All items: Whistleblowing

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  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust v Watkinson EAT/0378/10 (1 report relating to this case)

  • EAT upholds decision that former NHS trust chief executive was dismissed for making protected disclosure

    Date:

    23 August 2011

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the employment tribunal decision that a former NHS trust chief executive was automatically unfairly dismissed for making a protected disclosure. 

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  Sardari and another v South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and another ET/1700085/2013 & others (1 report relating to this case)

  • Employment tribunals: large tribunal payouts in 2015

    Date:

    6 January 2016

    We round up awards of over £100,000 that employment tribunals made in 2015. The compensation awarded in these cases totals almost £2.5 million.

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  Schofield v Cedars Care Group Ltd [2010] ET/1400001/10 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing: employment tribunal decisions

    Date:

    7 July 2011

    This article summarises the main issues and outcomes in five employment tribunal cases that involve whistleblowing.

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  Shaw v Commissioner for Police for the Metropolis [2010] ET/2200375/09 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing: employment tribunal decisions

    Date:

    7 July 2011

    This article summarises the main issues and outcomes in five employment tribunal cases that involve whistleblowing.

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  Sturdy v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS [2008] ET/1803960/07, ET/1807285/07 & ET/1801248/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination in redundancy: employment tribunal decisions

    Date:

    8 September 2009

    This article provides a round-up of employment tribunal decisions on age discrimination in redundancy, a common complaint during the recession. Although the decisions are not binding on other tribunals, they provide useful illustrations for employers of redundancy situations that have led to age discrimination claims and, in some cases, large awards of compensation.

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  Tamana v Fyshe Horton Finney (in administration) ET/1800688/2013 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing: tribunal award of over £100,000 for CEO who resigned after being suspended for raising FSA concerns

    Date:

    10 October 2013

    The employment tribunal in this case awarded over £100,000 to a company CEO who raised concerns with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over the company's relationship with a firm in the United Arab Emirates.

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  Thomas v Nationwide Building Society ET/1601342/14 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Early conciliation: employee's failure to comply did not prevent claim going ahead

    Date:

    18 November 2014

    In a case report from Blake Morgan, an employment tribunal found that an initial failure to follow the Acas early conciliation rules was not necessarily fatal to the claim being considered by the tribunal.

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  Underwood v Wincanton plc EAT/0163/15 (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing: Disclosure alleging breach of employees' contracts might be in public interest

    Date:

    2 March 2016

    In Underwood v Wincanton plc EAT/0163/15, the EAT held that an employment tribunal had erred in striking out a whistleblowing claim on the basis that the alleged disclosure could not in law satisfy the requirement of being in the "public interest".

  • Whistleblowing: public interest test may be satisfied where disclosure relates to a group of employees

    Date:

    22 October 2015

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the requirement for a whistleblower to have a reasonable belief that the disclosure was made in the public interest could be satisfied where the disclosure relates to a relatively small number of workers.

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  Vaughan v London Borough of Lewisham and others (No.2) [2013] IRLR 713 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case of the week: Unmeritorious claimant ordered to pay around £60,000 in costs

    Date:

    31 July 2013

    In DLA Piper's case of the week, Vaughan v London Borough of Lewisham and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal approved the employment tribunal decision to require a claimant to pay around £60,000 in costs. This claimant had turned down a £95,000 settlement offer.

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  Virgo Fidelis Senior School v Boyle [2004] IRLR 268 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing update

    Date:

    18 August 2006

    Legislation protecting whistleblowers was introduced seven years ago. This article reviews the legislation and considers some of the substantial body of case law arising out of it. It also looks at the components of an effective whistleblowing policy.

  • Virgo Fidelis School v Boyle

    Date:

    1 April 2004

    In Virgo Fidelis School v Boyle [2004] IRLR 268 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that awards of compensation for injury to feelings in whistleblowing cases should be based on the guidelines set out by the Court of Appeal in Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2003] IRLR 102 for race and sex discrimination cases.

  • Case round-up: small employer exemption on accommodating disabled staff; and injury to feelings awards

    Date:

    2 March 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: small employer exemption on accommodating disabled staff; and injury to feelings awards.