A recent decision of the Employment Tribunal has significantly expanded whistleblowing protection in the UK. In Bilsbrough v Berry Marketing Services Ltd the Employment Tribunal ruled that whistleblowing protection extends to those who are perceived or believed to be preparing to blow the whistle but have not yet done so.
In a recent piece in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), I was asked to comment on the use of so-called ‘gagging orders’ within the NHS and whether they are legally enforceable
Sir Martin Sorrell: Ramifications of a Breach of his Restrictive Covenants In April 2018, Sir Martin Sorrell resigned as Chief Executive Officer of WPP Group.
Barclays CEO Jes Staley has been fined £642,430 by City regulators and had £500,000 of bonus clawed back by the bank after he attempted to
A whistleblower disclosing potential wrongdoing must express a reasonable belief that an identifiable legal obligation has been (or will be) breached.
The past decade has not been a halcyon one for financial services. The collapse of Lehman Brothers and PPI misselling are two scandals which have contributed to one of the most turbulent periods in the industry’s history.
Arpita Dutt and Paul McAleavey consider the duties of a whistleblowing champion under the Senior Managers Regime and the steps to take to ensure compliance.
This case considers the protection available to whistleblowers when their dismissing officer was unaware that they had blown the whistle.
The whistleblowing champion is to ensure accountability at the most senior level for the way whistleblowing is handled and how whistleblowers are treated.
An employee’s complaint about her cramped working conditions may have been sufficiently in the public interest to amount to a whistleblowing disclosure.
Employees who make a complaint about terms and conditions regulating their and their colleagues’ employment may now be taken to have blown the whistle. The definition of what is in the ‘public interest’ – and therefore protected by whistleblowing legislation – has been widening and the latest case on the point has taken it further still.
On 6 October 2015, the PRA and the FCA published parallel policy statements containing rules on whistleblowing in financial institutions.
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