>> I don't imagine a senior career civil servant with his background would take a position
>> like this unless he was confident of his ground.......
>>
...as I've said, proving constructive dismissal is a rocky road which requires careful preparation and presentation of evidence.
Looking at his resignation statement, my suspicion is that the nub of any case will be around the paragraphs:
"Even despite this campaign I was willing to effect a reconciliation with the home secretary, as requested by the cabinet secretary on behalf of the prime minister.
But despite my efforts to engage with her, Priti Patel has made no effort to engage with me to discuss this."
If he has made concerted efforts to meet with the Home Secretary since they were both so instructed, and she has not responded (to what is obviously an urgent matter) or even worse has actively rebutted any approach, then evidence of the same should be easy to present, and would form a good foundation for further arguments about treatment.
Any motivation is still, however, under question. I note the FDA are providing active support. It is certainly in their interest to find a figurehead to put up against the Government.
Other than spite or personal malice, and if one excludes any altruistic motive of him doing it for the wider good, then the only sensible reason to go to Tribunal is financial, and I suspect that the Government have been cute enough to already have made a severance offer that makes finacial advantage unlikely.
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