Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,289 UK employment tribunal cases involving whistleblowing claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,354 (the largest £920,302) across 581 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,723 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 5,997 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,355 | 54% |
| Struck out | 644 | 15% |
| Other | 504 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 488 | 11% |
| Upheld | 368 | 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 | 771 | |
| 2026 | 334 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803045/2019 | 1 August 2019 | In person | Mr Bailey – Gibbs, a Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1801836/2019 | 1 August 2019 | In person | Summerhouse Ltd T/a Eldercare | England & Wales | £3,300 |
| 4100523/2017 | 1 August 2019 | Ms N Pennycook | Ryscot Limited (now dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 2301410/2018 | 1 August 2019 | In Person For | Mr N Shah, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1600545/2019 | 31 July 2019 | Mr M Shamim | Vic International Marine Services UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201396/2019 | 31 July 2019 | Mr A Riaz | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 2502422/2019 | 30 July 2019 | Mr K Cook | Gentoo Group Limited Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1305583/2018 | 30 July 2019 | Mr N Smith (Counsel) For |
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 | GXO Logistics UK Limited | 7 |
| 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 |
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| 3331465/2018 | 30 July 2019 | Mr Q Qu | Catherine O’Connor Cosworth Electronics Ltd Stephen Green | England & Wales | — |
| 1303787/2018 | 30 July 2019 | Mr M Bridgewood (Lay Representative) For | Mr J Middleton (Solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403288/2018 | 30 July 2019 | Mr A Broad | Rollalong Limited | England & Wales | £10,634 |
| 1403114/2018 | 30 July 2019 | Mr D Gould | The Corsham School Academy Group | England & Wales | — |
| 3201425/2018 | 29 July 2019 | Mr M Ahmed | London General Transport Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402755/2019 | 26 July 2019 | Matthew Edwards | Moorepay Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301220/2019 | 25 July 2019 | Mr O Sener | London United Busways Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2420682/2017 | 25 July 2019 | Mr J Mason | Curo Choice Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302664/2018 | 25 July 2019 | Mr J Newall | 1) Oxford Coversis Ltd, 2) Ruxley Holdings Ltd & 3) Mr A M Muddyman OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2302160/2017 | 24 July 2019 | — | Laird v Build Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303975/2018 | 24 July 2019 | Mrs P Lewis, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1808698/2018 | 24 July 2019 | Miss A Petch | Department for Work and Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 2300018/2019 | 24 July 2019 | Mrs C Shepherd | Berwick Devoil Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1802984/2019 | 24 July 2019 | Mrs R Parkin | Leeds City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3304269/2018 | 24 July 2019 | Mr J. Latinwo, legal assistant. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203032/2019 | 24 July 2019 | Ms Ashanti Amponsah First | The Estate of Dr O’Connell Second Respondent: Beatrix Schmidt | England & Wales | — |
| 2600470/2019 | 24 July 2019 | Mr J Morley | The Renewal Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3332458/2018 | 24 July 2019 | Mr Paul O’Callaghan, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302785/2018 | 24 July 2019 | Mrs T Coxhill | Unite the Union | England & Wales | — |
| 3312316/2019 | 24 July 2019 | Ms D Maxamed | Dimensions (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800790/2019 | 23 July 2019 | Mr M Jones | Options Autism Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200060/2019 | 23 July 2019 | Mr I Patel | Virgin Trains Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2503335/2018 | 22 July 2019 | Mr M Poolan | David Lloyd Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301935/2019 | 20 July 2019 | Mr T Croxford QC (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1801800/2019 | 19 July 2019 | Miss C Bishop Respondent (1): Respondent (2): CT Plus Wakefield HCT Group | Mr E Nuttman, Solicitor (Ward Hathaway) | England & Wales | — |
| 4121871/2018 | 19 July 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No 4121871/2018 Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh on June 2019 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Mrs R Wyse | Appeared in person Healthcare Improvement Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 2303069/2018 | 19 July 2019 | Mr T Darracott | Samantha Denham Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2501388/2017 | 18 July 2019 | (1) Ms Sophie Louise Stead (2) Ms Abbie Georgia Rain | Holley Park Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2300055/2019 | 18 July 2019 | Miss T Alao | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2402243/2019 | 17 July 2019 | Mr S Bradbury | Safezone Construction Ltd Safezones.co.uk Michelle Schofield G4Ginger Argent Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3328089/2017 | 15 July 2019 | Miss A Steinmetz | Peninsula Business Services Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4123813/2018 | 15 July 2019 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123813/2018 Held in Aberdeen on March & July 2019 Employment Judge N M Hosie Tribunal Member S L McCabe Tribunal Member V Lockhart Miss M Hernandez | Represented by Ms J Redpath Solicitor Little Malaya Restaurant Limited st | Scotland | £1,404 |
| 2201079/2018 | 15 July 2019 | Mr J. Plant | Bank of Beirut (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402733/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Mr A Mason | Eastleigh Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2200851/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Mr N Best | C Retail Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4123686/2018 | 12 July 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4123686/2018 Mr C Oliveira | Carr Gomm | Scotland | — |
| 2203814/2019 | 12 July 2019 | Dr C Connolly | Health Education England | England & Wales | — |
| 2304574/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Mrs M Itulu | London Fire Commissioner | England & Wales | — |
| 4100210/2019 | 11 July 2019 | Member E McCall Tribunal Member F Parr Mr P Mullery | Avanti Environmental Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4123234/2018 | 11 July 2019 | Nos: 4123234/2018 and 4102622/2019 Miss Nicole Bolland | Represented by:15 Mr Johnston Consultant Dunkeld House Hotel LLP | Scotland | — |
| 1301013/2019 | 10 July 2019 | Ms K Moss (Counsel) For the 1st | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303061/2018 | 10 July 2019 | — | Casey v Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |