3PB Employment barrister Joseph England examines the reach of whistleblowing protection and the definition of ‘worker’

13th July 2017

3PB Employment barrister Joseph EnglandJoseph EnglandCall: 2011 examines the decision reached by the Court of Appeal in Day v Health Education England & Ors. [2017] EWCA Civ 329, where the Court of Appeal held that a junior doctor can rely on ‘whistleblowing’ protection against Health Education England despite a separate employment relationship with an NHS Trust, bolstering protection for 54,000 junior doctors and agency workers nationwide.

To read Joseph’s article, please click here. This article originally appeared in the ELA Briefing publication July 2017.

Joseph was Counsel for the Claimant in McTigue v University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust [2016] ICR 1156, a case also concerning protection for whistleblowers and on which the Court of Appeal based their judgment in Day. Further details about McTigue can be found here.