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Tribunal Watch has indexed 14,980 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 8,456 decided disability discrimination claims. These cases name 11,011 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 6,546 | 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| Withdrawn | 1,435 | 11% |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 | 796 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1302620/2022 | 8 June 2023 | Mr Richard Miles Hamilton | Eden Horticulture Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2210570/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Represented himself For the | Ms J Whiteley (solicitor advocate) | England & Wales | — |
| 8000169/2023 | 7 June 2023 | MacDonald Edinburgh Leisure | Edinburgh Leisure | Scotland | — |
| 1805721/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Miss S Mankin | Department for Work and Pensions AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3301251/2022 | 7 June 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4103224/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Mr James Hammond | Barclays Execution Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3312613/2022 | 7 June 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3206058/2022 | 7 June 2023 | Mr D Kordrostami | Metro Bank plc | England & Wales |
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 |
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| 3200210/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Mr G Trimmer | First Essex Buses Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804765/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Ms B Cheetham | Heavenly Body Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302267/2021 | 6 June 2023 | Mr J Dobbs | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102482/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Miss Fiona Mclaughlan | Represented by Mr S Smith - Solicitor Matalan Retail Limited | Scotland | £60 |
| 2414433/2021 | 6 June 2023 | Ms A Squire | Mr Sivagnanam Gnanachandran t/a Dales Off Licence & News HELD AT: Manchester (in person) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201186/2023 | 6 June 2023 | In person For the | Ms Julie Bann - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1310931/2022 | 6 June 2023 | Mr Mark Massey | DPD Group UK Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4107239/2023 | 5 June 2023 | Member E Coyle Tribunal Member P Fallow Mr D Keen | Represented by: C Curran, Friend Richard Irvine FM Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2303052/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Ms A Bal | The Pioneer Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1302090/2022 | 5 June 2023 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3307018/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Mr J Lansiquot | BAU Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,426 |
| 2305503/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Miss Jacqueline Morgan | Spire Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000129/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Ms A Seisay | — | Scotland | — |
| 3313817/2022 | 5 June 2023 | In person For the | Mr Landels (Associate) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805309/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Mr Z Rahmann | Salim Algunaidi | England & Wales | — |
| 2402781/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Mr J Johnson | Adecco UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406923/2022 | 5 June 2023 | Mrs A Cunliffe | Royal College of Nursing | England & Wales | — |
| 2601359/2021 | 5 June 2023 | Ms. A Trela | Nestle UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303469/2022 | 4 June 2023 | Mr Rhodes, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402964/2022 | 4 June 2023 | In person, assisted by his mother Mrs G Lenehan For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2402081/2019 | 2 June 2023 | Ms M A McGladdery | Mosses Community Association Limited (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | £15,484 |
| 1401134/2022 | 2 June 2023 | Dr E Sarkar | University Hospitals Plymouth, NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6000047/2022 | 2 June 2023 | Mr J Neil | RightFrame Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304976/2022 | 1 June 2023 | Mr L Fenton | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107812/2022 | 1 June 2023 | Miss Michelle Bryce | Jamie McGinn | Scotland | — |
| 2413950/2020 | 31 May 2023 | Mr A S Hall | Gilberts (Blackpool) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312622/2022 | 31 May 2023 | Mr Paul Oakshott | The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company | England & Wales | — |
| 2204789/2022 | 31 May 2023 | Mr K Gorringe | Ministry of Defence Heard by CVP on 31/5/2023 | England & Wales | £4,223 |
| 1601509/2022 | 31 May 2023 | NO ATTENDANCE FOR THE | Ms Scully (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3313812/2020 | 31 May 2023 | In person For the | Mr P Chaudhry, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2408572/2022 | 30 May 2023 | Mr D McGetrick | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1400452/2022 | 30 May 2023 | Mr D Smillie | Brooke Young People | England & Wales | £1,014 |
| 3204918/2021 | 28 May 2023 | Mrs Sharon Reeve | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2602275/2022 | 28 May 2023 | Alison Crump Smith | Secretary of State & 7 Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2301872/2022 | 27 May 2023 | Ms R Dias | Mad Deals Limited Trading as Magenta Flowers | England & Wales | — |
| 2601427/2022 | 27 May 2023 | Ms S. A. Lees First | Bellway Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201544/2021 | 26 May 2023 | Mr M Thornley | Lidl GB | England & Wales | — |
| 2402247/2023 | 26 May 2023 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805493/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Miss MI Lasakowska | Nicholas Associates Group Limited (sued as Stafforce-Ishaaq Kara) & 19 others, see schedule attached AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN PUBLIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2203810/2022 | 26 May 2023 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2207632/2022 | 26 May 2023 | Ms O Babatunde | Acas | England & Wales | — |
| 3302753/2022 | 26 May 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |