Sexual orientation discrimination compensation & tribunal success rate — UK data (page 17) | Tribunal Watch
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Sexual orientation discrimination employment tribunal cases — UK data 2017–present
Tribunal Watch has indexed 823 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 793 distinct employers as respondents.
Total cases
823
Median award
£4,449
Claims upheld
15%
Largest single award
£174,645
Distinct employers
793
England & Wales
753
Scotland
70
Compensation in sexual orientation discrimination cases
70 cases with a recorded award
Median
£4,449
Mean
£16,111
25th percentile
£928
75th percentile
£18,305
90th percentile
£39,176
Largest
£174,645
Figures are the total award recorded across cases that include a sexual orientation discrimination claim and a published remedy — 70 of 823 sexual orientation discrimination cases. Many tribunal judgments decide liability only, with compensation set at a later hearing, so they are not counted here. A judgment combining several claim types contributes its whole award. Nothing here is legal advice or a prediction of any individual outcome.
Outcomes of sexual orientation discrimination claims
343 adjudicated claims
Outcome
Claims
Share
Dismissed
137
40%
Struck out
78
23%
Withdrawn
75
22%
Other
27
8%
Upheld
25
7%
Settled
1
0%
Counting only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed), 15% of sexual orientation discrimination claims were upheld — 25 of 162. Settled and withdrawn claims are excluded from that rate. Outcomes are recorded per claim, so a judgment can uphold one claim and dismiss another.
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Methodology
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.