News & Events
News & Events
Monique Bouffe, alongside other writers has co-authored the Environmental Whistleblowing Toolkit published by Protect. Protect aims to make whistleblowing work for individuals, organisations and society. The Environmental Whistleblowing Toolkit is a practical toolkit aimed at helping an individual understand their rights when raising environmental concerns in the workplace. Climate change threatens the very existence of life on this planet. International experts tell us that we need to act urgently as widespread change has already occurred. If we are to prevent further environmental harm and keep global warming below the 1.5°C that scientists say is required to prevent catastrophic damage, we need to use every tool in the box. Whistleblowing is one of these tools. The article has a number of…
External Publications 17 Oct, 2023
Will Young and Courtney Step-Marsden are instructed (by Didlaw) on behalf of the Appellant (the Claimant) in an appeal concerning automatic unfair dismissal for “whistleblowing”. This will be held on Thursday 26th May in the Court of Appeal. Will Young and Courtney Step-Marsden are instructed on behalf of the Appellant (the Claimant) in an appeal concerning automatic unfair dismissal for “whistleblowing”. More specifically, the case concerns the extent to which an employer can legitimately dismiss a whistleblowing employee for conduct associated with her protected disclosures without it being found that the disclosures are the reason for dismissal. Ms Kong, Head of Financial Audit for the Respondent international bank, made protected disclosures in the course of her employment. She was subsequently…
News 24 May, 2022
Andrew Allen QC presents an Employment Law Webinar on Whistleblowing. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Andrew Allen QC presents a Q&A Webinar on whistleblowing. Andrew recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. This webinar covers claims for whistleblowing and whether the law on whistleblowing has served its purpose. Andrew also looks at the interplay between whistleblowing law and discrimination law and also the relationship between whistleblowing and human rights law. Andrew Allen QC is the Head of the Employment Workgroup at Outer Temple. His most recent Whistleblowing case was Jesudason v Alder Hey in the Court of Appeal which explored disclosures to…
Webinars & Recordings 29 May, 2020
