Fired NCT team leader claims whistleblower was ex-wife making 'malicious' allegations
One allegation said that John farrell worked for several years at a local garage while also employed at an NCT test centre.
The firm that operates the National Car Test (NCT) dismissed a team leader after he admitted to bringing a vehicle owned by a local garage to an NCT centre and proceeded to test it himself and pass it.
The team leader concerned, John Farrell, sued for unfair dismissal after claiming that the ‘whisteblower’ in the case was actually his ex-wife and they were going through divorce proceedings at the time the allegations were being made to Applus and the Road Safety Authority (RSA).
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