Court of Appeal Rules on Whistleblowing in Good Faith

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Street -v- Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centre.

Affirming the EAT's decision, the Court of Appeal said that the requirement that a protected disclosure be made in 'good faith' meant that the predominant motive of the person disclosing information must be "to remedy the wrong that has occurred". The Court recognised that whistleblowers often have mixed motives, and it is only when the "dominant or predominant motive for making [the dis... (15 more words)

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