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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8001784/2024 | 7 April 2025 | Number: 8001784/2024 L Barnard | Lidl Great Britain Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2403131/2023 | 4 April 2025 | Miss Malgorzata Agnieszka Zarzecka | Interactive Technology Corporation Ltd and ITC EOT Trustee Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1810623/2024 | 4 April 2025 | Michael Blackburn | WW Estates (Bolton Junction) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2403706/2023 | 4 April 2025 | — | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002653/2025 | 4 April 2025 | Miss S Messi | Royal College of Psychiatrists | England & Wales | — |
| 2311721/2024 | 3 April 2025 | Mrs R Samuel | Oliver Bonas | England & Wales | — |
| 2404615/2023 | 2 April 2025 | Mr Ian Kirby | Lancaster University | England & Wales | — |
| 3200480/2024 | 2 April 2025 | Mrs C Fosu |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| £8,614 |
| 2401657/2022 | 1 April 2025 | Ms S Sanders | The Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary | England & Wales | — |
| 2600542/2024 | 31 March 2025 | Miss Lilia Mouhoubi | Grant Thornton LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 8000734/2024 | 31 March 2025 | Ms S Lindores-Williams | Fertility Network UK | Scotland | — |
| 8000264/2025 | 31 March 2025 | Mr P Robins | Animal Concern Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3306383/2024 | 28 March 2025 | Miss N McIntyre | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2215789/2023 | 28 March 2025 | Ms H Rojas Poveda | MAR Facilities Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301416/2022 | 27 March 2025 | Mr J Clifton | Pettit Recruitment Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6017238/2024 | 27 March 2025 | Mr A Odukoya | Faith Home Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1405791/2023 | 26 March 2025 | Miss A Richardson | Pillbox Chemists Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6009960/2024 | 26 March 2025 | Mr K Aitman | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 6008908/2024 | 26 March 2025 | Mr M Rubezius | Switch My Business Group Limited | England & Wales | £3,300 |
| 3203189/2022 | 25 March 2025 | Mr Laxman Akula | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400716/2024 | 25 March 2025 | — | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 1400685/2024 | 25 March 2025 | - MS L SIMPSON (COUNSEL) FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1402654/2024 | 25 March 2025 | Mr Z Ali | Stagecoach | England & Wales | — |
| 2408652/2025 | 25 March 2025 | Ms KA O’Brien | Strive Services Ltd (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £12,421 |
| 3202043/2023 | 25 March 2025 | Ms Elizabeth Cullen | Havering Care Provider Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6004325/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Ms N Ward | Valorum Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | England & Wales | £99,169 |
| 6019886/2024 | 21 March 2025 | — | Whitehead building services | England & Wales | — |
| 4104454/2023 | 21 March 2025 | Mr K Kabbani | Scottish Police Authority | Scotland | — |
| 6001465/2025 | 21 March 2025 | In person For the | Mr Chadwick, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 6006499/2024 | 21 March 2025 | Mr T Sargent | Arca Trade Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6007244/2024 | 21 March 2025 | Larisa Orlova | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6000132/2024 | 20 March 2025 | Mr A Widdop | Keighley & District Travel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201091/2023 | 20 March 2025 | Mr U. Uthman | Barking and Dagenham Trading Partnership Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303931/2024 | 20 March 2025 | Mr J Higham, Father For the | Mr J Herbert, Manager | England & Wales | £500 |
| 1304353/2024 | 20 March 2025 | Ms M Little | Rico Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400136/2024 | 20 March 2025 | Mr L Trevaskis | Puddington Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2305567/2024 | 19 March 2025 | Miss J K Scantlebury | Waitrose plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2601881/2024 | 19 March 2025 | Mr Bartosz Isbrandt | Keystone Lintels Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201726/2022 | 19 March 2025 | Ms Bindhu Viswambaran | John Lewis plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1306529/2023 | 18 March 2025 | Mr M Little | Chief Constable of West Mercia Police | England & Wales | — |
| 6015564/2024 | 18 March 2025 | Mr Misn Muhammad Nawaz | Carlise Support Services Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8001410/2025 | 17 March 2025 | Mr B Kerr | Vallourec Oil & Gas UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2303774/2023 | 17 March 2025 | Mrs. S. Brinton | Country Cousins Homecare Agencies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000957/2024 | 17 March 2025 | Mr J Watt | Savills Management Resources Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3300327/2024 | 16 March 2025 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3313494/2022 | 15 March 2025 | Mr P Matthews | Skanska plc | England & Wales | £2,687 |
| 6002769/2023 | 14 March 2025 | Mrs K Wills | Progressive Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6015345/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr S Ahmed | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | — |
| 6018450/2024 | 14 March 2025 | Mr K Polak | 9092 Catering Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |