a London appeals court ruled Friday, raising fears that legal protections for whistleblowers will be undermined. Gulf Bank defeated the appeal from Ling Kong, a former senior auditor who was dismissed after raising concerns about a financial product agreement in a way that implicitly criticized the lender's legal director, Jenny Harding. Kong argued in the Court of Appeal that tribunals must consider how closely connected whistleblowers' conduct and their disclosures are and make allowances for "ordinary unreasonableness. "But Judge Ingrid Simler, writing for the three-judge. . .
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