Louise Reed

The Supreme Court has now heard the appeal in Rice v Wicked Vision, and judgment has been reserved. This is the case that will finally decide a question which has divided the courts for years: in a whistleblowing claim, can an individual co-worker, manager or director be made personally liable in a claim? This article sets out, in plain terms, the competing legal arguments the Supreme Court has been asked to resolve. We have written about this case before — once when the Court of Appeal...

On Tuesday 13th January 2026, we filed an appeal to the Supreme Court in Rice v Wicked Vision, the landmark whistleblowing case that could reshape how personal liability applies to managers and business owners in dismissal cases. This is the culmination of a journey through every level of the UK court system. Why We Are Taking This Case to the Highest Court In November 2025, the Court of Appeal delivered a judgment that was remarkable in its clarity. Three senior judges unanimously agreed...

We recently acted in the Wicked Vision case at the Court of Appeal in a case challenging how whistleblowing law applies to employers and individual managers. The judgment has now been handed down, and the decision contains significant observations about the fairness of the current legal framework. Our team outside the Royal Courts of Justice Understanding the Rice v Wicked Vision Case The case centred on a fundamental question in employment law: can an employee who is dismissed for...