The British whistleblower protection bill A shield too small?

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-163

  De Maria, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 21944453207     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008266531152     Document Type: Article

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1. It is known that there are over 250 UK statutes which prohibit the disclosure of information, including information about safety risks. See notes on The Whistleblower - Protection Bill prepared by the Campaign for Freedom of Information, 26 June 1995, p. 3.
2. For comment on the "draconian" Official Secrets Act, see N. Rose, "Whistleblowing - Time for a Change?", NLJ Practitioner, Vol. 145, No. 6680, 27 January 1995, 113.
3. K. Kyle, Suez (1991), 95.
4. Quoted in J. Griffith, Judicial Politics Since 1920 (1993), 67.
5. J. Griffith, ibid., p. 69.
6. A recent research paper produced by the Israeli Army's Military History Division details how Israeli paratroopers killed 273 Egyptian and Sudanese prisoners of war in this period. Australian, 17 August 1995.
7. J. Griffith, op. cit., 69.
8. I am relying on Griffith's account. See J. Griffith, ibid., 162-164.
9. Ibid., 164.
10. Ibid.
11. Independent, 28 June 1995, 11.