The Complainant was appointed to the Board of the Respondent by the then Minister in June 2014 and his term of appointment expired in May 2018. The Complainant was subsequently not reappointed for a second term and he claimed that the failure to reappoint him amounted to an Unfair Dismissal.  The Complainant also claimed that he was subjected to penalisation by the Respondent after having made a Protected Disclosure.

The Complainant submitted that he carried out additional work of an administrative and quality control nature for the Dispute Resolution Service which came under the remit of the Respondent. The Complainant stated that he was paid separately by the Respondent for carrying out this additional work and he therefore had