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A recent EAT judgment in Guardian News and Media Ltd v Rozanov highlights how the Press may be able to rely on the principle of open justice to obtain copies of tribunal documents from a party weeks after a hearing...

If your firm is a UK deposit-taker with assets greater than £250 million, a Prudential Regulation Authority designated investment firm or a firm within the scope of Solvency II...

A whistleblowers' champion (the name is not obligatory) is an FCA/PRA authorised person who has senior management responsibilities within your firm for whistleblowing.

A number of provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025') are coming into force on 6 April 2026. We set out the key changes.

Now is the perfect time to provide your staff with a dedicated whistleblowing hotline such as the one we at Safecall offer.

The Serious Fraud Office has charged three former Tesco directors in relation to the accounting scandal that hit the supermarket in 2014.

The EAT has held that an agency worker was entitled to whistleblowing protection against an end-user as she was a "worker" under the extended definition in section 43K of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Barclays CEO Jes Staley has been fined £642,430 by City regulators and had £500,000 of bonus clawed back by the bank after he attempted to identify an anonymous whistleblower.

I was quoted in last week's Sunday Times (22 May 2022), in the lead article – NHS ambulance service doctored documents to cover up truth about deaths.

Following a long and bumpy journey through Parliament, the Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025...

On 25 June 2013, a number of changes to the UK whistleblowing legislation were introduced by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA).

Lately you may have seen commentary on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Clyde & Co LLP and another v Bates van Winkelhof.

Whistleblowing is crucial for detecting and deterring wrongdoing, but in-house lawyers face challenges due to legal professional privilege. The law protecting whistleblowers doesn't always apply to them, creating a Catch-22. Clearer laws and practical guidance are needed to support solicitor whistleblowers.

The FCA and PRA have announced a new package of rules aimed at formalising whistleblowing procedures within certain financial institutions.

Many FCA and PRA regulated firms were due to ensure that they complied with new whistleblowing rules by 7 September 2016.

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces a significantly higher standard for preventing workplace sexual harassment, requiring employers to take "all reasonable steps" rather than merely "reasonable steps." This shift demands comprehensive risk assessments, tailored policies, and proactive measures across all workplace interactions, including third-party conduct. Organizations must now demonstrate not just that action was taken, but that they considered and implemented the full range of available preventat

With instances of whistleblowing hitting the press on an ever-increasing basis, does UK law do enough to protect employees who blow the whistle on their employer's wrongdoing?