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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4100309/2017 | 28 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100309/2017 Mr M Gorecki | Bridge Of Weir Leather Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1301956/2022 | 24 March 2017 | Mr A Bawa | Trident Reach the People Charity (a company limited by guarantee) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200094/2018 | 22 March 2017 | Ms C Meenan, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104209/2016 | 21 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104209/2016 Ms L Jones | Reza Najafian | Scotland | — |
| 4100220/2017 | 20 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100220/2017 Mr M Dale | Travelstock (packaging) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100344/2017 | 20 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100344/2017 Mr DM Osinski | Mitchells and Butlers Retail Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4105261/2016 | 20 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105261/2016 Mr I Ogilvie | Represented by: Mr M Parham Nationwide Building Society |
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 | 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 |
| Scotland |
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| 4113187/2015 | 20 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4113187/2015 Ms K McGuire | Glasgow Life | Scotland | — |
| 4104553/2016 | 17 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4104553/2016 Mr J Wallace | Represented by: Mr D Hughes - Solicitor Aker Solutions Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4100216/2017 | 16 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100216/2017 Mrs N Webster | Glasgow City Council | Scotland | — |
| 4102702/2012 | 16 March 2017 | M Porter Members: Mr G Nisbet Ms S Stewart Professor R Sheikholeslami | Represented by:20 Mr Simon Gorton QC The University of Edinburgh | Scotland | — |
| 4105728/2016 | 14 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105728/2016 Miss A Dickson | First Mortgage Direct Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1303993/2015 | 13 March 2017 | in person For the | Mrs M Peckham, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4105258/2016 | 10 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105258/2016 Mr A Watt | Sky Subscribers Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105647/2016 | 3 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105647/2016 Mr J Ingram | BT Fleet Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100619/2016 | 3 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4100619/2016 Mr G Henry | Represented by: Mr J Lees - Solicitor Apache North Sea Production Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4101002/2016 | 3 March 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101002/2016 Mrs D Inglis | Represented by Ms E Kinghorn East Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2400744/2016 | 2 March 2017 | Miss P O Muchilwa | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1304655/2018 | 2 March 2017 | Mrs A Allen | Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405152/2016 | 27 February 2017 | Mr L Banham | BOC Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4104221/2016 | 22 February 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Held at Aberdeen Case No: S/4104221/2016 Mr A Nowell | Stork Technical Services (RBG) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2222529/2009 | 22 February 2017 | Did not attend | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4107141/2015 | 22 February 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107141/2015 Mr R Sideserf | Newsquest Printing (Glasgow) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4104145/2016 | 21 February 2017 | W A Meiklejohn Ms Veronica Finlayson | Represented by Mr M Smith, Solicitor Global Highland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2203743/2013 | 21 February 2017 | in person For the | Mr S Miller, solicitor-advocate | England & Wales | — |
| 3324939/2017 | 17 February 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302126/2016 | 16 February 2017 | — | (1) South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2) Sally Dibben | England & Wales | — |
| 3202272/2015 | 9 February 2017 | Mr A Smith | Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2300049/2016 | 27 January 2017 | Mr. I. K. Harling | Eastbourne Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2404338/2016 | 4 January 2017 | Mrs K Rogers | Carewatch Care Services Limited | England & Wales | £500 |