Chesterton Global Ltd and another v Nurmohamed [2017] IRLR 837 CA
Reports relating to this case:
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Whistleblowing: Disclosure serving the interests of 100 managers was made "in the public interest"
- Date:
- 31 December 2017
In Chesterton Global Ltd and another v Nurmohamed [2017] IRLR 837 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal had made no error in law when it held that an employee's disclosure, which engaged the interests of 100 managers of a national estate agency, was made "in the public interest" and protected under the whistleblowing legislation.
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Whistleblowing: Court of Appeal has held that disclosures affecting 100 senior managers were in the public interest
- Date:
- 12 July 2017
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the employment tribunal that disclosures made by a worker satisfied the "public interest" requirement for protection under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The disclosures related to a breach of the employment contracts of 100 senior managers, including the whistleblower.