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Defamation and whistleblowing

DEFAMATION AND WHISTLEBLOWINGWhat does it mean? If you have raised whistleblowing concerns and your employer and/or individuals referred to in your whistleblowing report consider the report to be untrue, they may accuse you of having defamed them. Defamation is the publication of a false statement that has caused, or is likely to cause, serious harm ... Read more

Misuse of private information and whistleblowing

MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION AND WHISTLEBLOWINGWhat does it mean? The matters leading you to raise whistleblowing concerns may involve the actions of another individual, such as one of your colleagues. If those matters involve that individual’s private life and activities then raising whistleblowing concerns may amount to the misuse of that person’s private information. It ... Read more

Lessons learned from UK whistleblowing legislation PIDA over two decades

Implementing the EU Directive on Whistleblowing: Lessons learned from UK whistleblowing legislation PIDA over two decades As new whistleblowing rules roll out across the EU today, Protect and WIN look at what’s been learned from the UK’s whistleblowing legislation Today - 17 December 2021- is the official deadline for the EU Whistleblowing Directive to be ... Read more

Health Sector

WHISTLEBLOWING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR For those working in the health sector, work comes with significant responsibilities. This can become difficult if things start to go wrong. Raising your concerns about things happening at work can be an intimidating process, and it can be difficult to know who to speak to. This webpage is designed ... Read more

A new route to compensation for victims of corporate corruption overseas

Leigh Day partner, Paul Dowling, explains how a recent High Court judgment has created an affordable way for victims of corporate corruption overseas to claim damages in the English courts for the harm they have suffered   I represented Mr Amjad Rihan, a former partner of the accountancy firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), in ... Read more

Disclosures, public interest & the Official Secrets Act

At Protect, we believe that whistleblowing is a bedrock of our democracy and crucial to holding the government accountable, detecting fraud and preventing serious wrongdoing. The Official Secrets Act 1989 (the “OSA”) ensures civil servants keep some key national security information confidential but should not prevent whistleblowing altogether. A workshop on ‘Civil Society, National Security, ... Read more

Report calls for reform of Government as public confidence in Ministers at all time low

A new report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life - “Upholding Public Standards” recognises the importance of high ethical standards to democracy and economic success.  Yet, as its polling reveals, public confidence in the conduct of Ministers is low. The Committee - which advises the PM on ethical standards, calls for central government reforms, including legislation to put ethics regulators and the codes that ... Read more

Protect to co-host workshop: Civil society, national security, and breaking down barriers for Public Interest Disclosures

On 2 November, Protect’s Head of Policy Andrew Pepper-Parsons, along with Kaeten Mistry Historian, University of East Anglia, and Anna Myers, Executive Director, Whistleblowing International Network, will be hosting a workshop on Civil Society, National Security, and Breaking Down Barriers for Public Interest Disclosures bringing together other legal professionals, journalists and academics with a keen interest … Read more

External Disclosures

RAISING CONCERNS EXTERNALLY, THE LEGAL TEST Where you decide to raise your concerns will have an impact on whether you have whistleblowing protection under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). Where you go with your concerns will determine the legal tests that you need to satisfy to get legal protection. As a blanket rule, ... Read more