Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,289 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 581 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,723 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 5,997 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,355 | 54% |
| Struck out | 644 | 15% |
| Other | 504 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 488 | 11% |
| Upheld | 368 | 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 | 771 | |
| 2026 | 334 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2405552/2020 | 27 October 2023 | Mr Z Akbar | Bestway Wholesale Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3323262/2021 | 26 October 2023 | Miss Augusta Kimani | Central Bedfordshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1405275/2023 | 26 October 2023 | Ms P Young | United Response | England & Wales | — |
| 2210731/2022 | 25 October 2023 | Miss M Okunola | Global Prime Partners Ltd PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1303120/2022 | 25 October 2023 | Ms Adele Smith | Dunton Environmental Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500138/2021 | 25 October 2023 | Ms K Blakey | Newcastle University | England & Wales | — |
| 1804748/2023 | 25 October 2023 | Ms S Gilpin | Kirby Malzeard Pre-School | England & Wales | — |
| 1400317/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Miss N Garvin |
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 | GXO Logistics UK Limited | 7 |
| 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 |
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| 4110210/2021 | 24 October 2023 | Ms J Gawelczyk | No Appearance Carers Direct Ltd. | Scotland | — |
| 1403855/2022 | 24 October 2023 | — | Helston Garages Group (Management) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2410042/2022 | 24 October 2023 | Dr D Wilde | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2500168/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Susanna Barlow | Northumberland County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2208696/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Mr. M. W. Bari | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306367/2022 | 23 October 2023 | Ms L Tudorica | Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries Limited | England & Wales | £276 |
| 1305599/2022 | 20 October 2023 | C. Davies | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2210207/2023 | 20 October 2023 | Mr Jerome Kumedzina First | London Fire Commissioner Second Respondent: Mr Andy Roe | England & Wales | — |
| 1402389/2022 | 20 October 2023 | In Person | Mrs S. Hornblower | England & Wales | — |
| 2300575/2023 | 19 October 2023 | Miss Zoe Padula | Best Risk Management and Financial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300011/2022 | 18 October 2023 | S Swanson (employment consultant) For the | Abbeyfield Reading Society Limited Second Respondent: Kathleen Davis Third Respondent: Timothy Howe Fourth Respondent: David Magowan | England & Wales | — |
| 1801273/2023 | 18 October 2023 | Mr M I Khan | Doncaster Mosque Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2210736/2022 | 18 October 2023 | — | The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Ms S Wylie | England & Wales | — |
| 2301688/2021 | 17 October 2023 | Miss Shona Felton & Mrs Kerry Smith | Britannia Driving School Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305483/2020 | 17 October 2023 | Mr Riaz, Claimant’s friend For the | Ms Splavska, Consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 2300149/2022 | 17 October 2023 | Ms J Pelling | The Complete Care Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2306030/2021 | 17 October 2023 | Miss S Browne | Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2203782/2023 | 16 October 2023 | In person | Mr R Morgan (Director) | England & Wales | — |
| 2403021/2023 | 16 October 2023 | Mr S Hussey | Bury Chiropractic Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3301827/2023 | 16 October 2023 | In person For the | Minories M Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,354 |
| 2300653/2022 | 14 October 2023 | Mr J Bhatti | Pakistan International Airlines Corporation | England & Wales | — |
| 1403062/2021 | 13 October 2023 | Mr G Knight | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200587/2023 | 13 October 2023 | (1) Mr A Lancaster (2) Mr I Lawal (3) Mr M Haque (4) Mr C Bempah | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2420354/2020 | 13 October 2023 | Ms Amy Park | Chief Constable of Merseyside Police HELD AT: Liverpool | England & Wales | — |
| 2214057/2023 | 13 October 2023 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3205994/2022 | 13 October 2023 | Harry Collins | Stewart Landscape Construction Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415317/2021 | 12 October 2023 | Miss L Edwards | Miss Gemma Boardman trading as House of GB | England & Wales | — |
| 2302102/2021 | 12 October 2023 | Mr K Sonaike, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2204833/2023 | 12 October 2023 | Mr Zakwan Malik | Maven Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3206724/2021 | 12 October 2023 | Ms Lucy Marley | Premier EA and FS Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2302221/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Mrs T Coleman | Home Contract Care Agency Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303112/2022 | 11 October 2023 | Mr D Foxall | Modus Recycling CIC | England & Wales | £2,516 |
| 3201127/2023 | 11 October 2023 | Mr K Abdulla | Mitie Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2408762/2023 | 10 October 2023 | Mr M Broomhead | Peninsula Legal Services Limited t/as Irwell Law (substituted for the original respondent, Peninsula Business Services Ltd t/a Irwell law) HELD AT: Manchester via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2201860/2022 | 9 October 2023 | Represented himself For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202274/2022 | 9 October 2023 | Ms F West | Ms E Evans-Jarvis | England & Wales | — |
| 2400411/2022 | 6 October 2023 | Ms S A Bumford | Little Teds Nursery & Academy Ltd | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 2307425/2020 | 6 October 2023 | Mr A Botting | London Borough of Croydon | England & Wales | — |
| 2210363/2023 | 4 October 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2305112/2021 | 4 October 2023 | Mr Hamisi Mzuwanda | Adelaide Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304944/2022 | 3 October 2023 | Mr R Mitchell | Gardners Books Ltd & Mr S Morley | England & Wales | — |
| 2408746/2022 | 3 October 2023 | Miss S Molyneaux | Apprentify Limited | England & Wales | — |