Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 1,442 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500952/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Ms S Whalen | North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600429/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Miss Rhiannon Morris | Pobl Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602900/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Mr R Toghill | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601152/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Miss Anna Dardis | Pembrokeshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000072/2024 | 28 October 2024 | L Millar and R Taggart Mr R Doull | Renfrew Transport Services Ltd | Scotland | £14,278 |
| 1404246/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Claire Buckley | Dutton Gregory LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2408730/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Mr D Jackson | Blackpool Transport Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002239/2023 | 25 October 2024 |
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 |
| Ms M Townsend |
| Portsmouth City Council |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 6001174/2023 | 25 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302040/2022 | 25 October 2024 | Mr. C. Pyne | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1808511/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Ms J Leworthy | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2409634/2023 | 25 October 2024 | Angela Meanley | Stateside Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6006551/2024 | 24 October 2024 | in person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301373/2022 | 24 October 2024 | Miss J Slade | Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3301531/2023 | 24 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408110/2022 | 24 October 2024 | Mr J Daws | WSBL Limited HELD AT: Manchester (In Person) | England & Wales | £2,208 |
| 1405201/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr R Wakeford | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2217013/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mrs B Gleeson | Government Legal Department | England & Wales | — |
| 2219240/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr Dimitar Chenulov | Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6000753/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr C Dyer | Scania (Great Britain) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305753/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Ms S Brinton | Signature Senior Lifestyle Operations Ltd RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3302629/2023 | 23 October 2024 | — | The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1803255/2023 | 23 October 2024 | Mr J Ahmed | Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1800411/2024 | 23 October 2024 | Ms. N Crookes | Nexus Multi Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 8000485/2024 | 22 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 8000485/2024 A Onea | Represented by: Certify Lets Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2302035/2022 | 22 October 2024 | Ms S. Gangadeen | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | £13,567 |
| 2408773/2022 | 21 October 2024 | Ms Lynne Palmer | Pladis (UK) Ltd (formerly United Biscuits (UK) Ltd) RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2300322/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Ms O S Ugolor | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 2408716/2023 | 18 October 2024 | Mr D Risby | Openreach Heard at Leeds by CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1307884/2022 | 18 October 2024 | Mr A Soyege Respondent Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404297/2021 | 18 October 2024 | Ms S. David (Counsel) | — | England & Wales | £74,461 |
| 6000359/2024 | 18 October 2024 | Mr C Kaluwa | Ministry of Defence RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1600873/2022 | 18 October 2024 | Ms C Harvey | HM Prison and Probation Service | England & Wales | — |
| 3310879/2022 | 18 October 2024 | Mr Gwynn Price Rowlands (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3205535/2022 | 18 October 2024 | Mrs S Ali | Barts Health NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6001117/2023 | 17 October 2024 | 1. Mrs J Minty 2. Mrs C Tackie-Yaoboi 2. Mrs Monica Wills 3. Mrs Charlotte Weymouth 4.Mrs Louise Smith. | The Roseway Partnership (dissolved) t/a Chudleigh Preschool | England & Wales | — |
| 2600336/2023 | 17 October 2024 | Mr H Taylor | HM Land Registry | England & Wales | — |
| 2219112/2024 | 17 October 2024 | Ms. J. Fawcett | Charles Lyndon Ltd. Hearing: Public Preliminary Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2200766/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Miss Y Bereket | Bolt Court Chambers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601453/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Y Stubbs | Paul Gibson (The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411495/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Mrs E Atherton | Lancashire County Council HELD AT: Manchester | England & Wales | — |
| 2200482/2022 | 16 October 2024 | Ms T Andrews | The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2601571/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Y Stubbs | The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 4102575/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Miss Aneta Drozdek | Interpreter Mr Rozycki Transcal Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2217131/2023 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Samantha Sewraj (as the personal representative of Mrs Soobawtee Sewraj) | Mark and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2305135/2020 | 16 October 2024 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2218580/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms A Barwinska | Christian Liaigre Limited (in corporate voluntary arrangement) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200609/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms S Macken | BNP Paris London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 1600956/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr S Matheson | Lambert Smith Hampton Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000185/2023 | 15 October 2024 | E Farrell and J McCaig Mr I Jeffrey | The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland | Scotland | — |