Representation:

an employer cannot escape liability for subjecting an employee to a detriment contrary to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 simply because the relevant disclosure took place before the Act came into force .

Editor's note:-

The point in this case was later confirmed by the decision of the Court of Session in Miklaszewicz v Stolt Offshore Ltd CS 2001 (reported at [2002] IRLR 344).

For relevant general notes see Whistleblowing/a general note .