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Offers a detailed treatise of the law relating to public interest disclosure, covering protection for whistleblowers both under and outside of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Overview of the Protected Disclosure Provisions and Related Protections
- 3: Interpretation and the European Convention of Human Rights
- 4: Qualifying Disclosure of Information
- 5: The Public Interest Test
- 6: The Three Tiers of Protection
- 7: Who is Protected Under PIDA?
- 8: Workers Whose Employment is not Confined to England and Wales
- 9: The Right Not to Suffer Detriment
- 10: Vicarious and Individual Liability
- 11: Unfair Dismissal for Making a Protected Disclosure
- 12: Remedies in Dismissal and Detriement Claims
- 13: Employment Tribunal Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 14: Privilege and Immunity
- 15: Protection of Workers Beyond the Statutory Scheme
- 16: Obligations to Blow the Whistle
- 17: Obligations to Maintain Confidentiality, Rights to Privacy, and Whistleblowing
- 18: Protection of the Identity of Informants
- 19: Whistleblowing and Copyright
- 20: Defamation
- 21: Whistleblowing in the Health and Financial Services Sectors
- 22: Whistleblowing Procedures in the Public and Private Sectors
- Appendix 1: Case Study
- Appendix 2: Detriment Cases
- Appendix 3: Precedents
About the author
Jeremy Lewis is a Barrister at Littleton Chambers, specializing in employment law and business protection, and is a part time Employment Judge in the South East region.
John Bowers QC is the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, a leading barrister, and former co-head of Littleton Chambers. He specializes in employment law, discrimination, pensions, and judicial review. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a frequent lecturer on employment law, and a former Chair of the Employment Law Bar Association.
Martin Fodder is a Barrister at Littleton Chambers, specializing in employment law. He has extensive experience of heavyweight whistleblowing cases in both the public and private sectors.
Jack Mitchell is a Barrister at Old Square Chambers, specializing exclusively in employment law.
Summary
Offers a detailed treatise of the law relating to public interest disclosure, covering protection for whistleblowers both under and outside of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
