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| Withdrawn | 488 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4123555/2018 | 4 June 2019 | Mr G Thomas | Berwick Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 4116425/2018 | 4 June 2019 | : A Ross G Doherty Mr C Adams | Buzz Project | Scotland | — |
| 1601044/2017 | 3 June 2019 | — | Carers Trust South East Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 1402847/2018 | 2 June 2019 | Lorraine Parkinson | Lee Filters (a division of Panavision Europe Limited) | England & Wales | — |
| 1404972/2018 | 30 May 2019 | Mrs Y Ajayi | Western Sussex Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102205/2019 | 30 May 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Case No 4102205/2019 Issued Following Open Preliminary Hearing Held at Edinburgh on August 2019 Employment Judge J G d’Inverno, QVRM, TD, VR, WS Mr J Amos | Pendrich Height Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2201138/2021 | 30 May 2019 | Dr D Angelova-Dimitrova | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | England & Wales | £920,302 |
| 2602729/2018 | 28 May 2019 | Miss J Okere | Ashton Lodge Residential Home | England & Wales | — |
| 2404021/2017 | 28 May 2019 | Ms S M Brennan | Newbarn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319187/2019 | 27 May 2019 | Miss MJ Martins Pereira | Spectris plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301896/2021 | 25 May 2019 | Graham Kempster | The Rec Horsham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303857/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Mrs A Mayhew | Mr R Kroner | England & Wales | £121 |
| 1403419/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Miss E Hooper | Ethical Power Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2401869/2019 | 24 May 2019 | Mr S Higson | Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302324/2017 | 23 May 2019 | Ms J Benger | B&Q Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302475/2017 | 23 May 2019 | Miss K Donnelly | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1303056/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mrs L Hill | Mr James Perry | England & Wales | — |
| 2601276/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mrs A Pienczak | GT Race and Trailers Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304173/2018 | 22 May 2019 | Mr J Feeny, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3203107/2019 | 22 May 2019 | Mr Robert Headley | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |
| 2300129/2018 | 20 May 2019 | Mr J Steward | Oasis Community Learning | England & Wales | — |
| 2304565/2018 | 20 May 2019 | Mr A Caird | Jewson Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200630/2019 | 20 May 2019 | Mr J Zarembok | Bp plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3202050/2018 | 18 May 2019 | Mr S Matthews | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1802083/2019 | 17 May 2019 | Mr R Brearley | Sash UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3353027/2017 | 17 May 2019 | MR P UKPAI | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 2417875/2018 | 17 May 2019 | Mr M Carrington | Platts Solicitors | England & Wales | — |
| 2201777/2020 | 17 May 2019 | Aileen McColgan QC For the | Katharine Newton QC | England & Wales | — |
| 4102633/2016 | 16 May 2019 | ETZ 4(WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No 4102633/2016 held at Edinburgh on and November 2016, 23, 24, 25, 26, and April and May 2018, 10, 11, 12, and December 2018, 18, 19, 20, and March 2019 and and April and 1, and May 2019 Employment Judge: W A Meiklejohn Members: Ms M Fisher Ms G Powell Mr Christopher Purnell | Represented by Mr D McFadzean, Solicitor The Edinburgh Mela Limited | Scotland | £67,029 |
| 2205737/2018 | 16 May 2019 | Dr L Reynolds | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | England & Wales | — |
| 4122291/2018 | 15 May 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122291/2018 Miss E Campbell | Represented by: Ms J Redpath - Solicitor Maritime & Coastguard Agency | Scotland | — |
| 2301070/2018 | 10 May 2019 | Mr A Martin | Southwark Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1403588/2018 | 9 May 2019 | Mr E Evans | Cygnet Health Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414619/2018 | 9 May 2019 | Mrs S Allison | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302089/2019 | 8 May 2019 | Ms M Pessoa | Bupa Care Homes (GL) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302705/2018 | 7 May 2019 | Ms C Corner | HFH Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2417201/2018 | 2 May 2019 | Mr K Salem | The Italian Food Company Limited (T/A Rosso) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102858/2019 | 2 May 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4102858/2019 Mr P Mitchell | Represented by: Miss L Campbell Solicitor Dundee City Council | Scotland | — |
| 2302925/2018 | 29 April 2019 | — | Leadec Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800305/2019 | 29 April 2019 | Mrs A Morgan | Stonegate Pub Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601059/2018 | 26 April 2019 | Mr A Hutton | Humberston Park Special School | England & Wales | — |
| 2602203/2018 | 26 April 2019 | Miss H Shaw | Kitty Cafe Nottingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100192/2019 | 26 April 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100192/2019 Ms C Smith | Represented by: Mr B McLaughlin, Solicitor Falkirk Council | Scotland | — |
| 3331962/2018 | 25 April 2019 | Linda Northover First | London Borough of Islington Second Respondent: Ofsted Third Respondent: British Association of Social Worker | England & Wales | — |
| 2402427/2019 | 24 April 2019 | Mr N Green Mr W Richards | Fairhome Property Investments Limited | England & Wales | £15,000 |
| 1300148/2019 | 24 April 2019 | In Person For the | Mr T Robinson (managing director of the respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 4121906/2018 | 24 April 2019 | A Kemp (sitting alone) Mr B Cochrane | Meallmore Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2300705/2018 | 23 April 2019 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313490/2019 | 23 April 2019 | In person For the | Mr Adam King, Company Director | England & Wales | — |