Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,423 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 6,113 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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 | 464 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601475/2022 | 22 November 2022 | In person For the | In house Barrister | England & Wales | — |
| 2501744/2021 | 22 November 2022 | Mr W Blake | Hamsterley and District Social Club Limited | England & Wales | £2,188 |
| 2600389/2021 | 22 November 2022 | Mr T W Brophy | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2301852/2021 | 22 November 2022 | Mr M Lamjafjaf | Nuffield Health | England & Wales | — |
| 3300749/2021 | 21 November 2022 | Mr S El Fath | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2200233/2022 | 21 November 2022 | Ms C Alexa | Pasta Evangelists Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3309627/2022 | 19 November 2022 | Ms S Cabrini | Key Horizons Limited v | England & Wales | — |
| 1802872/2021 | 18 November 2022 | Miss X |
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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| 3206081/2021 | 18 November 2022 | Uthman Patel | GP Precision Engineering Ltd (In Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 2409140/2021 | 18 November 2022 | Miss Stephanie Davies | The Chief Constable of Cheshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2300674/2021 | 16 November 2022 | Miss C Wilson | Slam NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2301383/2021 | 16 November 2022 | Ms D Truelove | Mr M Sheill | England & Wales | £1,120 |
| 1305876/2019 | 15 November 2022 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2302444/2020 | 15 November 2022 | Mr L Franco de Godoy | H & L Trading Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201414/2021 | 15 November 2022 | Mr J Wilkinson | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2414440/2021 | 14 November 2022 | Mr A Papadakis | Minoan Supplies Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2500127/2022 | 11 November 2022 | Ms M Stronach | Bristol Street Fourth Investments Limited | England & Wales | £10,085 |
| 4101437/2022 | 11 November 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4101437/2022 & 4101570/20225 Held at Aberdeen on October 2022 Employment Judge J M Hendry Ms L Gordon st | — | Scotland | — |
| 1304237/2021 | 10 November 2022 | In person Interpreter : Mr. Gilbert Babida | — | England & Wales | £500 |
| 3308969/2022 | 10 November 2022 | Mr H Niksic | Atalian Servest Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1600798/2021 | 9 November 2022 | Mr J Wells | Fusion Electrical and Building Services Engineering Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3303946/2020 | 9 November 2022 | Mrs L Vivian-Jones | Parity for Disability | England & Wales | — |
| 1404702/2020 | 8 November 2022 | (1) Mr A McAnulty (2) Mr N Fletcher (3) Mr S Forrester | Airmec H20 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801041/2022 | 8 November 2022 | — | The University of Leeds | England & Wales | — |
| 2300608/2021 | 8 November 2022 | Mr P Birken | The Chief Constable Of Kent Police | England & Wales | — |
| 2601212/2019 | 7 November 2022 | Mrs J Stringfellow | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2205903/2022 | 7 November 2022 | Mr Mobasheri | Belgravia Mews Hotel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413308/2020 | 7 November 2022 | Mr I O’Driscoll | Reel Appeal Limited | England & Wales | £2,953 |
| 3301814/2020 | 7 November 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308119/2022 | 6 November 2022 | Mr. Crawford, Counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4109610/2021 | 5 November 2022 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4109610/20215 Held at Inverness on 15, 16, & August and September 2022 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members N Richardson F Parr Mr W J G Mowatt | Pegasus Express Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1301014/2021 | 4 November 2022 | 1. Miss C Southwell (“CS”) 2. Mrs A Monk (“AM”) | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1404694/2021 | 4 November 2022 | Dr Y Kumar | Bath and North East Somerset Liberal Democrats | England & Wales | — |
| 1403350/2022 | 4 November 2022 | Mr T Hancox | SK Heating and Cooling Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201560/2021 | 4 November 2022 | In person For the First | Ipay Solutions Ltd (In Liquidation) and Mr S Kuganathan | England & Wales | — |
| 3205893/2021 | 3 November 2022 | Mr C Htwe | Runwood Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404056/2021 | 3 November 2022 | Ms Joanne Groom | The Rising Sun Limited | England & Wales | £20,010 |
| 2201676/2022 | 3 November 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303253/2021 | 2 November 2022 | Mr C Nimenko Parkes | Joy Wemms t/a Wemms Education Centre Heard by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1300623/2021 | 1 November 2022 | In person For the | Mayflower Law Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1601561/2021 | 1 November 2022 | Ms Ewelina Butkiewicz | CAD Services Ltd t/a Facilities by ADF | England & Wales | — |
| 2207643/2021 | 1 November 2022 | Mr B Kristensen | Portman Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305774/2021 | 1 November 2022 | Mr A Backer | Magdalene Limited Sharon Smith Wendi Cochrane Steve Harlowe | England & Wales | — |
| 2415940/2020 | 1 November 2022 | Mrs K Hunter | Tameside College | England & Wales | — |
| 1403821/2020 | 31 October 2022 | Miss C Ritcher | Bath Cricket Club | England & Wales | — |
| 3301186/2021 | 30 October 2022 | Mr K McDonald | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | — |
| 3311752/2021 | 27 October 2022 | Not present or represented For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306456/2021 | 27 October 2022 | Mr G Price | Phyllis Court Members Club Limited By: CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1404365/2021 | 26 October 2022 | Ms A F De Araujo | Dr A Edwards and Mrs L Edwards t/a Park Cottage Dental Practice | England & Wales | — |
| 4102606/2020 | 26 October 2022 | : I Ashraf and A Grant Mr K McDonagh | ’s wife Greater Glasgow Health Board | Scotland | £936 |