Employment law cases

BP plc v Elstone and another [2010] IRLR 558 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Whistleblowing: Whistleblower protected where disclosure made in previous employment

    Date:
    14 June 2010

    In BP plc v Elstone and another EAT/0141/09, the EAT held that a worker was entitled to bring a complaint under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996 in respect of a detriment that he allegedly suffered in his current employment because of a protected disclosure that he had made while in previous employment.