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Peter Bourhill wins £1/4m for unfair dismissal | Print |  Email to a friend
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Peter Bourhill, the former Lancashire Magazine publisher, has won an unfair dismissal claim against Owen Oyston’s Riding Publishing Company.

Peter Bourhill wins £1/4m for unfair dismissal against Owen Oyston
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Bourhill, who told the Blackpool Gazette that this was “about justice, not money” was awarded £234,549 by the tribunal panel.

He was chief executive of Oyston Publishing and then Riding Publishing, having been head-hunted by Oyston in 2006.

The 49-year-old was credited with turning around the circulation of Lancashire Magazine from just 6,000 copies per issue to 20,000.

But in January this year Bourhill left the company, at the time How-Do reported that he had been made redundant, as a result of a cost-cutting drive.

He told the tribunal that he was asked to take a large cut in his salary, much more than other directors at the company, which included a number of celebrities.

When he refused, he was left unpaid for a month.

During the case, Bourhill made references to issues with Oyston's daughter Natalie. He called her "unprofessional" which is said to have caused tension with her family. 

This January, he said he tried to tell directors of concerns that the company was trading while insolvent. It was then that he was told of his dismissal.

Recording a unanimous decision, the panel said that it felt Bourhill was unfairly dismissed.

However, the case may not end here. According to lawyers, Riding Publishing has gone into liquidation, which means Bourhill may have to take further legal action to get the money.

 

 

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 1 By deadorse, on 27-11-2009 16:40
I can't see the point of an award made against a company in liquidation. Will his seat at the creditors meeting be any more comfortable? 
I bet nobody even defended the claim.

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