Whistleblowing: Law and Practice »

John Bowers QC is a Barrister at Littleton Chambers, specialising in employment law. He also sits as a Recorder on the Midland Circuit. Martin Fodder is a Barrister at Littleton Chambers, specialising in employment law. Jeremy Lewis is a Barrister at Littleton Chambers, specialising in employment law. Jack Mitchell is a Barrister at 3 Paper Buildings, specialising in employment law.

This book provides a detailed and authoritative survey of the law relating to public interest disclosure ("whistleblowing"). Six years on from the coming into force of the Public Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), the book looks at how the new system has developed, and provides up to date guidance on the key issues that arise in practice. It provides full coverage of protection for whistleblowers under, and outside PIDA; the obligation to blow the whistle; and rules, policies, procedures, and problems in particular sectors.

1. Introduction
1. Protection for Whistleblowers: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
2. Structure of PIDA
3. Qualifying disclosures under PIDA
4. Internal disclosure under PIDA
5. "External" disclosure under PIDA
6. The scope and mechanics of protection under PIDA and litigation under the Act
2. Protection for Whistleblowers under PIDA
7. Protection for Whistleblowers outside PIDA under statute and otherwise
8. Informants
9. Whistleblowing and copyright
10. Whistleblowing and defamation
3. The obligation to blow the whistle
11. Contractual and fiduciary duties of employees
12. Statutory obligations: regulatory and criminal law
4. Whistleblowing rules, policies, procedures and problems in particular sectors
13. Particular Sectors
14. Whistleblowing procedures in the public and private sectors: why they are needed and what they should contain
Appendices
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
Extracts from Employment Rights Act 1996
Regulations Extracts from Hansard in relation to PIDA and the Shipman Inquiry Extracts from the Nolan Report Extracts from the Shipman Inquiry Report Sample procedures Worked examples Case illustrations Case Summaries Precedents Useful addresses