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UK financial watchdog cleared in whistleblower dismissal dispute

By Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle ( August 18, 2025, 13:45 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s financial markets watchdog escaped a wrongdoing finding today, with an employment tribunal ruling that a former manager who claimed to have been fired after blowing the whistle was not unlawfully dismissed. The tribunal ruled he was properly dismissed by the FCA for gross misconduct after he was found to have sent more than 400 e-mails to his personal e-mail account.The UK’s financial markets watchdog escaped a wrongdoing finding today, with an employment tribunal ruling that a former manager who claimed to have been fired after blowing the whistle was not unlawfully dismissed. ...

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