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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601571/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Y Stubbs | The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2601453/2024 | 16 October 2024 | Ms Y Stubbs | Paul Gibson (The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police) | England & Wales | — |
| 2200609/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Ms S Macken | BNP Paris London Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 1602383/2024 | 15 October 2024 | Mr Carl Miller-Ruck | Sportswift Limited (Trading as “Card Factory”) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409256/2023 | 15 October 2024 | Mrs A Jenkins | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | England & Wales | — |
| 1400572/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Miss Tina Sedgman | Whitbread Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2221318/2024 | 14 October 2024 | Lamis Abuhaloob | Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine | England & Wales | — |
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 |
| 2602571/2022 |
| 14 October 2024 |
| Mrs V Devlin |
| The Secretary of State for Justice |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 6001564/2023 | 14 October 2024 | Mr Garrick Nisbet | Notus Heavy Lift Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £0 |
| 6004726/2024 | 12 October 2024 | Mr M Munyoro | Enable Inclusive Support Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404174/2022 | 11 October 2024 | Mr R Marks | BDW Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313420/2022 | 11 October 2024 | Mr Tom Kirk, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6000823/2023 | 10 October 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1403821/2023 | 10 October 2024 | In Person assisted by Mr P. White (Uncle) | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300004/2024 | 10 October 2024 | Mr JC Lewis C1 Ms I Shah C2 | AM Coffee Retail Ltd R1 Hari D Varatharajah R2 | England & Wales | — |
| 6012296/2024 | 10 October 2024 | Mr W Hazell (in person) For the | Miss T Vittoria (Legal advisor) | England & Wales | — |
| 3200512/2024 | 10 October 2024 | Laurentiu Persunaru | Railscape Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3200747/2024 | 9 October 2024 | Ms Tracey Lancaster | Crowlands Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 1401381/2024 | 8 October 2024 | Mr. N J Shepherd | IQ Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204230/2022 | 8 October 2024 | Mr C Tilson | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1404988/2023 | 7 October 2024 | Ms Mary Smith | Acorn Care and Education Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2218663/2024 | 4 October 2024 | Mr C Elms | Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2206148/2022 | 4 October 2024 | Mr. James Ross | Terresens UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601073/2024 | 4 October 2024 | Mr K Arnold | Chinook Engineering Limited | England & Wales | £8,763 |
| 2500747/2022 | 3 October 2024 | Mr P Palmer First | Gap Organics Limited Second Respondent: Gap Group North East Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 4103482/2023 | 3 October 2024 | Ms L Hertel | Represented by: Mr A Lyons - Barrister [Instructed by Messrs BDBF]15 Western Isles Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3313401/2023 | 3 October 2024 | Mr J Doris | Royal Mail Group Limited (R1) Gi Group Recruitment Limited (R2) Angard Staffing Solutions Limited (R3) Manpower UK Ltd (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 3302173/2023 | 2 October 2024 | LF | OCS Food Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1801984/2024 | 2 October 2024 | Mr R Monkman | Lansinoh Laboratories UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002401/2023 | 1 October 2024 | Ms A Cooke | Fideli CK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6000391/2023 | 30 September 2024 | The claimant in person, supported by her husband Mr Chhetri For the | Mr Mark Clayton, solicitor Interpreter Ms Gurung, Nepali interpreter | England & Wales | — |
| 2214126/2023 | 30 September 2024 | Mr Mark Reid | SDX Energy plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1301503/2022 | 30 September 2024 | Mr S Ram | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | £12,336 |
| 3200075/2024 | 30 September 2024 | Mrs M Sriramaiah | Visa Embassy Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2217766/2024 | 30 September 2024 | Mr D Estephane | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2601772/2021 | 30 September 2024 | Dr N Hartell | University of Leicester | England & Wales | — |
| 1600767/2024 | 30 September 2024 | Mr F D Connor-Hughes | Dew Street Dental Practice Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 1601344/2024 | 27 September 2024 | Mr D Howell | Glenside commercials Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502576/2023 | 27 September 2024 | Michelle Hepburn | The Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne | England & Wales | — |
| 6001308/2024 | 27 September 2024 | Mr D Maltby | The Royal British Legion | England & Wales | — |
| 3306006/2024 | 25 September 2024 | Mrs Ajoke Olawumi Adeyeye | Pierpoint International (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £14,194 |
| 2601594/2021 | 25 September 2024 | MISS JADE ROBINSON | Accomplish Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1404970/2023 | 24 September 2024 | The claimant Mr Sladovich in person For the respondents First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6002428/2024 | 24 September 2024 | Mr U Duru | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414807/2021 | 24 September 2024 | Mr Z Malik | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2502774/2023 | 24 September 2024 | Mr C Mennim | Gateshead Community Organisation CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 1802409/2024 | 23 September 2024 | Miss S Bahra | Leeds Trinity University | England & Wales | — |
| 2407519/2023 | 23 September 2024 | Mr M Skorek | Encirc Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402129/2021 | 23 September 2024 | Mrs C Buckby | Cumberland Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2500100/2024 | 20 September 2024 | Mr C Waters | Unified Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |