UK GPs gain whistleblowing rights - Private Funds Management - 23 May 2014

UK GPs gain whistleblowing rights - Private Funds Management - 23 May 2014


By: Thomas Duffell

The highest court in the UK enhanced the rights of partners in limited liability partnerships (LLP), a common private fund management entity structure, to blow the whistle against their firms without fear of retribution.

The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a partner in an LLP who was fired from her job at law firm Clyde & Co after complaining that a Tanzanian law firm that had a joint venture with her employer was paying bribes to secure clients.

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