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Tribunal Watch has indexed 15,215 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 11,146 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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 | 1,027 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6002601/2023 | 24 January 2025 | Miss C Coles | Alex Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 3310282/2023 | 24 January 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6016838/2024 | 24 January 2025 | C Burchnall | Octopus Energy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001763/2023 | 23 January 2025 | Ms S Nicholas | Rabart Decorators Merchants Limited | England & Wales | £14,250 |
| 3311886/2023 | 23 January 2025 | Mr A Lloyd-Penny | Automobile Association Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2307709/2023 | 23 January 2025 | Mr Durber | Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6003860/2024 | 23 January 2025 | Mr R Aves | Malmaison Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301131/2024 | 23 January 2025 | Paul Heard | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis |
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 |
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| 2214024/2023 | 23 January 2025 | Ms R Sutherland | Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. | England & Wales | — |
| 1303054/2024 | 23 January 2025 | — | Brierly Hill Tyre Services Ltd T/a BTS Garage | England & Wales | — |
| 3201167/2024 | 22 January 2025 | Paige Parker | Savills Management Resources Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3322426/2021 | 22 January 2025 | Miss C Bentley | The Governing Body of Oaks Park High School | England & Wales | — |
| 6001503/2023 | 22 January 2025 | Mr P Overton | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2214563/2023 | 22 January 2025 | Ms M-E Hurley | The Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Association of Taxation Technicians OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING At Victory House | England & Wales | — |
| 2217071/2023 | 22 January 2025 | Ms Samantha Thompson Brown | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | £8,970 |
| 2500210/2024 | 22 January 2025 | Sophie Blench | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302797/2024 | 22 January 2025 | Miss A Earle | Royal Borough of Greenwich Human Resources | England & Wales | — |
| 3309728/2022 | 21 January 2025 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3301465/2024 | 21 January 2025 | In person For the | Ms H Kendrick (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 6004320/2024 | 21 January 2025 | Mr C Griffiths-Gripton | Funeral Services Limited t/a Co-op Funeral Services | England & Wales | — |
| 2307512/2023 | 21 January 2025 | Miss L Turner | Kent Gurkha Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312709/2023 | 21 January 2025 | Mr N Clarke, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2213205/2024 | 21 January 2025 | Mr D Redmond | Selfridges Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001081/2025 | 20 January 2025 | Ms. Maria DM Val | University of Edinburgh | Scotland | — |
| 2306450/2023 | 20 January 2025 | Mx U Miah | Synnovis Analytics LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1405086/2023 | 20 January 2025 | Ms L Hayhurst | Hi9 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6020847/2025 | 20 January 2025 | Miss Tamara Morris | East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Record of a Preliminary Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | — |
| 1806674/2024 | 20 January 2025 | Joshua Aderemi | Hesley Group Limited Heard: in Sheffield on 8,9,10,11 and, in chambers, on 12 September 2025 | England & Wales | — |
| 2219384/2024 | 20 January 2025 | Mr C Tandi | Bank of China (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304354/2024 | 18 January 2025 | Mr Tafari Robinson | Ormiston Academies Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2212599/2023 | 17 January 2025 | Mr V Stanley-Idum | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1305054/2023 | 17 January 2025 | Mrs D Palmer-Walters | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 8000065/2024 | 17 January 2025 | Dr S Singh & Mr P O’Hagan Mrs J Macpherson | Represented by: Mr G Woolfson - Solicitor Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 3201034/2024 | 17 January 2025 | Mr P Iacob | The Co-Operative Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4105580/2023 | 16 January 2025 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105580/20235 Held on December 2024 Employment Judge J M Hendry Miss D A Vaughan | EE Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2306267/2023 | 16 January 2025 | Mr L Coke | Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1602420/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Mr Skie Howard | Pullman Rail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000431/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Number: 8000431/2024 Ms D Mcgrotty | Kura | Scotland | — |
| 2502280/2023 | 16 January 2025 | Mrs K Murray | Secretary of State for Justice HELD AT: Middlesbrough and Newcastle | England & Wales | — |
| 1401878/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Mr M Green | The Drain Team (Dorset) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200394/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Mr D Speller | Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis WRITTEN | England & Wales | — |
| 2216109/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Miss J Anderson | NHS Blood & Transplant | England & Wales | — |
| 2500265/2024 | 16 January 2025 | Mrs J Davies | His Majesty’s Passport Office | England & Wales | — |
| 6011527/2024 | 15 January 2025 | Miss Courtney Jones | Product Marketing Alliance Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3312195/2023 | 15 January 2025 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301856/2024 | 15 January 2025 | Mr D Covington | South Bank Colleges | England & Wales | £2,408 |
| 4106775/2024 | 15 January 2025 | Ms S Mullen | Royal London Mutual Insurance Society | Scotland | — |
| 8000574/2023 | 15 January 2025 | A | The Scottish Ministers | Scotland | — |
| 1305236/2023 | 15 January 2025 | In Person For the | Mrs A Sabesan (Director) | England & Wales | £4,376 |
| 1602463/2024 | 15 January 2025 | Mrs W Canning | The Chief Constable of South Wales Police | England & Wales | — |