Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,420 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 6,112 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| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |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 | 461 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2602706/2019 | 6 August 2020 | Mr M Smith | Ashwell Biomass Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1803604/2020 | 6 August 2020 | Mr K Banas | Mark Waddington ( Aireborough Skip Hire) | England & Wales | — |
| 2400261/2019 | 6 August 2020 | Ms C Langtry | Thomas Roofing (NW) Ltd The claimant has made an application dated 20 August 2020 for reconsideration of the | England & Wales | — |
| 2600907/2020 | 6 August 2020 | Miss R Carter | Croner Management | England & Wales | — |
| 4102288/2020 | 5 August 2020 | 69(scot) claim dismissed on withdrawal rule EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4102288/2020 Mr R Stewart | Mgm Timber (Scotland) Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1802011/2020 | 5 August 2020 | — | MS F Effex Ltd and Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1403443/2019 | 5 August 2020 | Dr Martin Parsons | Barnabas Fund | 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 |
| 2403960/2020 |
| 5 August 2020 |
| Ms N McCann |
| (R1) Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (R2) Paystream My Max Limited (R3) Reed Staffing Services Ltd (R4) Reed plc (R5) Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd (R6) Reed Online Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2402403/2020 | 5 August 2020 | Mr D Bent | Brand Imaging Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304130/2020 | 5 August 2020 | Ms B Mills | Salvation Army | England & Wales | — |
| 1802644/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr Z Syed | Local Care Direct | England & Wales | — |
| 4114277/2019 | 4 August 2020 | Mr I Mkwebu | The Aedan Burt Care Trust (ABC Trust) | Scotland | — |
| 1802678/2020 | 4 August 2020 | No attendance For the | Luxury Flooring and Furnishings | England & Wales | — |
| 2500877/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Dr Swarna Vijaya-Dharma | University Of Sunderland | England & Wales | — |
| 2400477/2020 | 4 August 2020 | Mr M McPhillips | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2201274/2020 | 3 August 2020 | — | Ocean Communications Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2202239/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr J Horvat | M & G Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305972/2018 | 3 August 2020 | — | Blodwell v DBS Law Ltd (in Liquidation) and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1405483/2019 | 3 August 2020 | Mr L Ali | First Greater Western Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302202/2019 | 3 August 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304159/2019 | 2 August 2020 | Mr J Khan | P2M Coffee Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205774/2020 | 2 August 2020 | Mr I Mohammed | Rendall and Rittner | England & Wales | £500 |
| 1306130/2024 | 1 August 2020 | Miss S Bi | Matrix Academy Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1401483/2016 | 31 July 2020 | Mr A J Lundy | Two Saintes Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602152/2018 | 31 July 2020 | Mrs L Hayes | Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2201437/2020 | 31 July 2020 | Ms C McCann, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3335015/2018 | 31 July 2020 | Miss J Porter, claimant’s mother For the | Mr J Chambers, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1304828/2020 | 30 July 2020 | Mr A Khalique | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trsut | England & Wales | — |
| 2502602/2019 | 30 July 2020 | Mr A Robinson | Hennessy Living Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300549/2016 | 30 July 2020 | Mr J Edwards | National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers | England & Wales | — |
| 2304257/2018 | 30 July 2020 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3200808/2020 | 29 July 2020 | Mr M Uddin | BGC Technology International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2504229/2019 | 28 July 2020 | Miss T Small | Diagonal Alternatives LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 3200693/2020 | 28 July 2020 | Mr Sunil Jina | Exertis (UK) Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2201466/2020 | 27 July 2020 | Ms D Green | CBRE Managed Services Limited Heard remotely on CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2201409/2020 | 27 July 2020 | — | Cabaret Club (West End) Ltd and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1404186/2019 | 27 July 2020 | Mr R Boscarelli | Sunseeker International Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601207/2019 | 24 July 2020 | Miss M Wright | Tudor Grange Samworth Academy | England & Wales | — |
| 3202703/2019 | 24 July 2020 | Ms A Dunlop | Paysafe Financial Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601262/2020 | 24 July 2020 | Sean Coleman | Sytner Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402250/2020 | 24 July 2020 | — | Magnox Ltd and Ms G Parry-Jones | England & Wales | — |
| 1400621/2019 | 24 July 2020 | — | Milestones Trust and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1403334/2019 | 24 July 2020 | Mr R Palmer | Dr I Minay, Dr S Bill, Dr R Bhateja, Dr G Catterall, A Clark t/a Southsea Medical Centre | England & Wales | — |
| 1405982/2019 | 24 July 2020 | Mrs N Bibi | Frampton Cotterell Parish Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2600870/2020 | 24 July 2020 | Ms C Rouse | Zip Heaters (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303149/2019 | 23 July 2020 | Mr R Smurthwaite | Wilson James Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2205140/2018 | 23 July 2020 | — | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and others | England & Wales | — |
| 2206127/2018 | 23 July 2020 | — | UK CAT and others | England & Wales | — |
| 1802719/2020 | 23 July 2020 | Mr D Timmins | Colas Ltd | England & Wales | — |