Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,181 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 569 cases. Tribunals upheld 13% of the 2,658 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 5,890 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,300 | 54% |
| Struck out | 627 | 15% |
| Withdrawn | 481 | 11% |
| Other | 481 | 11% |
| Upheld | 358 | 8% |
| Settled | 8 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 186 | |
| 2019 | 830 | |
| 2020 | 1,116 | |
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 736 | |
| 2023 | 769 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 772 | |
| 2026 | 224 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1303221/2017 | 11 December 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301932/2017 | 11 December 2017 | Mr A Tchoudinov | Sports and Leisure Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400666/2017 | 8 December 2017 | Ms M S K Sembhi | Bournemouth Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 4105570/2016 | 6 December 2017 | Member: Mr P O’Donnell Mr R McPherson Mrs J Hassan | Represented by: Mr B Kadirgolam – Solicitor Community InfoSource | Scotland | — |
| 2206284/2018 | 4 December 2017 | Mr S Deegan | Globalgrange Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |
| 2302680/2017 | 30 November 2017 | Mr C Mitchell | The Academy Trust of Erith School | England & Wales | — |
| 2420916/2017 | 27 November 2017 | Miss S Daniels | 1) Hilbre Care Limited 2) DellaMcManus | England & Wales | — |
| 2601163/2019 |
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 | Lancashire County Council | 7 |
| 16 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 7 |
| 17 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 7 |
| 18 | London Borough of Newham | 7 |
| 19 | Serco Limited | 7 |
| 20 | Barclays Bank UK plc | 6 |
| 16 November 2017 |
| Mr Andrew Rumin |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (“the third respondent” or “R3”) |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2204835/2018 | 10 November 2017 | Mr J England (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4105165/2016 | 7 November 2017 | M Kearns Members: Mr F Russell Mr D Loughney Mrs A Qaraqish | Represented by: Mrs D Reynolds - Solicitor 1. Rossa Home Care Limited | Scotland | £14,120 |
| 2403352/2017 | 7 November 2017 | Ms L Thomas | 1) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2) Professor Mark Pugh | England & Wales | — |
| 3303458/2018 | 6 November 2017 | Miss Invana Jurcevic | Countrywide Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3347204/2016 | 3 November 2017 | Miss K Buttle | BP Exploration Operating Company Limited and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 4102407/2017 | 31 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102407/2017 Mr A Abercrombie | Royal Mail Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301432/2017 | 27 October 2017 | In person but assisted by her brother Mr Webb For the | Mr Robson Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 4104732/2017 | 26 October 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104732/2017 Mr M Mitchell | Scottish Social Services Council | Scotland | — |
| 1304471/2015 | 23 October 2017 | In person For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3329427/2017 | 20 October 2017 | Ms A Macey, Counsel For the | Mr P Bownes solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2300311/2017 | 19 October 2017 | Mr H Cauwenbergh | London Borough of Southwark | England & Wales | — |
| 2200415/2017 | 17 October 2017 | Mr J. Banerjee | The Royal Bank of Canada (London Branch) | England & Wales | £8,100 |
| 3300059/2018 | 13 October 2017 | Mr D Thompson | And Informatica Software Limited Hearing | England & Wales | — |
| 2301211/2019 | 5 October 2017 | Mr D Bakary | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304365/2017 | 29 September 2017 | Mr P Newey | Ocado Central Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100313/2017 | 29 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100313/2017 Mr B Machray | Represented by: Ms D Casale Clydesdale Bank plc and others | Scotland | — |
| 2200223/2017 | 28 September 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300864/2016 | 27 September 2017 | Ms Sharlene Edey | London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 4112629/2018 | 27 September 2017 | (sitting alone) Mr G Doherty | Represented by: Mr M Briggs - Solicitor South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 2201027/2017 | 26 September 2017 | Mr David Stephenson of Counsel For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304314/2017 | 22 September 2017 | Mr R Bryce | AMS Securities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4100198/2016 | 13 September 2017 | Members: Ijaz Ashraf Peter Kelman Mr R D Hutchison | Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 3300062/2017 | 6 September 2017 | — | LHR Airports Ltd and MJM Industrial Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102330/2017 | 4 September 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102330/2017 Mr J McIntosh | Scottish Masonic Homes Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3302882/2018 | 3 September 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300720/2014 | 31 August 2017 | — | The Garrard Acadamy (formerly Bexley Business Acadamy Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102650/2016 | 24 August 2017 | Members: Elizabeth Farrell Andie Grant Mrs May Hendry | Represented by: Mr S Miller -15 Solicitor Ayrshire and Arran Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2200174/2017 | 24 August 2017 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400943/2017 | 22 August 2017 | Kieran Sidhu | Exertis (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102147/2017 | 21 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102147/2017 Ms C McLachlan | Heartlands Properties Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4102145/2017 | 21 August 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102145/2017 Mr A Nodwell | Heartlands Properties Management Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3400400/2016 | 18 August 2017 | Ms SR Idu | The Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4102102/2017 | 10 August 2017 | Mr S Sparrow | Maklab Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 4103972/2016 | 1 August 2017 | (sitting alone) Mr James Johnstone | Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100548/2017 | 25 July 2017 | — | Brightwork Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3332239/2018 | 24 July 2017 | Mr McCombie, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301747/2017 | 17 July 2017 | — | Manne v Poundland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300568/2015 | 10 July 2017 | Mr F Neckles | London General Transport Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 4100375/2017 | 7 July 2017 | Mr L Burns | Stork Technical Services (RBG) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 4101712/2017 | 6 July 2017 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4101712/2017 Mr B Gourlay | West Dunbartonshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 4100274/2016 | 3 July 2017 | Members: Hugh Boyd John Kerr Mr Terence Balfour | Represented by:-15 Mr R O’Dair - Barrister The University Court of | Scotland | — |
| 2301515/2016 | 30 June 2017 | Ms L. Chudleigh, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |