A recent UK Court of Appeal decision provides an opportunity for a quick update on European whistleblowing. The UK case – the public interest requirement UK law protects employees who blow the whistle. The protection is against detriment suffered as a result of the disclosure. As damages are unlimited the cost to the
Read MoreA whistle-blower, whose identity was not disclosed, has been awarded over US$30M by the SEC, despite being neither a citizen nor a resident of the US. The award was for voluntarily providing information that led to a successful prosecution by the SEC for breaches of US securities law. The award
Read MoreWhistleblowing is often in the news. It is seen as an important protection against corporate malpractice and poor governance, for instance of the Enron kind in the US or of the National Health Service kind in the UK. Governments say that the whistleblower is to be encouraged and protected, unless,
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