | 24 March 2018 | Mr Craig McLuskey | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 3324667/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mrs Z Baranowska | Newfee Limited t/a L’Ortolan | England & Wales | — |
| 2500888/2017 | 23 March 2018 | Mr P Crammond of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301635/2016 | 23 March 2018 | Mrs C McKenzie | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302908/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs H Soroka | Kew House School Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301101/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs C Jennings | Wandle Housing Association, | England & Wales | — |
| 2302579/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mrs M Garside | Royal Alexandra And Albert School | England & Wales | — |
| 2304050/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Mr D Derriman | London Ambulance Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2301818/2017 | 22 March 2018 | Ms A Tucker | London Borough of Merton Phillippa Jackson Kelly Daffue The Governing Body of Hollymount School | England & Wales | — |
| 2303149/2017 | 21 March 2018 | Mr L Green | East Sussex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3200567/2018 | 21 March 2018 | Mrs Susan Masters | Liberty Carers Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4104839/2017 | 20 March 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104839/2017 Mr P McDaid | John Lewis plc | Scotland | — |
| 2205981/2018 | 8 March 2018 | Mr J Cox, Union Representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104852/2017 | 6 March 2018 | (sitting alone)10 Mr P Docherty | Houston Bottling & C-Pack Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201727/2018 | 1 March 2018 | Mrs E. Falade | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2300659/2016 | 27 February 2018 | Mrs A Okon | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 4105075/2016 | 27 February 2018 | Dr Janet Chapman | Surgery | Scotland | — |