Beatt v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 401

Dismissal for making a disclosure –the question whether that disclosure was protected falls to be determined objectively by the tribunal

Dr Beatt was a consultant cardiologist employed by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust at Croydon University Hospital. He brought claims for unfair dismissal and under the whistleblowing legislation. An ET held that he had been unfairly dismissed and subjected to various whistleblowing detriments. The EAT allowed the Trust’s appeal and Dr Beatt appealed.