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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3303468/2022 | 12 July 2024 | — | Rumanyika v Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2205718/2022 | 11 July 2024 | Ms D Grennan, counsel For the | Mr R Jones, solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2217090/2023 | 11 July 2024 | Mr L Hasan | University College London | England & Wales | — |
| 2303382/2024 | 11 July 2024 | Ms S Messi | Change, Grow, Live and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3204156/2022 | 10 July 2024 | Mr F Amin | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | £2,450 |
| 3314278/2023 | 10 July 2024 | Ms A Kardos | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6001680/2023 | 9 July 2024 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302536/2022 | 9 July 2024 | Mr. C Lloyd | Ezec Medical Transport Services Limited |
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 |
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| 2414122/2021 | 8 July 2024 | Mrs L Thoburn | Estates and Law Limited (in voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2303397/2022 | 8 July 2024 | Mr R Dumitru | Brake Bros Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300446/2022 | 5 July 2024 | Mrs Mercel Hislop | Elders Voice | England & Wales | — |
| 2405776/2023 | 5 July 2024 | Mr G Bell | General Dental Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3310645/2023 | 5 July 2024 | Miss O Motajo-Adebayo | Precious Homes Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 2304622/2024 | 5 July 2024 | Miss M Onu | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3311423/2023 | 5 July 2024 | Mr M Lappin | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2410338/2022 | 4 July 2024 | Respondent | Heard at | England & Wales | — |
| 3322761/2021 | 4 July 2024 | Mrs M W Vithana | West London NHS Trust (R1) Ms Innocencia Mashamba (R2) Mr Vitus Okereafor (R3) Mr Timothy Brackpool (R4) | England & Wales | £11,360 |
| 2201731/2023 | 4 July 2024 | Mr S Potts | Urb-it UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302404/2023 | 3 July 2024 | Mr G Pink | N2O Limited | England & Wales | £200 |
| 3310783/2023 | 3 July 2024 | Mr Ioan Pirlog | Barchester Healthcare Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4102749/2023 | 2 July 2024 | Member E Farrell Tribunal Member M McAllister J Difolco | Represented by S Monan, Solicitor Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd | Scotland | £1,863 |
| 2407622/2023 | 2 July 2024 | Mr N Bessassi | MAG Airport Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302712/2022 | 2 July 2024 | Mr William Calver | University of Greenwich | England & Wales | — |
| 2411944/2023 | 2 July 2024 | Mr K Chima | Cegedim E-Business Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2304883/2023 | 2 July 2024 | Mr Nyamadzawo in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601484/2021 | 2 July 2024 | D | R1 and others | England & Wales | £47,247 |
| 3311404/2023 | 1 July 2024 | Mr B Lafferty | Norse Eastern Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402587/2023 | 1 July 2024 | Mrs L Ackroyd | Loyalfirm Limited trading as Saxon Paper (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £58,646 |
| 2408733/2023 | 1 July 2024 | Ms E Waters | Abbingdon Global Limited Steven Hartley Sheung Hoi Wen | England & Wales | — |
| 1403714/2023 | 1 July 2024 | Robert Corderoy | South West Care Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400211/2022 | 28 June 2024 | Mrs H Grier | St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School Governing Body | England & Wales | — |
| 2409323/2023 | 28 June 2024 | — | LTE Group and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2402398/2023 | 28 June 2024 | Dr Susan Gilby | Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1305501/2022 | 28 June 2024 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6002513/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mrs E Kirk | Lishmans LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3303484/2024 | 26 June 2024 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201269/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr C Yoong | Randstad Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1602869/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Miss Annice Morris | Bob Gay Plant Hire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6002346/2024 | 26 June 2024 | Ms. K A Bryniak | LCUK Leicester Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600985/2023 | 26 June 2024 | Mr Jamie Dunbar | Creative Marketing Support Limited Record of an Attended Hearing at the Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £24,343 |
| 2200488/2024 | 25 June 2024 | Miss I Sorany | Kitchen Labs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,181 |
| 2304007/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Samantha Hunt | Joshua Earle | England & Wales | — |
| 2409589/2023 | 24 June 2024 | Miss A Marques | East 45 Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2204786/2023 | 22 June 2024 | In person For the | Mr C Ocloo (employment consultant) | England & Wales | — |
| 2501166/2021 | 21 June 2024 | 1. Dr A Aftab 2. Prof R Scarpa | Durham University | England & Wales | £29,573 |
| 6001942/2023 | 21 June 2024 | Ms Catherine Lawrence | Tabula School | England & Wales | £1,677 |
| 3200817/2023 | 21 June 2024 | Ms P Oliver | St Mungos Community Housing Association Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2407605/2023 | 20 June 2024 | Mrs H Hughes | Cheshire West and Chester Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3204640/2022 | 19 June 2024 | Mrs Tracey Moffat | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 2302675/2022 | 19 June 2024 | Mrs N Henley | Kings Hill Parish Council | England & Wales | — |