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An employer sacked its new CEO because it believed he was complicit in removing board members from a meeting using "burly, tattooed men", and not because he made whistleblower disclosures, the Federal Court has found.

Dover Castle Metals' acting CEO was appointed in March 2021 on a 12-month contract, however he was summarily dismissed three weeks later.

He subsequently sued the employer and three directors, claiming he was sacked because they believed he had made disclosures that qualified for protection under whistleblower laws. He also claimed the employer breached his contract in dismissing him with immediate effect...