Disclosure is not optional document-sharing. Relevant documents may help your case, harm it, support the other side, or expose problems in the way the case is being put.
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
An in-depth comparison of Ireland’s enhanced whistleblower protections under the Protected Disclosures Act 2022 with those in England, Wales, and Scotland.
Written by John Barwell
Critique of the UK whistleblower framework, exposing legal tactics that undermine protections and discourage public interest disclosures.
Written by John Barwell
In an era valuing transparency and accountability, this article examines the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act in protecting whistleblowers.
Written by John Barwell
The Public Disclosure Act fails to protect whistleblowers, who face SLAPPs, NDAs, and harassment, necessitating urgent legal reforms for transparency and justice.
Written by John Barwell
The structural reform campaigners proposed has not happened: the Office of the Whistleblower Bill fell when the 2024–26 session ended, and no whistleblowing bill is before the current Parliament. But the law has not stood still — sexual harassment is now an express qualifying disclosure, the prescribed-persons list has been expanded twice, and tribunal time limits are about to double. An evidence-led state of play, measured against what reformers asked for.
Written by John Barwell
Nine months after Royal Assent, the Employment Rights Act 2025 is a half-built statute. Tribunal time limits double on 1 October 2026, but the unfair dismissal changes do not begin until January 2027 — and for dismissal the test is the date the employment ends, not the day the decision is announced. A state-of-play guide to what is in force, what is not, and how to time a claim in the overlap.
Written by John Barwell
The Hillsborough Law has cleared the Commons and is before the Lords — but it is not yet law. We track the Public Office (Accountability) Bill as at September 2026: the duty of candour and assistance, the offences behind it, non-means-tested legal aid for bereaved families at inquests, and the drafting fights still to come at Lords committee stage.
Written by John Barwell
Most of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 is now the law in force. This plain-English guide sets out what has actually changed for subject access requests, data-protection complaints and the regulator — and what has not.
Written by John Barwell
The EAT overturned the strike-out of race discrimination complaints in Waithaka v Barclays. The judgment explains why different managers, incidents and forms of treatment may still form part of one continuing state of affairs for Equality Act time-limit purposes.