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Cambridge businessman wins £3.4 million payout from Employment Tribunal claim

July 10, 2013

A Cambridge-based businessman has been awarded £3.4 million by the Employment Tribunal after it was found that he had been dismissed because he had blown the whistle on illicit practices. Medical Marketing International (“MMI”) was set up in 1988 by Margaret Best. Mr David Best (Mrs Best’s husband), 63, was chairman and managing director  of Medical […]

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Whistleblowing – what is it?

January 21, 2013

There’s been a spate of whistleblowing cases in the news recently – a  Royal Marine claimed he was sacked after highlighting financial irregularities, a former Royal Bank of Scotland executive went to the Employment Tribunal after claiming he was forced out over problems he was highlighting, and a former price analyst at ICIS fired after […]

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