Protected Disclosures – Recent Case Law Address Novel Points (Part II)

Two important decisions were delivered in July under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

In part one of our two-part briefing published last week, we considered the first Circuit Court judgment on an application for an extension of the 21 day time limit for interim relief under the 2014 Act. This week in the second part of our briefing we consider the first High Court judgment on interim relief under the 2014 Act.

Part II

High Court considers appeal of Circuit Court interim relief order for the first time

Clarke v CGI Food Services Limited [2020] IEHC 368

Mr. Clarke was employed as CGI Food Services' financial controller. In September 2017 he raised concerns as certain payments to directors seemed to exceed the agreed limits with the bank. In January and February 2018 he raised further issues regarding personal spending on company credit cards, a false invoice, unvouched expenses, Revenue issues and other issues, including in relation to food safety.