The claimant had been employed as an IT teacher. He was disciplined for testing the school’s computer system and revealing that it was open to abuse by hackers. He complained that this had been a qualifying protected disclosure under the 1996 Act. The claimant now sought leave to appeal.
Held: Leave was granted. The single aspect under which the school had succeeded was one where the EAT remained in error.
Judges:
Sedley LJ
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Civ 710
Links:
Statutes:
Employment Rights Act 1996, Data Protection Act 1998
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Bolton School v Evans EAT 7-Feb-2006
EAT Public Interest Disclosure – Protected Disclosure. Employee deliberately broke into computer system to show that his concerns that information might be obtained in breach of the Data Protection Act was . .
Cited by:
Leave – Bolton School v Evans CA 15-Nov-2006
The appellant school ICT teacher had hacked into the school’s computer system, in order, he said, to demonstrate its weakness. He appealed against rejection of his assertion that his dismissal was unfair for being caused by his protected disclosure. . .
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Employment
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.242275