Oliver Jackson and Aliya Al-Yassin on job applicants who blow the whistle

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The April episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. 

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that, outside of the NHS, the law does not protect job applicants who blow the whistle.  Oliver Jackson sits down with Aliya Al-Yassin to unpack the important judgment in Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council [2025] EWCA Civ 379.

Why can’t external job applicants bring whistleblowing claims? Is being a job applicant a ‘status’ for the purposes of Article 14 of the ECHR? What counts as a detriment in the whistleblowing legislation? 

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