Clifford Chance

UK: Employment Update - February 2018

1 February 2018

In this month's briefing there is a single theme: 'whistleblowing'. We take a look at recent decisions exploring a number of different aspects of whistleblowing claims: when will a tribunal have the jurisdiction to hear a whistleblowing detriment claim brought against co-workers who worked exclusively outside the UK; whether the lawful expulsion of a partner from an LLP precluded his claim for damages in relation to pre-expulsion detrimental treatment by the other LLP members; and finally a case which considers whether the individual who subjects a whistleblower to detrimental treatment has to be personally motivated by the protected disclosure.

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