"Whistleblowing cases" refer to situations where individuals expose or report wrongdoing, corruption, or illegal activities in an organization or society. This act is called whistleblowing because the person involved is essentially blowing the whistle, revealing something hidden or secretive to bring attention to it. These cases often involve insiders who courageously disclose information that could be harmful or unethical, aiming to improve transparency and hold responsible parties accountable for their actions.
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In Cornwall, Ont., for example, attention has focused on a high -
profile whistleblowing case in which the city pleaded guilty to retaliating against an employee who complained about an incident of nursing home abuse.
Recent highlights for the set include Ashley Serr acting in the high - profile
whistleblowing case Frost v Ministry of Defence.
In their judgment in the long - running widely -
reported whistleblowing case, the Court of Appeal gave important guidance on the differences between the tests for unfair dismissal and unfair dismissal for making a protected disclosure.
She specialises in employment law, particularly employment tribunal litigation including discrimination and
whistleblowing cases.
Her experience includes working on some of the highest profile City discrimination and
whistleblowing cases.
We also look at
a whistleblowing case where, unusually, an employer was able to show that an employee had raised concerns purely in self interest, and so was not protected as a whistleblower, and a case where the EAT considered when a tribunal should consider evidence about pre-termination settlement negotiations.
Members have expertise across the whole spectrum of employment matters including TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination, harassment and
whistleblowing cases.
We also cover
another whistleblowing case, where the EAT upheld a tribunal's finding that two non-executive directors were personally liable for losses flowing from a whistleblowing dismissal.
The crucial question in
any whistleblowing case is to decide whether a protected disclosure had a material influence in the employer's treatment towards the whistleblowing worker.
As
whistleblowing cases continue to come under the media spotlight, the government has opened a consultation on proposals to have employment tribunals refer whistleblowing cases to the appropriate regulator.
Lloyd LJ, dissenting on this point alone, agreed with the employer's submissions that this would make the word «similar» in s 48 (3) redundant since any act which can be relied on in
a whistleblowing case must, by definition, have been on the ground that a protected disclosure had been made.