Nearly 100 per cent of all whistleblowing cases that go to UK courts will fail, according to data from a whistleblowing organisation.

Peter Tutton, associate managing director at Nardello & Co, told the latest FT Adviser Editor’s Podcast that many companies in the UK are failing to ensure full and frank accountability under current whistleblowing frameworks.

He pointed to figures from Whistleblowers UK, which reported that 97 per cent of all whistleblowing cases that go to court fail.

Tutton said: “This is extraordinarily high. It doesn’t take a forensic accountant to work out there is something may be amiss here.

“From a statistical perspective, it is obvious there is some inherent bias in the system, so reform is required.”

Tutton, who is an expert in effective whistleblowing frameworks and investigations into wrongdoing, said when whistleblowers feel confident about reporting what they have seen and heard and know to be immoral or illegal, far-reaching changes can be made.

It really is a David v Goliath situation.

But when frameworks and whistleblowing processes break down, and employees feel they will not be protected, poor practices proliferate and trust is eroded between the public and companies.

With major changes to UK fraud laws taking effect this year, the government has made it clear that enforcement is ramping up and protections are being put in place to safeguard employees who want to do the right thing.

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