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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| Withdrawn | 102 | 9% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2300940/2019 | 21 November 2019 | Ms I S Sesay | Strong Tower Education Ltd t/a Strong Tower Day Nursery | England & Wales | — |
| 2303385/2018 | 20 November 2019 | Ms Z Porter | Luxford Bar Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110791/2019 | 20 November 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110791/2019 Mrs S Gutu | Sweeney Hotels Limited st | Scotland | — |
| 1401168/2019 | 20 November 2019 | In person For the | Ms D Hummerstone of the Respondent | England & Wales | — |
| 2410471/2019 | 20 November 2019 | Mrs J Bryant | Cascade (Charlton House) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601788/2018 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs E Wilcox | Print Inc. & Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300126/2019 | 19 November 2019 | Mrs S Wood | Canon UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3329500/2017 |
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 |
| 18 November 2019 |
| Ms L Burnford |
| (Nee Jackson) and AA Garage Services Limited Hearing |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 3201426/2019 | 18 November 2019 | Mrs L Haigh | Medisafe UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400051/2019 | 16 November 2019 | Miss S Brown | SP4x4 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601542/2018 | 15 November 2019 | Mrs R Hopkin Mrs K Perry | National Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4106046/2019 | 14 November 2019 | Mrs F Paton Ms S Jones Ms A M Milligan | Represented by Ms A Bowman - Trainee Solicitor Scottish Water | Scotland | — |
| 1301616/2017 | 12 November 2019 | Mr N Kennan, of counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4106965/2019 | 12 November 2019 | “D” | Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2401540/2019 | 11 November 2019 | Mrs K Frodsham | Roger Little North West Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2410489/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Miss A Taylor | Cygnet NW Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303137/2018 | 11 November 2019 | Ms E Clark | Distell International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410135/2018 | 11 November 2019 | — | Lee v Hartley Botanic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4113020/2018 | 11 November 2019 | : Mrs M Kearns Mr KF Watson Mr AB Grant MIss C Stewart | Represented by: Mr S Healey - Solicitor SD Hotels Limited t/a The Anchor Hotel | Scotland | — |
| 3200565/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Ms E Schofield | DCK Concessions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500433/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Mrs GA Fields | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601339/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Miss P Kendall | Pizza Hut Ltd & Laujacal Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314340/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Ms S Langley | Volume Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201408/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Mrs N Sejpal | Rodericks Dental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801805/2019 | 7 November 2019 | Miss K Fletcher | The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3307575/2018 | 7 November 2019 | Miss J Ashton | Lynn Cafe Limited | England & Wales | £20,427 |
| 2602548/2019 | 6 November 2019 | Ms C Pipes | 1) Crown And Arrows Pub 2) Green King Pubs Limited 3) Sarbjit Singh Tiwana 4) Danny | England & Wales | — |
| 3202243/2018 | 6 November 2019 | Miss A Visan | 1) Drone Major Limited 2) Mr R Garbett 3) Software Major Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200306/2019 | 5 November 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3335187/2018 | 4 November 2019 | Mrs H Mahal | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304392/2018 | 4 November 2019 | Mr S John, Counsel. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3319886/2019 | 4 November 2019 | Miss B King | George Dodds | England & Wales | — |
| 2405827/2019 | 2 November 2019 | Mrs W O’Neill | Virgin Media Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404191/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Miss Gemma Milne | AND Mr Keith Webb Trading as The Saddler’s Arms | England & Wales | — |
| 1601730/2019 | 1 November 2019 | Miss K Coombes | 1st Grade Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1304707/2018 | 1 November 2019 | Miss H Nightingale | Peer And Co Ltd & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3319593/2019 | 31 October 2019 | Miss L Saxton | Hethersett Old Hall School Limited (in liquidation) Interested party: McTear Williams & Wood Limited (liquidator) | England & Wales | — |
| 1600371/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Miss K Shord | Ludlow Street Healthcare Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3200248/2019 | 29 October 2019 | Ms Katarzyna Jachacz | Eggfree Cake Box Walthamstow Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600796/2018 | 28 October 2019 | Miss P Magill | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601070/2019 | 28 October 2019 | Mrs K Croft | Janet Cresswell | England & Wales | — |
| 3200348/2019 | 28 October 2019 | Mrs A Barclay | Elliot Leigh Tlc (elliot Altman, Leigh Young) | England & Wales | — |
| 3334974/2018 | 26 October 2019 | Miss N Taylor | The Retreat Beauty and Holistic Therapy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1601332/2018 | 25 October 2019 | Mr B Price | Powys County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2405736/2019 | 25 October 2019 | Miss J Harrison | Hoover Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3332888/2018 | 25 October 2019 | Mr I Cain, Counsel For the | Mr M Jones, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2402837/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs G Hobson | Northern Schools Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401676/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs R Benjamin | C & J Clark International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402893/2019 | 24 October 2019 | Mrs C Sargent | Ablecare (Philiphaugh) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600623/2018 | 23 October 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |