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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500612/2019 | 27 April 2026 | Mr SD Wood | Conventrix CVG CMG UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324870/2019 | 27 April 2026 | Miss K Freeman | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 8001400/2024 | 27 April 2026 | Mr J-P Payne | Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 2501016/2019 | 27 April 2026 | Miss S Lockley | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3304898/2020 | 27 April 2026 | Miss H Byrd | Tensor Systems Ltd | England & Wales | £211 |
| 3302350/2020 | 27 April 2026 | Mrs L Price | Tilian Trust Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 3313514/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs S Issitt | Southfield School for Girls | England & Wales | — |
| 3335505/2018 | 26 April 2026 | — | Marks and Spencer plc |
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 |
| England & Wales |
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| 3320558/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr T Hele | Jesus College in the University of Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 1307563/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr M White | The Governing Body of the Trinity Catholic School | England & Wales | — |
| 3324104/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss L McNally | Pathway Care Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3322054/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr R Lappage | Sse Metering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3327812/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs T Latham | The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2300004/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr J Jenkins | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 2601809/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Miss S Picton | Afi - Uplift Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306277/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Mr G Hewitt | University of Warwick | England & Wales | — |
| 2601427/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr. P Hawcock | The Evolve Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3321372/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Gareth Weeks | Cambridge Broadband Networks Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601040/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Miss C Hall-Jones | The Orders of St. John Care Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1306090/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Mr R Dale | Cherry Orchard Garden Services Community Interest Company | England & Wales | — |
| 3331463/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr J Moody | William Hill Organization Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314751/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Ms A Read | HSBC Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602819/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr. D Pepper | Acas | England & Wales | — |
| 2303062/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr J Donovan | Mascolo Limited, Rupert Berrow, Jackie Doherty Christian Mascolo | England & Wales | — |
| 2601003/2019 | 26 April 2026 | — | Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3302507/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Mr B Ord | Abbey View Produce | England & Wales | — |
| 3327280/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr C Vallahis | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306288/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr A Singh | Kanes Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3316002/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr J Chamberlain | FisherBullen Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3328979/2017 | 26 April 2026 | Mr M Murday | RMS Staffing Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300922/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss M Bright | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304426/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Miss H Badir | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1300210/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss R Tshulu | Roxel (uk Rocket Motors) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603674/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr. E Crowe | Queensway Coffee House Limited t/a Starbucks | England & Wales | — |
| 1308806/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs K Grainger | Stacey Brooker & Simon Brooker | England & Wales | — |
| 2600770/2017 | 26 April 2026 | Mr G Poyser | The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 3302423/2020 | 26 April 2026 | — | 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600545/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss H Gordon | Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315967/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss K O’Driscoll | Milton Keynes Q-Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1600605/2017 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs K Samuels | The Ombudsman Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332533/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Ms S King | London Borough of Hounslow | England & Wales | — |
| 3333560/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr R Udolisa | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1302218/2022 | 26 April 2026 | Miss C Austin | BD Services Midlands Limited | England & Wales | £3,191 |
| 3321388/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr G Merry | LT Management Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302858/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Miss Elaine Thomas | Nigel Chapman | England & Wales | — |
| 3324759/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Miss R Kidd | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3335080/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr T Reece | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 3300210/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Mr G Dunsmore | Invesco UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324517/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mr T Cable | Flying A Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600285/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Miss. H Wood | Nova Education Trust (R1) Nottingham Free School (R2) Jenny Brown (R3) Anna Britten (R4) Harprit Samrai (R5) Kay Gray (R6) Emma Howard (R7) | England & Wales | — |