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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| Withdrawn | 101 | 9% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300284/2018 | 30 April 2019 | Mr Tanner, paralegal For the | Ms GM Carter, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3313345/2019 | 28 April 2019 | Mrs A Nornan | Allied Health Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1601589/2018 | 27 April 2019 | Mrs M Ken | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600068/2019 | 27 April 2019 | Ms Angelika Niemanski | Nethouseprices Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3329420/2017 | 17 April 2019 | Ms J Sinnamon | Carexl Limited | England & Wales | £15,826 |
| 2206329/2018 | 15 April 2019 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2416214/2018 | 15 April 2019 | Ms R Zakar | Search Consultancy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602065/2017 | 12 April 2019 | Miss C McCourt | Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2602131/2018 | 12 April 2019 | Miss R Goodwin | Derbyshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1301893/2018 | 12 April 2019 | Miss S Holland | Birmingham Metropolitan College | England & Wales | — |
| 1400726/2019 | 11 April 2019 | Miss K Langner | Nexus Mediacom Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4122844/2018 | 5 April 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122844/2018 Preliminary Hearing Held at Portree on March 2019 Employment Judge: M A Macleod (sitting alone) Mrs Clare Stones | Civil Nuclear Police Authority | Scotland | — |
| 2602141/2017 | 30 March 2019 | Mr Gordon of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4118395/2018 | 27 March 2019 | Ms J McGrattan | Represented by: Mr J McGrattan - Father MacArthur Leisure Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1810534/2018 | 26 March 2019 | Mr Frew, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2205857/2018 | 19 March 2019 | Ms S Moreau | Birkbeck College Students’ Union | England & Wales | — |
| 3201218/2018 | 16 March 2019 | Miss C Ruff | Aimee Hair | England & Wales | — |
| 1800449/2019 | 15 March 2019 | Miss K Holdsworth | KYP Know Your Own Potential Consultancy Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204853/2018 | 15 March 2019 | Mr. D. Godfrey, Camden Community Law Centre For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302103/2018 | 15 March 2019 | Miss L. Grant | Dreamz Hair and Beauty Limited | England & Wales | £12,831 |
| 1301552/2018 | 14 March 2019 | Ms L Campbell, solicitor For the First | Mr K Young, lay representative For the Second Respondent: Mr R Anderson, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 4103063/2018 | 7 March 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4103063/2018 Mrs D Somuah | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3335184/2018 | 5 March 2019 | Miss J Kosicka | Blue Inc Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301957/2017 | 28 February 2019 | Mr David Green (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2503573/2018 | 28 February 2019 | Miss S Mulligan | Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600619/2017 | 23 February 2019 | Mr Manley (Counsel) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4118192/2018 | 4 February 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4118192/2018 Ms A Judd | Represented by: Ms N Meikle The City Of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1405152/2018 | 25 January 2019 | Miss T Russ | Monty's Bar And Restaurant Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415473/2018 | 21 January 2019 | Mrs C Grainger | Countrywide Estate Agents Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331240/2018 | 10 January 2019 | Miss L Thomas | Refurb Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1305921/2018 | 6 January 2019 | Miss H Meredith | Mercure MSB Admiral Ltd T/a Mercure Brandon Hotel and Spa | England & Wales | £34,170 |
| 4122182/2018 | 4 January 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122182/2018 Miss G Murray | Represented by: Mr I Burke Solicitor McDonald's Restaurants Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3300021/2018 | 28 December 2018 | Miss K Balmer, Counsel For the | Mr R Barker, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4113284/2018 | 18 December 2018 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4113284/2018 Miss C Anderson | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor Baxterstorey Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4105572/2017 | 18 December 2018 | Miss S Kulikauskaite | Graham Rose And Pamela Rose T/A R & B Services CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 In accordance with the power set out in | Scotland | — |
| 4106175/2017 | 12 December 2018 | Members: Laura Crooks and William Muir Ms K McColl | Represented by: Ms L Hunter - Solicitor South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | £13,992 |
| 3303974/2018 | 5 December 2018 | Mrs C Higgins | Trevor Wright | England & Wales | — |
| 3305236/2018 | 30 November 2018 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4120697/2018 | 29 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4120697/2018 Miss J French | Thomas Cook Group UK Travel Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4109382/2018 | 26 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109382/2018 Ms M Emmott | Ingeus UK Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4108813/2018 | 19 November 2018 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4108813/2018 Mrs K Jack | SIG Trading Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1600044/2018 | 15 November 2018 | — | J Care Support Services Ltd and others | England & Wales | £1,419 |
| 1401956/2018 | 2 November 2018 | Mr Patrick Handzel | Eco Haus South West Limited and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3305264/2018 | 2 November 2018 | Mrs L Bracey | Booker Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100786/2017 | 1 November 2018 | — | Parity Professionals Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302826/2018 | 25 October 2018 | Mrs N Clark | Goldex Investments (Essex) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601255/2018 | 22 October 2018 | Miss L Price | Ms Gemma Price | England & Wales | — |
| 2200591/2019 | 19 October 2018 | Ms L Bell, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2601255/2018 | 16 October 2018 | Miss E Millett | (R1) Edward Hands and Lewis Limited (R2) Mr Jason Lee Hathaway (R3) Mr Paul Stuart Stubbs | England & Wales | — |
| 3200482/2018 | 16 October 2018 | Dr B Beeka | Coventry University London Campus Ltd | England & Wales | — |