In the March issue of the LexisNexis Inhouse Counsel newsletter
Kott Gunning partner,
Tom Darbyshire and lawyer Claudia Lewin provides insight into
the new Whistleblower protections.
In-house lawyers are particularly affected by the laws relating
to "whistleblowing"—the disclosure of immoral,
unethical or unlawful activity within an organisation, by a person
with access to the organisation's internal information.
In-house lawyers may have to explain to angry board members why a
whistleblower can't be sacked or sued without incurring
criminal liability.
In-house lawyers will often be closely involved in formulating
whistleblower policies, and ensuring that individual instances of
disclosure are dealt with in accordance with those policies. And of
course, sometimes it is in-house lawyers themselves who feel
obliged to reveal instances of corporate wrongdoing, and who need
the whistleblower protection.
