Former NAAJA chief executive Priscilla Atkins has won her wrongful dismissal case against the organisation in the Federal Court .The matter will now progress to a hearing next week to determine what remedies Ms Atkins may be entitled to.
Ms Atkins, who had been in her role since 2007, was suspended, then sacked, after raising complaints of corruption against NAAJA's chief financial officer, Madhur Evans, with the organisation's board of directors. However the court on Thursday found the evidence relied on by NAAJA was "insufficient" to support any allegations of forgery.The next month, Ms Atkins received a letter notifying her she had been dismissed.
She argued the resolution was not passed at a meeting with the required number of board members present, and did not have the support of 75 per cent of NAAJA's directors. She also found there was evidence that Ms Evans herself had "a substantial role" in engaging the BDO and that she "participated in communications relating to the future of Ms Atkins' employment".
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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