Whistleblowing: a disclosure of information may be an allegation as well (News, 30 March 2016)

Table of contents

• Impact of the case
• Background law
• The facts and decision of the employment tribunal
• The decision of the EAT

Article summary

In determining whether a given phrase contains a disclosure of information for the purposes of a whistleblowing claim, the question is simply whether it amounts to information, in the sense of specific facts being conveyed; if it is also an allegation, that is nothing to the point. The dichotomy between ‘information’ and ‘allegation’ is not made by the Employment Rights Act 1996. EAT: Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth