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Tribunal Watch has indexed 829 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 162 decided sexual orientation discrimination claims. These cases name 798 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 137 | 40% |
| Struck out | 78 | 23% |
| Withdrawn | 75 | 22% |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 | 35 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2414451/2019 | 20 July 2020 | — | King-Lowe v The Riverside Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401859/2020 | 14 July 2020 | Mr E Hancock | Hartpury Universtity and Hartpury College | England & Wales | — |
| 2403466/2020 | 13 July 2020 | Mr M Fairhurst | Middleton Surfacing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807542/2019 | 9 July 2020 | Mr A Temple-Matthews | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3200658/2020 | 6 July 2020 | Mr C. Wade | Canary Wharf Management Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3333855/2018 | 29 June 2020 | Ms LM Maurice-Gill | Nadia Cherkaoui Maison Moti Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802181/2020 | 24 June 2020 | Miss H Barraclough | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405351/2020 | 18 June 2020 |
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 | EE Limited | 2 |
| 18 | Harrison Fabrication Lifting Limited Heard: by Cloud Video Platform (Bury St Edmunds) | 2 |
| 19 | ISS Facility Services Limited | 2 |
| 20 | London Borough of Redbridge | 2 |
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| 1801690/2020 | 18 June 2020 | Mr B Wrigley | Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404049/2018 | 9 June 2020 | Mrs M Rybandt | Limbs & Things Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200180/2020 | 4 June 2020 | Ms F Green | PizzaExpress Restaurants Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801488/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr L Lewis | Wooltex UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1805445/2019 | 3 June 2020 | — | Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing Limited | England & Wales | £560 |
| 2200329/2020 | 2 June 2020 | Mr S Moore | Lucy Murray | England & Wales | — |
| 1400964/2019 | 28 May 2020 | - IN PERSON FOR THE | - Ms L Williams | England & Wales | — |
| 2416710/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Mr D Burrows | Edam Group Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2411128/2019 | 26 May 2020 | Miss B Freitas | The Arts Council of England | England & Wales | — |
| 2406401/2019 | 22 May 2020 | Mrs L Warburton | Motus Group (UK) Limited t/a Pentagon Ford & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2600656/2020 | 20 May 2020 | Mr S Jeffers | NRS Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603572/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Mr. I Khan | Citizens Advice Nottingham & District Bureau | England & Wales | — |
| 4102601/2019 | 18 May 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102601/2019 Mr I Johnstone | Scottish Ambulance Service | Scotland | — |
| 2406276/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr S Mellor | FGH Security Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402574/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr M Thomas Mr T Davies | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1404991/2019 | 15 May 2020 | Mr P Milkowski | Princess Yachts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600879/2020 | 15 May 2020 | Mr D Mazarello | Active8 Managed Technologies IT Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2404580/2019 | 14 May 2020 | Mr AA Marsland | Secure Pizzas Ltd t/a Pizza Hut Swinton (in Administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301041/2020 | 14 May 2020 | Mr J Cychowski | Vistry Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200423/2020 | 12 May 2020 | Mr T Cotton | Healthcare Homes Group Limited, | England & Wales | — |
| 2415346/2018 | 12 May 2020 | Mr A Edwards | Lancashire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2603740/2019 | 11 May 2020 | Mr R McKay | National Westminster Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2402183/2020 | 7 May 2020 | Mr J Curran | Sanctuary Housing Association t/a Sanctuary Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2303115/2019 | 6 May 2020 | Miss G Palmer | Marine Society And Sea Cadets | England & Wales | — |
| 3324070/2019 | 4 May 2020 | In person For the | Mr A Stewart-Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 2401725/2020 | 4 May 2020 | Mr G Abercrombie | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204840/2022 | 1 May 2020 | Mr K C’tunge | Fabric Life Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401671/2019 | 30 April 2020 | Mr P Turner | Clevedon Learning Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2400244/2020 | 29 April 2020 | Mr A Caruana | Laura Mullin | England & Wales | — |
| 2504374/2019 | 27 April 2020 | Ms M Kubiak | Gestamp Tallent Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2500397/2020 | 23 April 2020 | Mr K Pentland | The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police | England & Wales | — |
| 1804896/2020 | 20 April 2020 | Mrs S Bielby | Excil Electronics Ltd. t/a LPA Lighting Systems AT A HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2202615/2019 | 17 April 2020 | Ms C Johnson | No Ordinary Designer Label Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 2200095/2019 | 16 April 2020 | Mr E Hall | Future Publishing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405042/2019 | 15 April 2020 | Mr Stephen Lannin | Solent University | England & Wales | — |
| 1803407/2019 | 7 April 2020 | Ms P Fenlon | Skipton Building Society | England & Wales | — |
| 2600010/2020 | 3 April 2020 | Mr. Vorobjovs | Youngs Seafood Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2600023/2020 | 27 March 2020 | Mr S Lane | Premier Education Hucknall | England & Wales | — |
| 2415073/2019 | 27 March 2020 | Miss L Hall | Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300210/2019 | 27 March 2020 | S Dosanjh | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602743/2019 | 26 March 2020 | Ms L Langston | Lincolnshire County Council | England & Wales | — |