Tag archives: detriment

Can an employee bring new proceedings relying on the same protected disclosures after signing a COT3 Agreement?

In Ajaz v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment judge erred in concluding that rule 52 of the Tribunal Rules 2013 prevented the claimant from raising new whistleblowing detriment claims after earlier detriment claims that were based on the same protected disclosures were dismissed following withdrawal … Continue reading

Do managers typically think of personal liability when making decisions to dismiss? They perhaps should

By Paul Griffin (UK) on November 15, 2018 Posted in General, UK, Whistleblowing

Directors and senior managers and their employers should consider the recent Court of Appeal decision in the Osipov whistleblowing case very carefully. Briefly, by way of scene-setting, Osipov had made a series of protected disclosures and he was ultimately dismissed as CEO of the employer company pursuant to a decision of two non-executive directors (NEDS) … Continue reading