This case concerned the applicant’s dismissal from his job in human resources in a bank owing to his involvement with a website devoted to HR issues. In January 2011 the applicant, together with Ms A.N., started a knowledge-sharing website for human resources management-related publications and events. The website also contained a presentation of the applicant with his photograph, describing him as an expert in human resources management and indicating that he worked in the human resources department of a large domestic bank, without mentioning his employer (Bank O).

The applicant’s employment was terminated on 11 February  2011 for breaching his employer’s confidentiality standards. The bank argued that the applicant’s conduct in providing educational services in the field of