Whisteblower's Dismissal Upheld Despite His Mistake
Babula v Waltham Forest College [2007] EWCA Civ 174
CA
7 March 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
Where an employee made a claim for unfair dismissal asserting that the dismissal was to be regarded as automatically unfair because he had made a protected disclosure, it was sufficient that he reasonably believed the matters that he relied on amounted to a criminal offence, or founded a legal obligation. He did not have to be able to point to an actual criminal offence or to an actual legal obligation.