Whistleblowing: Law and Practice

Abstract

1. Introduction PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS: THE PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 1998 2. Structure of PIDA 3. Protectable Information 4. Good Faith 5. The Three Tiers of Protection 6. Who is Protected under PIDA? 7. The Right not to Suffer Detriment 8. Dismissal for Making a Protected Disclosure 9. Remedies in Dismissal and Detriment Claims 10. Employment Tribunals Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS - OUTSIDE PIDA 11. Private Information and Public Interest Disclosure 12. Protection of the Identity of Informants 13. Whistleblowing and Copyright (contributed by Richard Price OBE, QC) 14. Defamation (contributed by Cameron Doley, Solicitor-Advocate, Managing Partner, Carter-Ruck) THE OBLIGATION TO BLOW THE WHISTLE 15. Obligations to Blow the Whistle RULES, POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS 16. Whistleblowing Procedures in the Public and Private Sectors: Why they are needed and what they should contain APPENDICES 1. Relevant extracts from the Employment Rights Act 1996 2. Relevant Statutory Instruments 3. Relevant Hansard Extracts 4. Extracts from Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life 5. Extracts from the Shipman Report 6. Sample Whistleblowing Cases 7. Case Study 8. Appellate Whistleblowing Cases 9. Employment Tribunal Whistleblowing Cases 10. Precedents 111. Introduction to Public Concern at Work Guide to PIDA 12. Useful Addresses

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