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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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6001450/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mrs A Mahmood | Santander UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 6000187/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr J Harrison | Mr D May t/a Leeds Gymnastics Academy | England & Wales | £19,740 |
| 3200102/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Ms A Banks | Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex | England & Wales | — |
| 8000430/2023 | 17 December 2024 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000430/2023 Hearing at Edinburgh on 21, and May, and 21, and October 2024 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Tribunal Member: M Watt Tribunal Member: R Henderson Judit Borsos | Tesco Stores Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1308826/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Miss A Ndow | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Heard: By Cloud Video Platform – Midlands West | England & Wales | — |
| 2301903/2023 | 17 December 2024 | Ms J White | The Governing Body of Dorothy Stringer School | England & Wales | £42,119 |
| 2305821/2023 |
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 |
| 17 December 2024 |
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| The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Shared Services Connected Ltd |
| England & Wales |
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| 2402016/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr J Blackburn | Guarding Solutions and Training Services Ltd (t/a GSTS) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302162/2024 | 17 December 2024 | Mr D J Speed | St Ignatious College | England & Wales | — |
| 2405747/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr K Foster | Sutura Therapeutics Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1405772/2020 | 16 December 2024 | Dr J Kenney | University of Surrey | England & Wales | — |
| 8001169/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Ms Q Zahid | Lloyds Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 1601176/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Ms Rachel Gladstone | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1600330/2024 | 16 December 2024 | AB | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1405231/2023 | 16 December 2024 | Mr Hewlett in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311515/2023 | 16 December 2024 | William Dawood | Centrica plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2220683/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Alan Blacker | Bar Standards Board | England & Wales | — |
| 2402389/2024 | 13 December 2024 | Mrs J Naylor | BH Dental Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303023/2024 | 13 December 2024 | in person (unrepresented) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000661/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Mr J Boal | Chemring Energetics UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 6008711/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Ms Chantelle Chapman | PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301248/2024 | 12 December 2024 | Miss S Fox | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2301847/2022 | 12 December 2024 | Ms. Y Rose | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | England & Wales | — |
| 2201170/2023 | 12 December 2024 | Mr G Idenekpoma | Camden & Islington NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6009381/2024 | 11 December 2024 | Miss C Nicholson | Lincolnshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6001281/2024 | 11 December 2024 | Mr J Cowling | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2216798/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mr M Kumi | Edwardian Pastoria Hotels Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 6000492/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mrs R Dunn | Fibretech Fabrications Limited | England & Wales | £8,171 |
| 8000507/2024 | 11 December 2024 | Mr S Spokes | Stork Technical Services (RBG) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302747/2022 | 11 December 2024 | — | Mid Kent College | England & Wales | — |
| 2407406/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mr T Wakefield | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305846/2023 | 11 December 2024 | Mrs Sarah Williams | Countryside Estate Agents Ltd (R1) Sue Ford (R2) Catherine Dente (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 3309637/2023 | 10 December 2024 | Mr R Harmes | Lee Valley Regional Park Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 2202044/2024 | 10 December 2024 | Ms I Macaulay | Saffery LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 1300043/2024 | 10 December 2024 | Muhammed Namat Ullah | Greencore Food To Go Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2500190/2024 | 10 December 2024 | Mrs R McLoughlin | North of England Commissioning Support Unit | England & Wales | £9,206 |
| 4105484/2024 | 10 December 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4105484/2024 Mr G K Hay | Mowi Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3302272/2022 | 10 December 2024 | represented herself, assisted by Mr D Wallace for the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 8000550/2024 | 9 December 2024 | Miss M McDermott | Roseangle House Nursery Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300943/2023 | 9 December 2024 | Ms Queen Ilebode | King’s College London | England & Wales | — |
| 1401810/2022 | 9 December 2024 | YR | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6004690/2024 | 9 December 2024 | Mr C Lowe | John K Philips Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3315223/2023 | 9 December 2024 | Mr R Nicholson | DHL Services Limited (R1) and Wincanton (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310210/2022 | 7 December 2024 | Mr J Bhundia | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | £2,424 |
| 3312432/2023 | 6 December 2024 | Kester Charles Bey (1) Rickardo Nelson (2) | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1808918/2023 | 6 December 2024 | Mr M A Russell | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | £11,703 |
| 1304239/2023 | 6 December 2024 | Miss C Hale | Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust | England & Wales | £7,912 |
| 2201496/2024 | 6 December 2024 | Radha Sarkar | Parvinder Singh Sethi and | England & Wales | — |
| 1306239/2024 | 6 December 2024 | MR DANIEL LAW | Stonegate Pub Company Limited Record of a Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2600325/2024 | 6 December 2024 | Miss Lodge in person For the | Mr W Haines, Consultant | England & Wales | — |