Court of Appeal rules on meaning of qualifying disclosure

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• Pinsent Masons Employment Group

The Court of Appeal has overturned part of the much criticised decision in Kraus v. Penna and has decided that it is enough for an employee reasonably to believe that a criminal offence or legal obligation exists when making a "qualifying disclosure" under the whistleblowing legislation.

Under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996, a qualifying disclosure is one which "in the reasonable belief of the person making the disclosure, tends to show"... (292 more words)

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