Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,419 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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 | 460 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4104815/2019 | 27 June 2019 | Mr M McMahon | Tilly’s Hair & Beauty | Scotland | £436 |
| 2302866/2018 | 26 June 2019 | Mr S Agomuoh | Serco Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1400710/2019 | 26 June 2019 | Ms J McKenna | MD Surgery Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4102747/2019 | 25 June 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102747/2019 Mr L Stobie | Dem-Master Demolition Ltd | Scotland | £12,623 |
| 2300102/2018 | 25 June 2019 | Mr J Brinklow | The Titsey Estate Company Limited t/a Moorhouse Sandpits | England & Wales | — |
| 3328476/2017 | 24 June 2019 | Mrs M O’Donnell | Wokingham Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2424532/2017 | 24 June 2019 | Miss J Waite | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 1401969/2018 |
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 |
| 24 June 2019 |
| Ross Terrebonne |
| NM Telecom Ltd |
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| 1301927/2017 | 21 June 2019 | Ms F Coulibaly | Interserve Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304163/2017 | 21 June 2019 | Ms L Amoye | Croydon Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303444/2018 | 21 June 2019 | Mrs M Branson (Claimant’s mother) | — | England & Wales | £7,429 |
| 1401073/2019 | 21 June 2019 | Miss E Trerise | The Beehive Inn | England & Wales | — |
| 3305544/2018 | 20 June 2019 | Ms Z Ivankovic, Fianceé For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2600528/2019 | 20 June 2019 | Mrs B Belkadi | Rachael Livingston Derbyshire Housing Trust CIC Pace Engagement Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 2601467/2018 | 19 June 2019 | Mrs A Singleton | HC-One Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805837/2018 | 18 June 2019 | Mr A Ghaffar | Age UK Calderdale and Halifax | England & Wales | — |
| 2200453/2018 | 14 June 2019 | Mr Robson, counsel For the | Mr Howson, consultant | England & Wales | £50,538 |
| 1600803/2018 | 14 June 2019 | Mr R Hunter-Clarke | Neil Hamilton AM | England & Wales | — |
| 3328187/2017 | 14 June 2019 | Mr N Finn | St Andrews Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 1600563/2017 | 13 June 2019 | Ms A Clenton | Mr P Roberts | England & Wales | — |
| 1305469/2018 | 13 June 2019 | Mr R Lee | Ryanair D.A.C | England & Wales | — |
| 4102582/2019 | 12 June 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102582/2019 Ms D McCrory | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 3300016/2018 | 12 June 2019 | Miss K Turkler | Storybook Montessori Ascot Limited | England & Wales | £12,911 |
| 2421222/2017 | 11 June 2019 | Mr G Rakoczy | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1600622/2018 | 11 June 2019 | Mr Oliver Hyams (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4122786/2018 | 10 June 2019 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4122786/2018 Ms L Coutts | Represented by: Mr W McParland, Solicitor Sacro | Scotland | — |
| 4111917/2018 | 7 June 2019 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: S/4111917/2018 Mrs A Wright (deceased) | Represented by: Mr B McLaughlin Solicitor Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland | Scotland | — |
| 1401913/2018 | 7 June 2019 | Mrs D. JEPSON | Ace Car Hire (worthing) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3303481/2019 | 6 June 2019 | Mr Samater Osman | Royal Mail Group Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4116425/2018 | 4 June 2019 | : A Ross G Doherty Mr C Adams | Buzz Project | Scotland | — |
| 4123555/2018 | 4 June 2019 | Mr G Thomas | Berwick Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 2303042/2018 | 4 June 2019 | Mr K Appleford | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 1404972/2018 | 30 May 2019 | Mrs Y Ajayi | Western Sussex Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2201138/2021 | 30 May 2019 | Dr D Angelova-Dimitrova | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2404021/2017 | 28 May 2019 | Ms S M Brennan | Newbarn Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602729/2018 | 28 May 2019 | Miss J Okere | Ashton Lodge Residential Home | England & Wales | — |
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | England & Wales | £920,302 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 1303857/2018 | 24 May 2019 | Mrs A Mayhew | Mr R Kroner | England & Wales | £121 |
| 2601276/2018 | 23 May 2019 | Mrs A Pienczak | GT Race and Trailers 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 | — |
| 3203107/2019 | 22 May 2019 | Mr Robert Headley | London Borough of Newham | England & Wales | — |