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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1406069/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Mrs K Dos-Santos | Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402446/2020 | 27 November 2020 | Ms L Sherry | Thomson & Bancks LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 4103310/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Mrs K Lucas | Scottish Widows Services Limited nd | Scotland | — |
| 2302665/2018 | 27 November 2020 | Mr C Tunstall | London Borough of Lambeth | England & Wales | — |
| 2301112/2019 | 27 November 2020 | Ms Elena Alegado | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400452/2019 | 26 November 2020 | Mr K O'Connor | Mr Liam John Brooke | England & Wales | — |
| 2304896/2019 | 26 November 2020 | Mr. L. Batchelar | Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2305269/2019 | 26 November 2020 |
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 |
| Mr M Wardlaw |
| Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| England & Wales |
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| 4103995/2016 | 26 November 2020 | Mr B Lashore | Not present or represented Weatherford UK Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2206808/2020 | 26 November 2020 | Ms Alya Samokhvalova | Petropavlovsk plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4105502/2020 | 25 November 2020 | Ms S Coyle | Ltd (In Liquidation) | Scotland | — |
| 1405246/2019 | 25 November 2020 | Mr K Jarco | Hovis Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3300017/2019 | 24 November 2020 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1302289/2019 | 24 November 2020 | In Person For | Mr I Lovejoy (Legal Executive) | England & Wales | — |
| 3311406/2020 | 24 November 2020 | Ms H Cameron | Beckton Dickinson (CME) UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802267/2020 | 23 November 2020 | Mr L Frost | Archer & Stone Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2200822/2019 | 20 November 2020 | MR J HYNEK | Veolia ES (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307571/2018 | 20 November 2020 | Mrs N Prophet | Caring Homes Healthcare Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601773/2020 | 20 November 2020 | (1) Ms L Kelly (2) Ms L Wellings | Sense, The National Deafblind and Rubella Association PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1401647/2019 | 20 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2300116/2019 | 19 November 2020 | Jasmine Dodd | Harwoods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4107734/2019 | 19 November 2020 | Dr A Razoq | Dumfries and Galloway Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 2203318/2020 | 19 November 2020 | Miss G Raja | Starling Bank | England & Wales | — |
| 1401587/2018 | 18 November 2020 | Mr G Powell of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203258/2019 | 17 November 2020 | Mr A Philpott, of Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1400272/2019 | 17 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1306389/2020 | 17 November 2020 | Mr E Bell | Rowley Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204961/2019 | 16 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2501508/2020 | 13 November 2020 | Mr D Highgate | Burn Brae Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206321/2021 | 13 November 2020 | — | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2202655/2019 | 13 November 2020 | (Day 1 am only Mr W Brown solicitor); then Claimant For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1804963/2020 | 12 November 2020 | Mr B Moya Rubio | Kapow Gifts Ltd HELD by telephone | England & Wales | — |
| 2305096/2019 | 11 November 2020 | Mr S Sinnathamby | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3202456/2020 | 11 November 2020 | Mr S Williams | ABP (London) Investment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2305519/2019 | 10 November 2020 | Mr O Hibbert | Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | England & Wales | — |
| 3200170/2020 | 9 November 2020 | Alastair Patterson | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 3306078/2020 | 9 November 2020 | Miss C Broomfield | Tanju Salih t/a Fakin It (London) Limited | England & Wales | £3,861 |
| 2502222/2019 | 7 November 2020 | Ms A Limmer | Ncfe | England & Wales | — |
| 3318956/2019 | 6 November 2020 | Ms H Bennett | London Borough of Islington | England & Wales | — |
| 1804628/2020 | 6 November 2020 | Mr O Ogunbayo | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2413367/2018 | 6 November 2020 | Ms G Hyde | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 2206663/2020 | 5 November 2020 | Mr W. Davey | Harrods Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
| 2303561/2018 | 5 November 2020 | Mrs W Pointer | Kent Old People’s Housing Society Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601109/2019 | 5 November 2020 | Mr R Proctor | Warwick Estates Property Management Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3302660/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr A Egan | International Tree Foundation | England & Wales | — |
| 2403484/2020 | 4 November 2020 | Mr G Stewart | P & A Projects Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308047/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Ms F Williams | NFU Mutual Service Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402099/2021 | 4 November 2020 | Mr S Colbert | Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3201857/2019 | 3 November 2020 | Mrs K Olizarowicz | Essex County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600670/2020 | 3 November 2020 | Mr L Johnson | DB Cargo (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |