Disability Discrimination Compensation: Average Payouts, Highest Awards & Real Cases
Average payouts, highest awards and recent published tribunal decisions for disability discrimination compensation in the UK.
Highest-value judgments
| Respondent | Compensation | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| £265,719 | 2020 | View | |
| £111,108 | 2024 | View | |
| £90,912 | 2025 | View | |
| £75,000 | 2022 | View | |
| £62,116 | 2024 | View | |
| £60,868 | 2026 | View | |
| £55,532 | 2024 | View | |
| £54,898 | 2025 | View | |
| £43,127 | 2025 | View | |
| £42,119 | 2025 | View |
Recent published decisions
| Respondent | Outcome | Award | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Edinburgh | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
The Health and Safety Executive | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
British Broadcasting Corporation | Partial success | — | 2026 | View |
Hudson Business Centres Ltd | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
Essex County Council | Claimant won | — | 2026 | View |
Forward (Wales) Ltd | Partial success | — | 2026 | View |
The Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
NHS England | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Leviat Ltd | Partial success | — | 2026 | View |
Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs | Struck out | — | 2026 | View |
About disability discrimination compensation
Where these figures come from
Every figure on this page is drawn from published employment tribunal judgments where a compensation amount appears in the public record. Disability discrimination awards may include injury to feelings, financial loss, interest and other remedies depending on what the tribunal finds proved. The median and highest awards are calculated from awarded cases only, so disability discrimination claims that settled privately or ended without a published figure sit outside this sample.
How to read the headline numbers
The headline stats separate the size of awards from how often disability discrimination claims succeed. A claim type can show a very high award in one exceptional case while the median across the wider sample stays much lower. Read the highest-value judgments table for the upper end of the record, then the recent decisions list to see how these disputes appear in current judgments — including cases where no compensation is visible.
What this page is not
These are documented examples, not a prediction of what a new disability discrimination claim is worth and not an estimate of a private settlement. The public record is selective and excludes most settlements, so treat large awards as unusual rather than typical. This is an intelligence page, not legal advice: to value a live claim, compare the facts, dates and losses in the underlying judgments with your own.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average payout for disability discrimination?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average disability discrimination payout is £19,825 and the median award is £10,985. This is based on 102 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest disability discrimination award in the UK?
The highest published disability discrimination award in this dataset is £265,719. Large awards are unusual and can be driven by long periods of financial loss, injury to feelings or other case-specific factors.
What percentage of disability discrimination claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 24.0% of cases. That is based on 2,862 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.