Ones To Watch For 2016

In the ever-evolving sphere of UK employment law, 2016 is set to be no different from other recent years. We are likely to see a wealth of developments as new legislation is enacted and new cases heard and as relatively long-running cases are (hopefully) concluded and decisions made by the appellate courts, examining judgments which were handed down in 2015.

We take a look at the three decisions which we are most eagerly awaiting:

Chesterton Global Limited (t/a Chestertons) v. Nurmohamed UKEAT/0335/14/DM: Whistleblowing

In April 2015, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) once again looked at the scope of the requirement that a disclosure must be "in the pubic interest" in order for it to be protected under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. The words "in the public interest" were inserted into section 43B(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) by section 17 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the 2013 Act), meaning that a