Race Discrimination Compensation: Average Payouts, Highest Awards & Real Cases

Average payouts, highest awards and recent published tribunal decisions for race discrimination compensation in the UK.

Claimant Success Rate
15.0%
221 successful or partially successful outcomes.
Median Award
£3,990
From 48 awarded cases.
Average Award
£79,476
Mean across 48 awarded cases.
Published Decisions
1,477
Matching published tribunal judgments.

Highest-value judgments

Recent published decisions

(1) WKCIC Group T/A Capital City College Group (2) Ms Odu

2026

Respondent won
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Mr Jaiden Nash

2026

Respondent won
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LHR Airports Ltd

2026

Respondent won
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Ryanair DAC and Ryanair UK Ltd

2026

Outcome unclear
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Mr Ricky Garrett

2026

Respondent won
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Kier Ltd

2026

Respondent won
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ISS Mediclean Ltd

2026

Struck out
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(1) RBL Law Ltd and Others

2026

Outcome unclear
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SNE Care Services Ltd

2026

Respondent won
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HG Lettings Ltd

2026

Respondent won
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About race 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. Race discrimination awards may include injury to feelings, lost earnings, interest and other compensation linked to the discriminatory treatment. The median and highest awards are calculated from awarded cases only, so race 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 race 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 race 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the average payout for race discrimination?

In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average race discrimination payout is £79,476 and the median award is £3,990. This is based on 48 cases with visible compensation.

What is the highest race discrimination award in the UK?

The highest published race discrimination award in this dataset is £3,449,329. 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 race discrimination claims succeed?

In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 15.0% of cases. That is based on 1,477 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.