Whistleblowing: No unfair dismissal where decision-maker unaware of protected disclosure

Royal Mail Ltd v Jhuti [2018] IRLR 251 CA

whistleblowing | protected disclosure | automatic unfair dismissal

The Court of Appeal has held that a claimant cannot succeed in a whistleblowing unfair dismissal claim where the decision-maker was unaware of the protected disclosure at the time of the decision to dismiss.