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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1402520/2019 | 1 October 2020 | Mrs C Batt | Smile Together Dental CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 2409271/2020 | 1 October 2020 | Mr J Miller | Vendcare Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1601322/2020 | 30 September 2020 | Mr A Jones | Royal Mail Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2409178/2020 | 30 September 2020 | Mrs D Hyland | Sandcastle Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601043/2020 | 30 September 2020 | Miss P Leonard | Andrew Green T/A Green Recycling | England & Wales | — |
| 4103460/2020 | 30 September 2020 | Mr S McLaughlin | Represented by: Mr A Kane -10 Solicitor Polaris Vision Systems EU Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1300089/2020 | 30 September 2020 | Mr NA John | Honesberie Shooting Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3328229/2019 | 29 September 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 |
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| 3201626/2020 | 29 September 2020 | (1) Mr C Abanda Bella (2) Mr L Samnick (3) Mr H-S Moune Nkeng | Barclays Execution Services Limited and 10 others | England & Wales | — |
| 2600422/2019 | 29 September 2020 | Mrs T Ward-Smith | Miresh Property Company Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602536/2020 | 29 September 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203693/2019 | 28 September 2020 | Mr R Bowley | Rio Tinto London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403120/2020 | 25 September 2020 | Mr R Brandao | Iquest Logistics Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3200146/2020 | 25 September 2020 | Mr J Roads | Axiseurope plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2501418/2020 | 25 September 2020 | Mr G Wiszniowski | County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3202113/2019 | 24 September 2020 | Ms S Barclay | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | England & Wales | — |
| 1402426/2020 | 24 September 2020 | Mr H Da Cunha | Evolve Care Group (A) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402718/2020 | 24 September 2020 | Mr M Cater | Spire Healthcare Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602505/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Ms LM Rogers | Leicestershire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600121/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mr N Quinn | Leicester Diocesan Board Of Finance. | England & Wales | — |
| 2601413/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mr R Lounds | Forbo Flooring UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602462/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Mr A Rogers | Asda Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1801151/2020 | 23 September 2020 | Ms M Plummer | Helme Hall Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1805419/2019 | 23 September 2020 | Mr A Ripley | J B Global Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1803841/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr R Doonan | The University of Sheffield PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: BY TELEPHONE (BT MEET ME) | England & Wales | — |
| 3303904/2019 | 22 September 2020 | Ms B Thompson | Ringway Jacobs Ltd | England & Wales | £2,900 |
| 1600297/2018 | 22 September 2020 | Mrs G Tainton | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1400911/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr D Roberts | Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800951/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Ms M Walker | Joalpe International Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401299/2020 | 22 September 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100011/2020 | 22 September 2020 | Mr R Donnelly | Renfrewshire Council | Scotland | — |
| 1802795/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr M Greenall | Spectrum Steel Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803480/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mrs G Savoini | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1802005/2019 | 21 September 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201886/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Miss N Bettell | Metal Culture Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802066/2020 | 21 September 2020 | Mr R Heffron | Mr Tom Crosbee t/a Wet N Warm | England & Wales | — |
| 2204906/2020 | 18 September 2020 | Mr T Walker (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3306575/2021 | 17 September 2020 | Mr J Ratledge, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3324729/2019 | 17 September 2020 | — | Khosla Wines Ltd and Mr R Kumar Khosla | England & Wales | — |
| 1402391/2019 | 17 September 2020 | Mr G Jones | Openreach Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2501018/2020 | 17 September 2020 | Mr R Biernat | Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust VIDEO PRIVATE PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard: Remotely (by video link) | England & Wales | — |
| 1801674/2020 | 16 September 2020 | Mr S Dillon | R1: Gap Personnel Holdings Ltd R2: Staffline Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201867/2019 | 16 September 2020 | Mr A Bray | Barclays Bank UK plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2414139/2019 | 14 September 2020 | Mr D Crossan | Proseal UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304598/2020 | 14 September 2020 | Mr P Onye | Kwikfix Recruitment Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1301004/2019 | 11 September 2020 | Mr A Wright | West Midlands Travel Ltd (t/a National Express West Midlands) | England & Wales | — |
| 2300928/2020 | 10 September 2020 | In person For the | Wing Wing International UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2402614/2019 | 10 September 2020 | — | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304720/2019 | 9 September 2020 | Mr A Shaw | AECOM Limited PUBLIC PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 3300424/2019 | 9 September 2020 | Miss P Kasani (1) Mr R Shah (2) | Travelodge Hotels Ltd | England & Wales | — |