QFC 0005/2021, [2022] QIC (A) 1
Prime Financial Solutions LLC v QFC Employment Standards Office
Type
Case
Court
Qatar Financial Centre
Jurisdiction
Qatar Financial Centre
Taxonomy
Victimisation, Termination of Employment, Litigation Procedure & Practice, Boards and Tribunals
Decision date
13 Feb 2022
Panel
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Justice Bruce Robertson, Justice Helen Mountfield QC
Catchwords
Employee - Dismissal - Whistleblowing - Good Faith - Appeal - Tribunal Decision
This case involved the appeal against a regulatory tribunal decision involving an Employment Standards Office decision on wrongful dismissal of two sisters who had worked for a company. A key issue was whether they had whistleblowing protection and how the definition of 'good faith' applied when deciding if this protection applied. The employer had suggested the decision to report had not been in good faith as the sisters had set up a company and may have been trying to remove a director who had acquired a shareholding in their employer by some sort of coup.