Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,420 UK employment tribunal cases involving whistleblowing claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,492 (the largest £920,302) across 587 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,763 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 6,112 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,388 | 54% |
| Struck out | 654 | 15% |
| Other | 516 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |
| Upheld | 375 | 8% |
| Settled | 8 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 186 | |
| 2019 | 829 | |
| 2020 | 1,116 | |
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 736 | |
| 2023 | 769 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 775 | |
| 2026 | 461 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | £920,302 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 2203888/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Ms L Bone (Counsel) For the | — | £200,000 |
| 3200557/2016 | 31 May 2018 | Mr A Dogra | Acetrip Limited | £124,659 |
| 3301843/2020 | 19 January 2024 | Mr M Magee, Counsel For the | — | £122,654 |
| 6010549/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Andrew Palmer | Aqua Lane Limited | £122,426 |
| 2302047/2022 | 1 March 2023 | Mr I Turner | Tower Demolition (Holdings) Ltd1 (company number 07747685) | £121,602 |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | £99,169 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2416776/2018 | 29 February 2020 | Mrs S Carlson | Corporation Of Macclesfield College | England & Wales | — |
| 2305390/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr M Blessing | Transport for London | England & Wales | — |
| 2405276/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr R Green | J Mills (Contractors) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415015/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Mr R Forrester | Environment Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 1300512/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr N. Hand | Novus Property Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111077/2019 | 28 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111077/2019 Mr M Smith | Macrocom (1072) Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2415017/2018 | 28 February 2020 | Mr O Moqbel | Human Appeal | England & Wales | — |
| 1405972/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mrs P Legg |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the whistleblowing caseload if whistleblowingis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| 15 | Transport for London | 8 |
| 16 | Lancashire County Council | 7 |
| 17 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 7 |
| 18 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 7 |
| 19 | London Borough of Newham | 7 |
| 20 | Serco Limited | 7 |
| England & Wales |
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| 2504369/2019 | 28 February 2020 | Mr M Harper | Elliott Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401784/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms R Davies | Small Wonders Day Care Nursery Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803739/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr I Simpson | Ashstead Plant Hire Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300036/2018 | 27 February 2020 | In person, assisted by Mr K Abere, friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302868/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms D Samson | Physiotherapy Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415010/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr N Ali | Sweet Dreams (Nelson) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416920/2018 | 27 February 2020 | Ms D Hannah | NHS England | England & Wales | — |
| 3324808/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr A Morrill | Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600501/2020 | 27 February 2020 | Mr M Maciejewski | Ludlow Healthcare Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411042/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Miss H Cottam | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1804478/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Miss M MacRae | Leonard Cheshire Disability | England & Wales | — |
| 1802226/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Mr J Frederick | R1: Ian Townsend t/a Rebian Solicitors R2: Rebecca Townsend t/a Rebian Solictors | England & Wales | — |
| 2401472/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms CA Bell | Pirelli Sports & Social Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2301445/2019 | 27 February 2020 | Ms S Harrison | Menzies Aviation (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401033/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Ms D Lavinchi | Burdon Grange Care Home Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401777/2018 | 26 February 2020 | Mr Franklin ( Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302217/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr M A Kemp | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3320031/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mrs J Porter | The Chief Constable of Norfolk Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2304266/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr B Owoh | Aspect Maintenance | England & Wales | — |
| 2413700/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr M Hodge | Buzz Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400780/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mrs L Knowles | FW3 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1406410/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr B Lingard | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3303834/2019 | 25 February 2020 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2405825/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs A Moore | Wirral Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2401490/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr D Foley | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805129/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mrs J Hudson | HBOS plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1401132/2019 | 25 February 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3202956/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Mr R Merrick | DB Group Services (UK) Limited (sued as “Deutsche Bank”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410299/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Dr C Moloney | Rochdale Metropolitan Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2302029/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Mr M Chiriac | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1800024/2020 | 25 February 2020 | Mr B Roebuck | Jotun Paints Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111249/2019 | 25 February 2020 | Ms Valerie Joyce | - Solicitor The Beeches Home Care Agency Ltd | Scotland | £540 |
| 2601643/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Ms L Moyes | Source Bioscience Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410347/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mr M Johnson | Northern Education Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1403046/2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mr S Neath | Automobile Association Developments Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3331913/2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mr G Mahmood, Counsel For the | Mr A G Crow, Chief Executive Officer CONSENT | England & Wales | — |
| 2301556/2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mr D Spencer | Margate Charter Trustees | England & Wales | — |
| 2504286/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mr R Owen For the | Mr D Mistry | England & Wales | — |
| 1308755/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mrs S Taylor | Acorn Optical Limited Mr C Blackburn Mr M Alexander | England & Wales | — |
| 3321349/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mr D Pereira | And Fluor Limited Private Preliminary Hearing (Case Management) | England & Wales | — |
| 1806714/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mr C Lee | Bristol Street Fourth Investments Limited (R1) Vertu Motors plc (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 1401878/2019 | 24 February 2020 | Mrs L Firstbrook Mrs K Wykes | Publica Group (Support) Ltd | England & Wales | — |