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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500023/2019 | 7 February 2020 | Mr E Hamilton | STR Enterprises | England & Wales | — |
| 1800333/2020 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs A Dixon-Mersh | Bettys & Taylors Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600580/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mrs M Caroll-Cliffe | Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2300936/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr E Sotire | H. Turnbull Co. Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4113342/2018 | 6 February 2020 | Ms S Cleary | Represented by Ms L Neil - Solicitor Spark of Genius Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3314175/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr S Abel | Anglian Home Improvements | England & Wales | — |
| 3314176/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Miss S Cook | Anglian Home Improvements | England & Wales | — |
| 3319915/2019 | 6 February 2020 |
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 |
| Ms M Tether (Counsel). For the |
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| 4107281/2019 | 6 February 2020 | Mr J Reid | South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1600017/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mrs J. Climer-Jones (C) | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board (R1) Ms L Peregrin (R2) Ms J. James (R3) Ms A. Williams (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 2410105/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr JS Smith | Middleton Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2206888/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Ms L Duckworth | HCA International Limited t/a Roodlane Mutual | England & Wales | — |
| 3200203/2020 | 5 February 2020 | Ms E Volkova | Credit Suisse (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2411456/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr S Gracey First | Irwell Valley Housing Association Ltd Second Respondent: Irwell Valley Homes | England & Wales | — |
| 2405406/2019 | 5 February 2020 | Mr L Cornwall | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400232/2018 | 5 February 2020 | Mr J Allsop (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303355/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs T Foyster | Vatech Dental Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403970/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr A Peck (Counsel) For the | Ms Y Montaz (tribunal advocate) | England & Wales | £4,532 |
| 2303564/2018 | 4 February 2020 | Mr T Tharmathevan | Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1804300/2019 | 4 February 2020 | Mrs D Greaves Respondent 1: The Unity Centre Ltd Respondent 2: Mr A Bevis | Mr Gilbert (consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 1601220/2017 | 4 February 2020 | Ms S Lewis | The Governing Body Of Tairgwaith Primary School CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under the provisions of | England & Wales | — |
| 3201855/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mr S Doble | The Further Education Corporation Of Harlow College | England & Wales | — |
| 3314500/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mr P Stanislawczyk | Ach Bodyshop Tariq Zar | England & Wales | — |
| 4103053/2019 | 3 February 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case Number: 4103053/2019 Held at Glasgow on (reading day), 14, and January 2020 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Tribunal Member: Mr G Noble Tribunal Member: Mr J Burnett Mr Kevin Colhoun | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £0 |
| 1304550/2018 | 3 February 2020 | Mr A Harvey | Staffordshire Doctors Urgent Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600789/2019 | 3 February 2020 | Mrs C Mace | Mount Pleasant Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 3320567/2019 | 2 February 2020 | Mr R Reece | Warings Furniture Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3322551/2019 | 2 February 2020 | Mr E Altamirano | Fresham Pond Hotel t/a Demibourne Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3314760/2019 | 2 February 2020 | Mrs A Allen | Kier Intergrated Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4109135/2019 | 31 January 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109135/2019 Mrs D Keith | Represented by: Mr R Russell Solicitor Care Visions Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3300143/2017 | 31 January 2020 | Mr J Singh, representative For the | Mr G Turner, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1306076/2019 | 31 January 2020 | LEIGH THOMAS | Midland Heart Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405262/2018 | 31 January 2020 | — | Waitrose & Partners (John Lewis Partnership) | England & Wales | — |
| 2301505/2018 | 31 January 2020 | Mr R Mugridge | Abellio London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601874/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr J Evans | Severn Trent Water Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3202526/2018 | 31 January 2020 | Mr F Boillereau | HSBC Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1406036/2019 | 31 January 2020 | Mr J Whiffen | All Trade Property Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306541/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr Ryan Stackhouse | TNT UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320858/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr JL Phillips | HAL Utilities Limited | England & Wales | £4,496 |
| 2301414/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs D Oliver | Carshalton College, South Thames Colleges Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2302901/2018 | 30 January 2020 | Mrs S Song | St Christopher’s School St Christopher’s School (Canterbury) Ltd David Evans Paul Kundu | England & Wales | — |
| 3320857/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr KL Keeble | HAL Utilities Limited | England & Wales | £4,496 |
| 2303756/2019 | 30 January 2020 | Mr P M Holingbery | Ekc Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2301452/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Ms C Ndambiri | Adsen Moore Financial Consulting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4110048/2019 | 29 January 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4110048/2019 Mr V Jaiswal | — | Scotland | — |
| 2601651/2019 | 29 January 2020 | — | J V Hyland T/a Sign Windows and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2603282/2019 | 29 January 2020 | Miss N Chamberlain | Mr Jas Singh | England & Wales | £860 |
| 2301654/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr W Miller | Church & Dwight UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301312/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Miss K Maxwell-Simpson | The Nehemiah Project | England & Wales | — |
| 1402617/2019 | 28 January 2020 | Mr B Smith | Swindon Town Football Company Limited | England & Wales | — |