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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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3302444/2022 | 9 August 2023 | In person For the | Mr Tom Clarke, Company Secretary | England & Wales | — |
| 8000144/2023 | 9 August 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000144/2023 (V) Held at Aberdeen on August 20235 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr I James | Harbour Energy plc st | Scotland | — |
| 2203338/2023 | 8 August 2023 | Mr D Hunon (Solicitor) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304954/2022 | 8 August 2023 | Miss R Devito | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2401560/2021 | 8 August 2023 | Mr James Quinn | Alderhey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2303748/2022 | 8 August 2023 | In person For the | The Box Tree Pub and Bars Ltd | England & Wales | £5,103 |
| 2408804/2021 | 8 August 2023 | M Cox | Winnie Care (Macclesfield) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1302623/2022 |
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.
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| 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 |
| 8 August 2023 |
| Mr A Williams |
| Cooper & Williams Limited |
| England & Wales |
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| 2602148/2022 | 8 August 2023 | Mr A Garratty | Derbyshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1307323/2019 | 7 August 2023 | Mr McKenzie Uruakpa | Department for Education and others | England & Wales | — |
| 8000068/2023 | 7 August 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000068/2023 Held via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) in Dundee on July 2023 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Ms Haeyun Lee | Inverlochy Castle Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2300560/2023 | 7 August 2023 | Mr Youssef Sabek | Clarion Housing Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 8000524/2023 | 6 August 2023 | Mrs Caroline Houston | The Board of Management of Glasgow Clyde College | Scotland | — |
| 1303375/2023 | 6 August 2023 | Mr C Green (Counsel) For the | Mr B Patel (Head of HR) | England & Wales | — |
| 3310660/2021 | 4 August 2023 | Mr A Naujokas | Amk Peterborough Fruit Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4106230/2022 | 4 August 2023 | Mr J McAuley st | Represented by: Mr S Smith Solicitor Island Bakery Organics Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 2502452/2022 | 4 August 2023 | Mr. K. Mc Allister | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313608/2022 | 4 August 2023 | Mr Brady, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3205426/2021 | 3 August 2023 | Ms K Desor | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3320530/2021 | 3 August 2023 | Mr D Iyashere | Gist Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415136/2021 | 3 August 2023 | Miss S Gibson | Romac Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311692/2022 | 3 August 2023 | Miss T Walton | Vetpartners Practices Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301957/2022 | 3 August 2023 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601660/2022 | 3 August 2023 | Mr J Custy | Qioptiq Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201455/2022 | 3 August 2023 | Mr K Atigla | Boots Management Services Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2405569/2022 | 2 August 2023 | Mr J McCaffery | British Transport Police PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3205765/2022 | 2 August 2023 | Ms F Halloran | North East London NHS Foundation Trust CLOSED PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1801007/2023 | 2 August 2023 | Miss J Brown | Leeds City Council - Damian Booth/Billy Broadbent | England & Wales | — |
| 2408038/2021 | 2 August 2023 | Ms C O’Brien | Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £10,270 |
| 3307069/2020 | 2 August 2023 | Mrs J Hill | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405226/2020 | 2 August 2023 | P Marsh Respondent Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3332631/2018 | 2 August 2023 | Mr A Macleod | Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2402807/2021 | 1 August 2023 | Mr P Hunt | RT Keedwell Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301008/2018 | 1 August 2023 | Ms O Ajibulu | Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4108378/2022 | 1 August 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108378/2022 (V) Held at Aberdeen on July 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mrs H Eke | Represented byMr M Gachuba, Solicitor Sport Aberdeen | Scotland | — |
| 3313078/2023 | 1 August 2023 | Mr Beaton, Counsel For the | Mr S Peacock, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2201539/2022 | 1 August 2023 | Ms S Barnes | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1405768/2020 | 31 July 2023 | Mr Daniel Hopkins | Peter Ball & Co Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401930/2022 | 31 July 2023 | Mr L Farrow | Coastline Housing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401596/2022 | 31 July 2023 | Mr A Sutton | One Parking Solution Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000051/2023 | 31 July 2023 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000051/2023 Held at Aberdeen on July 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Ms M Pirie | Orka Artisan Café Ltd st | Scotland | — |
| 3313679/2022 | 31 July 2023 | Mr. Harris, counsel for | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2409635/2022 | 31 July 2023 | The Reverend D Green | The Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance | England & Wales | — |
| 2409408/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Mr M Khan | The Bank of New York Mellon | England & Wales | — |
| 1801689/2023 | 27 July 2023 | Miss S Akhtar | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 6000801/2023 | 27 July 2023 | — | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 8000029/2022 | 27 July 2023 | Mrs P McArthur | Lidl Great Britain Limited | Scotland | — |
| 8000204/2023 | 27 July 2023 | — | Falkirk Council | Scotland | — |
| 1401984/2022 | 27 July 2023 | ALISON CHASE | New Forest District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1805799/2022 | 27 July 2023 | Ms K Nicholson | Jet 2 Holidays Ltd | England & Wales | — |