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Tribunal Watch has indexed 1,546 UK employment tribunal cases involving pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £10,515 (the largest £150,587) across 278 cases. Tribunals upheld 48% of the 908 decided pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims. These cases name 1,606 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 472 | 40% |
| Upheld | 436 | 37% |
| Withdrawn | 101 | 9% |
| Other | 93 | 8% |
| Struck out | 62 | 5% |
| Settled | 4 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 46 | |
| 2019 | 307 | |
| 2020 | 368 | |
| 2021 | 173 | |
| 2022 | 165 | |
| 2023 | 168 | |
| 2024 | 124 | |
| 2025 | 102 | |
| 2026 | 75 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306246/2019 | 19 February 2020 | Miss S Wardlaw | Vodafone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800130/2020 | 18 February 2020 | Miss D Wright | Pure Innovations Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402167/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mrs M Singleton | Kevin Lupton | England & Wales | £16,000 |
| 1306748/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Ms K W Michaelewicz | Auria Solutions Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2300315/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr M Foster (Solicitor) For the | West Country Inns Ltd | England & Wales | £24,189 |
| 3201375/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Miss S Gordon | River Island | England & Wales | — |
| 2300317/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Mr M Foster (Solicitor) For the | West Country Inns Ltd | England & Wales | £17,070 |
| 2601886/2018 | 14 February 2020 | Mrs J Taylor |
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 |
| Premier Insurance Brokers Ltd (R1) Steve Morley (R2) |
| England & Wales |
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| 2400113/2019 | 14 February 2020 | Miss M Georgiev | Hanover Insolvency Limited | England & Wales | £120 |
| 2304630/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs R Acquah | BPP University Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304243/2018 | 13 February 2020 | Mrs B Payne | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405945/2019 | 13 February 2020 | Miss I Kerek | Broadland’s Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 1406089/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs S Power | HEASN Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600665/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs M Owczarzak | Norton House Hotel (R1) Ancer Recruitment (R2) Mr A McCabe (R3) | England & Wales | — |
| 4111129/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss L McDougall | G S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1301260/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss A Robinson | Dodd Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3305278/2018 | 11 February 2020 | Mr N Bidnell-Edwards, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3315934/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr A Francis, Lay representative For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2503733/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs K Hoare | Lane7 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410053/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Miss R Horton | Blackpool Central Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301150/2017 | 10 February 2020 | Ms L Coleman | Red Handling Limited | England & Wales | £7,359 |
| 3330654/2018 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs M Simmons-Safo | Barnet Enfield And Haringey NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2405895/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs A Batterbee | JSK Fashions Limited (trading as Gemini) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303898/2018 | 9 February 2020 | Mr McEvoy (Claimant’s partner) For the | — | England & Wales | £45,796 |
| 2200315/2019 | 7 February 2020 | In person For the | Mr Doherty | England & Wales | — |
| 2301640/2018 | 7 February 2020 | Ms O Illes | Unilever UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304085/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Ms S Forge | IBM (United Kingdom) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600447/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Ms K Adekoya | Cheerful Elegant Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2504231/2019 | 5 February 2020 | — | Duggan v Little Diamonds Childcare Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2305385/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs R Affarka | James Chandler - Vh Community Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413228/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs K Murphy | Foster Care Associates Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304149/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Miss C Howard | Countrywide Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3326339/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mrs H Cutmore | Pepsico International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807152/2019 | 31 January 2020 | — | Baer v Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200067/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Miss A Green | David Martin Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2300379/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Ms S Maini | Robinson Webster (Holdings) Limited (Jigsaw) | England & Wales | — |
| 1308210/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Miss GT Gould | Leonard Cheshire Waterloo Court | England & Wales | — |
| 3321945/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Miss P Pasnik | Pertemps Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403703/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Miss J Wingett | Nichares Hairdressing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201881/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs R Hayward | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601576/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Miss C Edwards | Flowering Shrubs Nursery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803517/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss E Parkin | Hull Kingston Rovers Community Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4109594/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mrs N Kaminska | Represented by Mr C Moran, Solicitor Your Group Limited | Scotland | £67,918 |
| 2500961/2019 | 27 January 2020 | Mrs P Beddow | Interflex Scotland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414089/2019 | 27 January 2020 | Ms M Paluch | Sodexo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403011/2019 | 27 January 2020 | Miss C Turner | Virgin Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302986/2019 | 26 January 2020 | Ms Sindelarova | Jazz Company (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3326038/2019 | 25 January 2020 | Miss N Slay | Slade Nursery School | England & Wales | — |
| 2601888/2019 | 24 January 2020 | Miss C Adams | Jan’s Cleans PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1803016/2019 | 24 January 2020 | Miss S Thomas | United Petroleum UK Limited | England & Wales | — |