Whistleblower Wins Against Old Employers

 Weekly Law Reports Case Summaries

 Whistleblowers - Former Employment
Woodward v Abbey National plc (No 1) [2006] EWCA Civ 822
CA
22 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
The protection afforded to "whistleblowers" by the Public Interest
Disclosure Act 1998 extended to a claim against a former employer
alleging detriment suffered after termination of a claimant's
employment.

And here is a more detailed summary:

Whistleblowing After Employment Ends Is Protected
Woodward v Abbey National plc (No 1): [2006] EWCA Civ 822
CA
22 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
The context and purpose of the amendment of the Employment Rights
Act 1996 by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 was the
protection of workers who made certain disclosures of information
in the public interest and the provision of an action if they
suffered detriment as a result, and it would be palpably absurd
and capricious for Parliament to have afforded protection only in
respect of acts done by the employer in retaliation while the
contract of employment subsisted and not to protect those whose
employment had terminated.