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Case Law [2019] UKSC 44 (16/10/2019)

Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 10/16/2019

Subject: The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, in which the Supreme Court reforms, also in the light of articles 10 and 14 of the ECHR, the decision of the Court of Appeal, which deemed that the “judge” could not be qualified, according to the relevant legislation, as a “worker”, therefore he could not benefit from the so called whistle blowing protections, i.e. a protection recognized to those individuals who, in the exercise of their profession, report crimes

Parties: Gilham (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice (Respondent)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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