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Tribunal Watch has indexed 14,981 UK employment tribunal cases involving disability discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £7,571 (the largest £269,114) across 933 cases. Tribunals upheld 23% of the 8,457 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,011 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,547 | 51% |
| Upheld | 1,910 | 15% |
| Other | 1,527 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |
| Struck out | 1,301 | 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 | 1,474 | |
| 2026 | 797 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 3316147/2019 | 21 April 2022 | Mr M Saunders | Exclusive Fireplaces and Stoves Ltd | £127,418 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8002138/2024 | 18 July 2025 | Member S Cardownie Tribunal Member D McDougall Mr S Gourlay | HBOS plc | Scotland | — |
| 6007829/2024 | 18 July 2025 | Mr Ashley Bennett | Peak Production Equipment Ltd Heard: by CVP in Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 6000623/2024 | 18 July 2025 | Mr W J O’Rourke | Morris Leslie Plant Hire Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313653/2022 | 18 July 2025 | Mr R Ross, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803822/2025 | 17 July 2025 | Miss M Craig | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6019288/2024 | 17 July 2025 | Mr. A Nawaz | The Chief Constable of South Wales Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2301919/2024 | 17 July 2025 | Ms Idowu Dahunsi | London Borough of Southwark | England & Wales | — |
| 2302800/2024 | 17 July 2025 | Mr DCR Hyde |
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 | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 34 |
| 17 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 33 |
| 18 | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | 31 |
| 19 | Amazon UK Services Limited | 30 |
| 20 | DHL Services Limited | 28 |
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| 6005421/2024 | 16 July 2025 | Ms J McMahon | Morgan Stanley & Co International plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1602262/2023 | 16 July 2025 | Mr D Boland | Office for National Statistics | England & Wales | — |
| 6021259/2024 | 16 July 2025 | Mr Jack Grover-Lewis | H & D Air Conditioning | England & Wales | — |
| 3304927/2023 | 16 July 2025 | Ms C McGibbon | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6017979/2024 | 16 July 2025 | Ms E Shalliker | Ofsted | England & Wales | — |
| 2216708/2024 | 16 July 2025 | Ms L Goulden | Simmons and Simmons LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 6002604/2025 | 16 July 2025 | Mr J Gimblett | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404304/2021 | 16 July 2025 | Dr J Roche | University of Southampton | England & Wales | — |
| 2225902/2024 | 15 July 2025 | Mr S Vinokaran | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302620/2022 | 14 July 2025 | Mr Darren Windsor | North Star Community Trust Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302448/2022 | 14 July 2025 | Ms T Brookes | National Education Union | England & Wales | — |
| 6008273/2024 | 12 July 2025 | Bartosz Zembrzuski | DHLServices Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400446/2024 | 12 July 2025 | A B | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2403387/2024 | 11 July 2025 | Mrs Z Manjra | DWP HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 3201537/2023 | 11 July 2025 | Kelly Anne German | Civil Aviation Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 1604166/2024 | 10 July 2025 | Mr Stanislaw Stypka | JK Same Day Delivery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2407246/2024 | 10 July 2025 | Ms L Cartmell | Ms G Goulding, t/a Bakes By Gina | England & Wales | — |
| 8000173/2025 | 10 July 2025 | Member A Grant Tribunal Member L Grime Mrs Elaine Simpson | Red Band Chemical Co. Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2212771/2023 | 9 July 2025 | JS | Accenture UK Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2411264/2023 | 9 July 2025 | Miss M Bowyer | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | £8,827 |
| 6016477/2024 | 9 July 2025 | Mr Robert Ford | Government Internal Audit Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 3306445/2024 | 9 July 2025 | Melissa Creighton | Ivy Learning Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 8000356/2025 | 8 July 2025 | Ms C Carter | Represented by Mr T Hussain Litigation Consultant Mid and East Lothian Drugs SCIO | Scotland | — |
| 3311778/2023 | 8 July 2025 | Ms Helen Jeffs | Countrywide Surveyors Limited Heard : by Cloud Video Platform | England & Wales | — |
| 2207434/2020 | 8 July 2025 | Mr Wright (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6005874/2025 | 8 July 2025 | Ms Rebecca Lynch | The Birmingham Law Society HELD AT: BIRMINGHAM, MIDLANDS WEST EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (REMOTELY BY CVP) | England & Wales | — |
| 6000651/2023 | 8 July 2025 | Mr D Rzezniczak | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £7,226 |
| 6003534/2025 | 8 July 2025 | Mr A Barton | Taylor’s Bar & Kitchen | England & Wales | — |
| 6001262/2023 | 8 July 2025 | Miss K Davis | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2404416/2024 | 8 July 2025 | C Dixey Respondent Berlitz Manchester PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD AT: Manchester (by video platform) | M Harrington, director | England & Wales | — |
| 6011897/2024 | 7 July 2025 | Miss M Bessa | Samuel Smiths (Southern) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600913/2024 | 7 July 2025 | IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1808609/2023 | 7 July 2025 | — | Thomas Niamh Contracting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6017772/2024 | 5 July 2025 | Ms K Clare | Minet Green Health Practice On The Papers | England & Wales | — |
| 8001973/2024 | 4 July 2025 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 8001973/2024 Held on 9, and June 202510 Employment Judge N M Hosie Miss I Macdonald | ITS Testing Services (UK) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600273/2025 | 4 July 2025 | Mrs C Kieft | The Council of the City and County of Swansea | England & Wales | — |
| 6012206/2024 | 4 July 2025 | Julia Sas | Cardiff Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6002405/2024 | 4 July 2025 | Mr I. Obumneme | Arriva Rail London Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602406/2024 | 4 July 2025 | Miss H Dewdney | Kings Monkton School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307692/2023 | 4 July 2025 | Ms C Constantine | Blackwater Valley Veterinary Centres Limited | England & Wales | £19,017 |
| 6016622/2024 | 4 July 2025 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305316/2024 | 4 July 2025 | Mrs C Dovey | Spider Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £140,200 |