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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3314147/2019 | 12 May 2021 | Mr D Stephenson, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311700/2020 | 12 May 2021 | Mr P Hall | Transport Salaried Staff Association | England & Wales | — |
| 3334853/2018 | 12 May 2021 | Mr Robert Elliott | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1601193/2020 | 12 May 2021 | IN PERSON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400989/2020 | 12 May 2021 | Mrs R Chruchill | Holroyd Howe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304215/2020 | 11 May 2021 | Mrs M Greenfield | Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304122/2018 | 11 May 2021 | Mr D Lee | BMW (UK) Manufacturing Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2201510/2021 | 11 May 2021 | — | Mr A Goldstein and Mr V Sareen | 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 |
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| 4102262/2020 | 11 May 2021 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND)5 Case No: 4102262/2020 Preliminary Hearing Held in Chambers on April 2021 Employment Judge - A Strain Dr Claire McGonagle | Represented by Ms S Shiels Solicitor Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board | Scotland | — |
| 3307607/2020 | 11 May 2021 | Mr E Chalmers | Michael Berry | England & Wales | — |
| 1404973/2019 | 10 May 2021 | Mrs R D’Rozario (in person) For the | Ms F Powell (solicitor) | England & Wales | — |
| 2201783/2020 | 10 May 2021 | Mr R Scanlon | Wilson James Limited London Central via CVP 6, 7 and 10 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 4101470/2020 | 10 May 2021 | Mr D Wilson | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3202664/2019 | 7 May 2021 | Mr S Matthews | HTS Group (Property & Environment) Ltd | England & Wales | £12,056 |
| 4101448/2020 | 7 May 2021 | Mr James Smith | Catch Scotland Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2603396/2019 | 7 May 2021 | Mr P Frankland | Nexia Scientific Limited | England & Wales | £42,337 |
| 3201920/2021 | 7 May 2021 | Sonia Srivastava | Brand Advance Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201600/2020 | 6 May 2021 | (1) Mr D. Aukett (2) Ms V. Saunders | Sentimental Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205640/2020 | 6 May 2021 | Mr CI Ohiri | Clipfine Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3306157/2020 | 5 May 2021 | — | Sauber Domestic Cleaning Ltd | England & Wales | £340 |
| 1405139/2020 | 5 May 2021 | In Person | Mr N. Eades (Director) Upon the Respondent agreeing to pay the Claimant £2,500 within 14 days, the parties have agreed the following: - CONSENT | England & Wales | £2,500 |
| 3202413/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Ms J Copeland | Manor of Groves Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402641/2020 | 4 May 2021 | Ms E Janovszki | Gerrards of Swinton Limited PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3334666/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Mr S Hersant | Adelie Foods Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303049/2018 | 4 May 2021 | Dr R J Heal | University of Warwick and others (see annex A) Date: 6 May 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 3320789/2019 | 4 May 2021 | Mr O Wuraola | London Borough of Barnet | England & Wales | — |
| 3313466/2020 | 2 May 2021 | Mr S Magotra | DTD Courier & Cargo Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3319510/2019 | 30 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | £359 |
| 1404842/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Mrs K Stevens | Richard Olaiya | England & Wales | — |
| 1601730/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Miss S McCarthy and Miss P Abbate | Blue Sunrise | England & Wales | — |
| 1310836/2020 | 30 April 2021 | Ms S Boston | Clearabee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305426/2019 | 29 April 2021 | In person For the | Ms S Causer (Lay rep and Chair of Trustees) | England & Wales | £2,463 |
| 1405251/2019 | 29 April 2021 | Mr R Clemente | MSA Manufacturing Ltd | England & Wales | £0 |
| 2601543/2018 | 29 April 2021 | Ms J Locke Respondent Nottinghamshire County Council | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300640/2019 | 29 April 2021 | M Wright | The Governing Body of Cardinal Newman Catholic School | England & Wales | — |
| 1602046/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Mrs C Jones | Powys Teaching Health Board Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3324448/2019 | 28 April 2021 | In person For the | Mr Juli Suli, Director | England & Wales | — |
| 2200247/2021 | 28 April 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2414107/2020 | 28 April 2021 | Nicolene Kruger | Elle R Leisure | England & Wales | — |
| 2601015/2019 | 27 April 2021 | Mr. Adrian Finn | Community Inclusive Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2600256/2021 | 27 April 2021 | Mrs K Fernie | Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire | England & Wales | — |
| 2300184/2018 | 27 April 2021 | In person For the | Mr A O'Neill, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2416618/2019 | 26 April 2021 | Mr Joe Higginson | Roanza Solutions Limited (In Administration) | England & Wales | £29,945 |
| 2200815/2021 | 26 April 2021 | Miss L Fernandez | Ipaylinks UK LLP Date: 23 April 2021 | England & Wales | — |
| 3321928/2019 | 26 April 2021 | Ms A Balasubramaniam | National Probation Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2203125/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Alexandra Sidossis (counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200657/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Ms J Ete | Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Determined on the papers | England & Wales | — |
| 1601492/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Miss C Frazer | Pet Rescue Welfare Association Heard: by video | England & Wales | — |
| 1802698/2020 | 23 April 2021 | Mr A Illingworth | Nabru Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3325509/2019 | 23 April 2021 | — | The Forestry Commission | England & Wales | — |