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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| Withdrawn | 102 | 9% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3201708/2019 | 25 August 2020 | Mrs. N Hefford | Dr M Jack | England & Wales | — |
| 3201986/2019 | 24 August 2020 | Mrs T Pattinson | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1600655/2020 | 21 August 2020 | Mrs A Worrall | Time 4 Recruitment Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1602287/2019 | 21 August 2020 | Mrs D Pritchard | Scot Group Ltd t/a Thrifty Car Rental | England & Wales | — |
| 2602919/2020 | 20 August 2020 | Mrs A Buck | Arriva UK Bus Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600579/2020 | 20 August 2020 | Miss R Hammond | IG Doors Limited Heard: via telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 1800572/2020 | 19 August 2020 | — | Valente v Excel Parking Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502228/2019 | 17 August 2020 |
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 |
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| 3334235/2018 | 14 August 2020 | In person, assisted by her husband For the | - Mr T Hussain (litigation Consultant) | England & Wales | £5,834 |
| 2410498/2019 | 14 August 2020 | Ms E Livingstone | Intelling Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601797/2019 | 13 August 2020 | Miss N Poole | Kiddie Winks Day Care Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600905/2020 | 13 August 2020 | Miss Billie-Mae Bishop | Armstrong Aviation Clothing Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401909/2019 | 13 August 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3331970/2018 | 13 August 2020 | Miss J A Patterson | Merchant Taylors Oxfordshire Academy Trust Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306242/2019 | 13 August 2020 | Miss T Smith | Benniman Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306013/2019 | 12 August 2020 | Miss K Komar | The University Of Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 1305641/2020 | 12 August 2020 | Miss C Cook | Fu Yao Wednesfield Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2601997/2019 | 11 August 2020 | Ms S Basra | Leicester City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3307421/2018 | 11 August 2020 | In person Interpreter: Mr N Jones For the | Mr J Gilbert (consultant) | England & Wales | £1,777 |
| 1802228/2020 | 11 August 2020 | Miss M Sharp | Playtopia Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401042/2019 | 11 August 2020 | Miss R Capper | W J Nigh and Sons Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402206/2020 | 10 August 2020 | Ms J Francis | Premier Coffee Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600771/2019 | 7 August 2020 | Mr B Steltmann | Rodak | England & Wales | — |
| 1308801/2019 | 7 August 2020 | Mrs T Walker | Kedleston Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2504230/2019 | 7 August 2020 | Miss A Jobes | Rascals Playtime Childcare Limited | England & Wales | £616 |
| 2600770/2019 | 7 August 2020 | Mrs P Wyrzykowska | Rodak | England & Wales | — |
| 2600769/2019 | 6 August 2020 | Mr A Bral | Rodak | England & Wales | — |
| 2601865/2020 | 6 August 2020 | Mrs K Rutkowska | Staffline | England & Wales | — |
| 1804276/2020 | 2 August 2020 | Mrs R Wilson | Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403351/2019 | 31 July 2020 | Miss T Pepper | Varonis UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500394/2020 | 30 July 2020 | Ms M Kane | Project Advisers International (uk) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404607/2019 | 30 July 2020 | Miss L Gilson | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601336/2020 | 30 July 2020 | Miss S Mulligan | Manor Skips Limited | England & Wales | £933 |
| 2300246/2020 | 29 July 2020 | Mr. James Bromige, counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2415967/2021 | 29 July 2020 | Mrs Caroline Law | The University of Cumbria | England & Wales | — |
| 1801788/2020 | 29 July 2020 | Mrs E Younger | College of Policing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2406273/2019 | 29 July 2020 | Ms R Innes | Huntapac Produce Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600804/2019 | 28 July 2020 | Ms Sophie Hall | Fresh Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | £236 |
| 2501019/2020 | 24 July 2020 | Miss A Gellately | Washington Art Glass Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804787/2019 | 21 July 2020 | Mrs S Haywood | National Grid plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1800391/2020 | 20 July 2020 | Miss S McConnell | Superfood Market Online Ltd Mr Mark Andrews Mrs Gemma Andrews | England & Wales | — |
| 3330960/2018 | 20 July 2020 | — | Mr Y Wang and Ms S Zhu T/a Forever Beauty | England & Wales | £1,069 |
| 3201914/2019 | 16 July 2020 | Ms H Wu | Bensussen Deutsch & Associates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332638/2018 | 15 July 2020 | — | Lunn v T C Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306663/2020 | 15 July 2020 | Miss K Page | Stepping Stones Childcare And Education (CIC) | England & Wales | — |
| 3314194/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Mrs M Lewicka | Hartwell plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201228/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Ms J Borkowska | Mini Delikatesy Kubus Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300012/2019 | 14 July 2020 | Mrs S Hirani | AQ Skin Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600831/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mrs C Mullett | Governing Body Of St Francis R C Primary School (R1) Cardiff Council (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1400555/2020 | 10 July 2020 | Mrs G Gilbert | Illva Saronno S.P.A | England & Wales | — |