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| Withdrawn | 488 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500948/2021 | 29 May 2022 | Mrs S Hall | Durham County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3314603/2020 | 28 May 2022 | Mr Bennet (caseworker) For the | Ms Wood (in-house representative) | England & Wales | £19,749 |
| 3205595/2021 | 27 May 2022 | Mr G Schembri | Top Meadow Golf Centre Ltd t/a Top Meadow Golf Club | England & Wales | — |
| 2301827/2020 | 27 May 2022 | Miss D Harding | St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1803574/2021 | 26 May 2022 | Mr Bronze, counsel | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1802130/2021 | 26 May 2022 | Miss B Shiells | The Governing Body of Ripon Grammar School | England & Wales | — |
| 4112398/2021 | 26 May 2022 | Mr C Yates | Fife Council | Scotland | — |
| 4109212/2021 | 25 May 2022 | Tribunal Member Mr G Doherty Tribunal Member Ms M McAllister Ms Kara Scobie |
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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| 1601837/2021 | 25 May 2022 | Ms J. Phillips | The Council of the City and County of Swansea (R1) Ms. D. Smith (R2) Ms. S A Evans (R3) Mr P Roberts (R4) | England & Wales | — |
| 4100912/2022 | 25 May 2022 | — | The Highland Council | Scotland | — |
| 3212808/2020 | 25 May 2022 | Miss R Crawford | Independent People Homecare Services | England & Wales | — |
| 3300917/2021 | 25 May 2022 | Mr G Steshov | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 3307602/2020 | 24 May 2022 | Mr R St Leger | Cell Therapy Catapult Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304974/2024 | 24 May 2022 | Mrs Alexandra Fraser | Ministry of Defence Heard: by CVP in Birmingham | England & Wales | — |
| 1302895/2021 | 23 May 2022 | Mr M Elbehiry | C & S Care Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303546/2021 | 23 May 2022 | Ms B Noor | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3311866/2020 | 23 May 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3323424/2021 | 20 May 2022 | Miss Emily Wilson, Solicitor For the | Mr Matthew Sutton, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2201153/2021 | 20 May 2022 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303089/2019 | 19 May 2022 | — | Headstart Employment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302262/2020 | 19 May 2022 | Dr N Bellan | University of Hertfordshire | England & Wales | — |
| 2416856/2019 | 18 May 2022 | R Massingham Respondent Chrystal Consulting Limited | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1800872/2022 | 17 May 2022 | Ms N Montana | Care Quality Commission and 11 others | England & Wales | — |
| 1801109/2022 | 17 May 2022 | Miss R Gray | Care Quality Commission | England & Wales | — |
| 1601743/2020 | 17 May 2022 | Mr J Worthington | Milking Solutions (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £1,747 |
| 2602004/2019 | 17 May 2022 | Mr M Gavin | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Heard: in Nottingham, as a hybrid hearing with the respondent’s witnesses attending via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 1600728/2021 | 17 May 2022 | Miss K Letherby | Abraham Nursing Homes Ltd | England & Wales | £22,452 |
| 4109913/2021 | 16 May 2022 | M | — | Scotland | — |
| 2300282/2020 | 16 May 2022 | Dr Leary-Owhin | London South Bank University | England & Wales | — |
| 2206197/2022 | 16 May 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3307078/2022 | 11 May 2022 | In person For the First | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306541/2021 | 11 May 2022 | Ms C Boulton | John Mould | England & Wales | — |
| 1601841/2021 | 11 May 2022 | Mrs K Jones | Steven Mills | England & Wales | — |
| 2200312/2021 | 11 May 2022 | Ms A Portosi | MacAusland Design Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311604/2021 | 10 May 2022 | Miss E Neal | CGMD Ltd T/A Community Care Service | England & Wales | — |
| 4109815/2021 | 10 May 2022 | Briggs | Scottish Ambulance Service Board | Scotland | — |
| 2206566/2021 | 10 May 2022 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201556/2021 | 10 May 2022 | Mr M Wachtel | Savannah Energy plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2303422/2021 | 9 May 2022 | K Adjei | FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300920/2020 | 9 May 2022 | Hla Kalaya Respondents (in all claims): (1) Ekk Vision Ltd t/a Boots Opticians (2) Boots Opticians Professional Services Ltd | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2601576/2021 | 9 May 2022 | Nurun Nahar Khair | R1) The Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police R2) Mr Gary Jacques | England & Wales | — |
| 2601417/2021 | 7 May 2022 | Mr T Thomas | Woods Coaches Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3204704/2021 | 6 May 2022 | — | Barclays Execution Services Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2307765/2020 | 6 May 2022 | Mrs P. White | The Drinks Trust | England & Wales | £3,636 |
| 2301063/2023 | 6 May 2022 | Mr Aron Samu | Saxon Weald | England & Wales | — |
| 3311742/2020 | 6 May 2022 | Dr O Al-Habash | London School of Science and Technology Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301528/2020 | 5 May 2022 | Mrs S Brinton | Moon Hall Schools Educational Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1406118/2020 | 5 May 2022 | Mr Kiaran O'Brien | Gaming International Limited | England & Wales | £16,867 |
| 2202400/2022 | 5 May 2022 | Miss S Messi | LVMH Services UK Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |