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Tribunal Watch has indexed 842 UK employment tribunal cases involving sexual orientation discrimination claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,449 (the largest £174,645) across 70 cases. Tribunals upheld 15% of the 164 decided sexual orientation discrimination claims. These cases name 810 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 139 | 40% |
| Struck out | 80 | 23% |
| Withdrawn | 76 | 22% |
| Other | 28 | 8% |
| Upheld | 25 | 7% |
| Settled | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 190 | |
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 93 | |
| 2023 | 102 | |
| 2024 | 101 | |
| 2025 | 81 | |
| 2026 | 48 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2416884/2018 | 20 March 2020 | Mr P Allen | Paradigm Precision Burnley Limited | £174,645 |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | £99,169 |
| 2200315/2023 | 17 November 2023 | Mr S Agar | Allspring Global Investments (UK) Ltd | £93,878 |
| 2300246/2023 | 18 July 2024 | — | LR C&R Ltd | £77,861 |
| 3202429/2019 | 14 May 2021 | Kim Holman Lauren Gardiner | Ambulance Transfers Ltd Joseph Church | £57,377 |
| 3200652/2021 | 5 May 2022 | Ms C Roderique | Ldn Global Group Limited (In Liquidation) | £46,465 |
| 2204890/2019 | 14 July 2021 | Mr M Weinreb | Online Travel Training Group Ltd Heard partly in person and partly via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) | £40,041 |
| 2202973/2022 | 22 March 2023 | In person | — | £39,080 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2302595/2019 | 3 August 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2413660/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Ms P Jones | Temp Station Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2603843/2020 | 3 August 2021 | Cherise Cooper | Poundland Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202679/2020 | 30 July 2021 | Mr R Sutton | Virtus Partners Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302162/2020 | 22 July 2021 | Mr J Shimano | Freight Transport Association Ltd t/a Logistics UK, Mr C Lipscomb & Ms N Day | England & Wales | — |
| 1300535/2021 | 21 July 2021 | In person (with his wife Mrs A Z Khokhar) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200029/2021 | 15 July 2021 | Mr C Walsh | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 2204890/2019 | 14 July 2021 | Mr M Weinreb | Online Travel Training Group Ltd Heard partly in person and partly via Cloud Video Platform (London Central) |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the sexual orientation discrimination caseload if sexual orientation 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.
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| 16 | East 45 Ltd | 2 |
| 17 | Easyjet Airline Company Limited | 2 |
| 18 | EE Limited | 2 |
| 19 | Harrison Fabrication Lifting Limited Heard: by Cloud Video Platform (Bury St Edmunds) | 2 |
| 20 | ISS Facility Services Limited | 2 |
| England & Wales |
| £40,041 |
| 2306293/2020 | 13 July 2021 | — | Ruskin v London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 3311907/2020 | 5 July 2021 | Ms McKeown (in person) For the | Mr Collyer | England & Wales | — |
| 1802573/2021 | 1 July 2021 | Miss S. Ali | Secretary of State for the Department of Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2203881/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Ms L Forrest | Silver Bullet Media Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1405891/2020 | 28 June 2021 | In person For the | Medipatrol Ltd | England & Wales | £17,296 |
| 4100135/2021 | 28 June 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4100135/2021 Open Preliminary Hearing Held by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on June 202110 Employment Judge - A Strain Mr Bryan McMurtrie | Department for Work and Pensions | Scotland | — |
| 2203459/2020 | 25 June 2021 | Did not appear and was not represented For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1805097/2019 | 16 June 2021 | Mr D Robson | NGP UTILITIES Ltd Heard by CVP | England & Wales | £36,707 |
| 1306928/2020 | 2 June 2021 | In Person For the | Mr P Clair - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4104627/2020 | 1 June 2021 | Member N Elliot Tribunal Member M McAllister Stuart Dorrans | Duracare Limited t/a Spearhead | Scotland | £720 |
| 3304130/2020 | 25 May 2021 | Ms M Brown | Nisbets plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2204680/2020 | 19 May 2021 | Ms C Lord, of Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202429/2019 | 14 May 2021 | Kim Holman Lauren Gardiner | Ambulance Transfers Ltd Joseph Church | England & Wales | £57,377 |
| 1802006/2021 | 12 May 2021 | Mr J Turner | 1) Millhouse World of Wood Ltd 2) Mr A Taylor 3) Mr J Barrett JUDMENT AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4100309/2021 | 11 May 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number:4100309/2021 Mr B Duffy | KPMG Holding LLP | Scotland | — |
| 1400795/2021 | 6 May 2021 | Mr A Brown | Rogers Wholesale Foods | England & Wales | — |
| 3330956/2018 | 6 May 2021 | Mr A Szczuczko | Swift Care UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603321/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr D Secada | DHU Health Care CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1806328/2020 | 29 April 2021 | Mr R Thomas | Michael Michael HELD: Sheffield | England & Wales | — |
| 1303700/2019 | 19 April 2021 | — | Aldi Stores Ltd and P Seddon | England & Wales | — |
| 1805835/2020 | 19 April 2021 | Mr B Murgatroyd | Tesco plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4102526/2020 | 16 April 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4102526/2020 Mr A Toman | Sitel UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3301820/2020 | 14 April 2021 | Miss L Hamilton | Healthcare Homes Group Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |
| 4104367/2020 | 8 April 2021 | Mr J Edens | Tayside Public Transport Company Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4106968/2020 | 7 April 2021 | Miss R Brindley | Tillycairn Place Represented by: Ormiston Crescent Ms C Curran,15 Dundee Friend Angus DD UG Zara UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3312166/2020 | 6 April 2021 | Mr S Rising | Walsh C of E Junior School | England & Wales | — |
| 3304626/2020 | 31 March 2021 | Mr A Eiler | And Maersk Line UK Limited Telephone Private Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303906/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Mr A Duckett-McDowall | BSS Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4108034/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Miss M Gemmell | Saltire Facilities Management Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3201585/2020 | 23 March 2021 | Miss J Salvatore | Stonewell Consulting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804877/2020 | 18 March 2021 | Mr C Miller | Nicholas Associates Group Limited HELD by CVP | England & Wales | £4,810 |
| 2300366/2020 | 5 March 2021 | — | American Express Services Europe Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300482/2019 | 26 February 2021 | Dr K Fogg | The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | England & Wales | — |
| 2300652/2020 | 25 February 2021 | Mr D Maliyamungu | NSC Global Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805182/2021 | 24 February 2021 | Rev. M Burns | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2205872/2020 | 23 February 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204586/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Ms S Rudd And | Great Bowery (UK) Limited Representatives | England & Wales | — |
| 2202172/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Ms A Bailey | Stonewall Equality Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600689/2020 | 15 February 2021 | Mr N Ferreira | J C Multilight (Yacel Industries Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 1805361/2020 | 10 February 2021 | Miss Jema Howell | A & S Developments Limited | England & Wales | £2,688 |
| 2400259/2019 | 9 February 2021 | — | L and others | England & Wales | — |
| 4103045/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr Michael Hewitt | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |