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Tribunal Watch has indexed 1,563 UK employment tribunal cases involving pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £10,506 (the largest £150,587) across 281 cases. Tribunals upheld 48% of the 919 decided pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims. These cases name 1,623 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 481 | 41% |
| Upheld | 438 | 37% |
| Withdrawn | 102 | 9% |
| Other | 93 | 8% |
| Struck out | 63 | 5% |
| Settled | 4 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 46 | |
| 2019 | 307 | |
| 2020 | 368 | |
| 2021 | 173 | |
| 2022 | 165 | |
| 2023 | 168 | |
| 2024 | 124 | |
| 2025 | 103 | |
| 2026 | 91 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400990/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Ms L Harris - counsel For the | Mr P Jewell - consultant | £150,587 |
| 2212724/2023 | 1 July 2024 | Ms N Maxted | No Ordinary Designer Label Ltd (in Administration) | £102,076 |
| 4109594/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs N Kaminska | Represented by Mr C Moran, Solicitor Your Group Limited | £67,918 |
| 1800249/2022 | 24 October 2022 | Ms Donna Patterson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | £60,442 |
| 1402354/2020 | 5 October 2021 | — | Dometic UK Ltd | £60,311 |
| 1400940/2021 | 3 March 2023 | Ms Laura Nottola | Atelier Clifton Limited | £59,633 |
| 1807154/2020 | 26 November 2021 | Mrs R Gill Tomaz Mr A E Tinum | Churrasco Ltd | £58,899 |
| 3307426/2023 | 9 May 2024 | Mrs Jacqueline Potter | SMB 2001 Limited (In Liquidation) | £58,632 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2308411/2020 | 6 January 2022 | E Warren | Travelopia Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3315890/2019 | 16 December 2021 | Mr T Sheppard (Counsel). For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404062/2019 | 15 December 2021 | Miss L French | Verplas Limited | England & Wales | £12,128 |
| 2415697/2020 | 13 December 2021 | Ms Sarah Price Second Claimant: Ms Melanie Howarth Third Claimant : Mr Kevin McManus First | Jean Price Natural Health Foods Limited Second Respondent: Jean Price | England & Wales | £29,957 |
| 1309590/2020 | 10 December 2021 | Miss A Brocklehurst | Ivory Cottage Limited | England & Wales | £18,552 |
| 3314090/2021 | 10 December 2021 | Mr A Todd | FCC Environment UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200311/2020 | 7 December 2021 | Ms L Mankau, counsel For the | Mr L Davis, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4110611/2021 |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the pregnancy and maternity discrimination caseload if pregnancy and maternity 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.
| 16 | Essex County Council | 2 |
| 17 | HBOS plc | 2 |
| 18 | HM Revenue and Customs | 2 |
| 19 | Home Office | 2 |
| 20 | Indemnis Limited | 2 |
| 6 December 2021 |
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| BR Fast Foods Ltd |
| Scotland |
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| 2406409/2020 | 3 December 2021 | Ms D Topping | Stepping Stones Nursery (Hoddlesden) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408072/2020 | 3 December 2021 | Ms K Goodwin | 6C2M Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600186/2022 | 2 December 2021 | Ms Jeantia Christie Pepa-Nsana | Nottinghamshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1805135/2021 | 1 December 2021 | In person (first part of Hearing only) | Mr Sugarman, barrister | England & Wales | — |
| 2301361/2020 | 1 December 2021 | Miss A Verkajika | Lillywhite Dental Practice (Dr R Patel and Dr K Patel in partnership) | England & Wales | £780 |
| 2603717/2020 | 26 November 2021 | Joanna Kusmierek | Spalding Market Ltd | England & Wales | £10,525 |
| 1807154/2020 | 26 November 2021 | Mrs R Gill Tomaz Mr A E Tinum | Churrasco Ltd | England & Wales | £58,899 |
| 2303324/2020 | 26 November 2021 | Miss Charles-Watson | Henry | England & Wales | — |
| 2602895/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Thorpe | RED Rock Partnership | England & Wales | £23,605 |
| 2207301/2020 | 17 November 2021 | Mrs B | A Rojha Zinc Media Group plc | England & Wales | £3,975 |
| 2417401/2020 | 12 November 2021 | Miss Z Waring | Golden Egg Group Limited | England & Wales | £11,439 |
| 1301579/2021 | 8 November 2021 | Mr. Cottam, Lay representative | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1602341/2020 | 8 November 2021 | Miss E Jago | Deli a Go Go Ltd | England & Wales | £1,856 |
| 2502105/2020 | 5 November 2021 | Mrs L I Odii | Somerset Bridge Ltd Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 3325801/2019 | 4 November 2021 | Ms M Burke | Asian Sourcing Link UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304119/2020 | 4 November 2021 | Mrs. A Mereuta | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400518/2021 | 2 November 2021 | Mr K Stoney-Channon | Imperial Tobacco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3203049/2019 | 1 November 2021 | Mrs N. Ramsay | Root2Shoot Executive Lawncare Limited | England & Wales | £15,568 |
| 3314532/2019 | 1 November 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200827/2020 | 27 October 2021 | Ms R Stowe | Stobart Air Ltd | England & Wales | £25,671 |
| 3324824/2019 | 20 October 2021 | Miss H Ballerino | The Racecourse Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303636/2020 | 19 October 2021 | Ms E Cutten | Furniture Forum Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107694/2021 | 13 October 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4107694/2021 Preliminary Hearing by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on September 2021 Employment Judge: M A Macleod Markie Obukowho Dales | Represented by Mr A McMillan Barrister Boots Management Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2203793/2020 | 12 October 2021 | Ms J Rajput | Commerzbank AG | England & Wales | — |
| 1404939/2020 | 11 October 2021 | In person For the | Cosham Orthodontic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414102/2019 | 7 October 2021 | Miss K Ferguson | G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402354/2020 | 5 October 2021 | — | Dometic UK Ltd | England & Wales | £60,311 |
| 3202265/2020 | 5 October 2021 | Ms M Tashmatova | Essex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600089/2021 | 4 October 2021 | Mr M Truelove | Roche Freight UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314872/2019 | 4 October 2021 | In person For the | Mr M Howson (senior litigation consultant) | England & Wales | £8,778 |
| 2302132/2020 | 27 September 2021 | Ms J Lupton | Ms O Balay | England & Wales | — |
| 3323699/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Miss L Peck | D & E Serviced Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £19,048 |
| 2401728/2019 | 23 September 2021 | Mrs A Amin | OBBS Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300662/2020 | 23 September 2021 | Miss M Darko | Ladbroke Betting and Gaming Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3307817/2020 | 21 September 2021 | Miss Irena Kazlauskaite | Stuart Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | £39,241 |
| 3201983/2019 | 20 September 2021 | Miss N Agada | LPC Law Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204568/2020 | 17 September 2021 | Helen Parker Herman | Beauty Consultants Bureau (UK) LLP | England & Wales | £17,835 |
| 1805213/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Ms Clark | Kindu Supply Limited (dissolved) | England & Wales | — |
| 3307856/2020 | 15 September 2021 | Miss E Cooper First | Copewell Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405693/2020 | 14 September 2021 | Mrs A Humphrey | Medisort Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1311169/2020 | 7 September 2021 | Mrs M Nykiel | Mona Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |