Religious Discrimination Compensation: Average Payouts, Highest Awards & Real Cases
Average payouts, highest awards and recent published tribunal decisions for religion or belief discrimination compensation in the UK.
Highest-value judgments
| Respondent | Compensation | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3,449,329 | 2021 | View | |
| £6,955 | 2025 | View | |
| £4,000 | 2025 | View | |
| £1,689 | 2021 | View | |
| £1,208 | 2024 | View | |
| £223 | 2026 | View | |
| £87 | 2026 | View |
Recent published decisions
| Respondent | Outcome | Award | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LHR Airports Ltd | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Primark Stores Ltd | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Mr Ricky Garrett | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Nuclear Waste Services Ltd | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Miss Janet Parker | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
John Lewis plc | Dismissed | — | 2026 | View |
Krinkles UK Ltd (Continental Landscapes) | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Secretary of State for Justice | Claimant won | — | 2026 | View |
H Demetrios (T/a Brook Hall Hotel) | Dismissed | — | 2026 | View |
British Council | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
About religion or belief 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. Religion or belief discrimination awards may include injury to feelings, financial loss and interest where the tribunal finds unlawful treatment. The median and highest awards are calculated from awarded cases only, so religion or belief 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 religion or belief 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 religion or belief 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 religion or belief discrimination?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average religion or belief discrimination payout is £494,784 and the median award is £1,689. This is based on 7 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest religion or belief discrimination award in the UK?
The highest published religion or belief 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 religion or belief discrimination claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 17.1% of cases. That is based on 287 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.