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Anti-SLAPP coalition call on government to adopt model law

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Leading editors, lawyers, journalists, publishers and other experts call on the UK Government to back meaningful anti-SLAPP protections to defend media freedom A model anti-SLAPP Law drafted in consultation with leading media lawyers and industry experts on behalf of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition (of which Protect is a member) and supported by over 70 leading ... Read more

Health and Safety gone mad?

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Helen (not their real name) worked as a hardware trainer at various sites across the UK. She would train the staff on how to use the equipment safely. Helen became increasingly alarmed by the dangerous equipment she saw on site and how staff were being subject to unsafe working conditions. This included observing defective, broken ... Read more

The Benefits of doing pro bono legal work

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Our pro bono volunteers are a huge support to our work to protect whistleblowers. Here Protect pro bono volunteer Annie Long speaks about her experience I am a trainee solicitor at Howard Kennedy LLP and am currently on secondment at Protect. At Protect, we give free legal to individuals who want to raise or have ... Read more

When We Speak – Film Review

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Behind every scandal reported in the media is usually a brave individual who is willing to put their livelihood at risk to expose wrongdoing. When We Speak tells, in a thoughtful and sensitive way, the stories of three courageous women who spoke out on some of the biggest scandals of the 21st century and shines ... Read more

WIN calls on Australia’s Attorney General to defend whistleblowers

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The Whistleblowing International Network (WIN), of which Protect is a member, and 17 whistleblowing protection, anti-corruption, and human rights organisations, have written to Australia’s Attorney General, Mark Dreyfus, to express deep concern about the ongoing criminal prosecution of Australian whistleblowers Mr Richard Boyle and Mr David McBride and to urge him to urgently take steps to restore ... Read more

Protect October Newsletter

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Our October Newsletter is now out! Catch up on whistleblowing news and our work in October including the fantastic news that the final attempt to force Jonathan Taylor to go to court in Monaco for his efforts to blow the whistle on corruption at SBM has been dismissed, the poor speak up culture at NHS ... Read more

The National Security Bill – Parliamentary Debate

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In this blog Protect Legal Adviser Phoebe Mather reflects on last week's debate on the National Security Bill and the presentation of a new clause to introduce a Public Interest Defence. She explains why it is so vital a public interest defence be added and why it is disappointing the government opposed it.  Last week, ... Read more

Parliamentary debate – Lawfare and Investigative Journalism

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On 17th October, Parliament held an adjournment debate to discuss how investigative journalists are repeatedly targeted with strategic and financially crippling lawsuits to suppress their freedom of speech. This is also known as lawfare - where wealthy individuals abuse the law for political and military ends. Parliament discussed the high-profile legal action brought by the ... Read more

An interview with Tas Brooker, Director of When We Speak

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We spoke to Tas Brooker on making When We Speak, a film that follows the incredible story of three women whistleblowers, Rose McGowan, Katharine Gun and Helen Evans. What inspired you to make this documentary? TB: I think the best documentaries are the ones that you learn something from, that you walk away from thinking ... Read more

Press Release: Monaco judges rule against oil industry whistleblower Jonathan Taylor’s prosecution 

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We reproduce below Jonathan Taylor's press release Today, the Monaco Appeal Court threw out the appeal by the Monegasque Public Prosecutor, against the Investigating Judge’s decision to end the investigation against SBM whistleblower, Jonathan Taylor. His case attracted major international media coverage when he was detained under house arrest in Croatia in 2020 for almost a ... Read more