BBC Northern Ireland has paid a legal bill of more than £450,000 in high-profile disputes with two former employees.
The case between Donna Traynor and the BBC in Northern Ireland and its director Adam Smyth was settled in June with no admission of liabilityThe BBC has paid a legal bill of more than £450,000 in high-profile disputes with two former employees.Both cases, involving Donna Traynor and Lena Ferguson, were settled without any admission of liability.
The employment tribunal case between Ms Traynor and the BBC in Northern Ireland and its director Adam Smyth wasMs Traynor, a former BBC Newsline presenter, had claimed she was discriminated against on the basis of age, sex and disability. The BBC paid Ms Ferguson's legal costs as part of agreed terms, which involved no admission of liability.The Belfast Telegraph subsequently submitted a freedom of information request to BBC Northern Ireland asking for the BBC's legal costs in both cases.
The figures also included "amounts which have been invoiced but not yet verified and paid," according to the BBC response, and do not include VAT.In Ms Traynor's case, the BBC said the total legal costs it incurred in respect of claims in both the Industrial Tribunal and High Court were £256,231.
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