The court ordered a total of €113,244 to be given in compensation

The tribunal had found in his favour, noting that PBS had only started an internal investigation into Bundy two months after its board too a vote of no confidence in him. It also found that Bundy’s termination was based on an RSM report, a report which noted certain inconsistencies in the testimony of people who testified against Bundy.

After the tribunal which upheld Bundy’s claim and awarded him almost a quarter of a million euro in compensation, PBS filed an appeal.

On Wednesday, in its decision, the appeals court noted that Bundy had flagged concerns about the way PBS was handling its financial affairs from his very first weeks as CEO.

The company was earning nothing in return, Bundy had noted, but it was spending thousands of euro on lunches in a particular restaurants, Malta’s Eurovision Song Con

test participation and other events.

Problems with the management were abundant and apart from clashes over programme scheduling, the court noted that management “was absolutely not up to the important role they occupied.”

The court stated that through proper practices, this situation could have been avoided and Mintoff said that “the court finds it very difficult to believe that no one on the board of directors was aware of the process that was launched for the acquisition of new vehicles.”

Throughout the ordeal, Bundy was not given the opportunity to defend himself since he was fired without any disciplinary proceedings.

When PBS requested a varia

tion in the compensation due, Bundy requested that the compensation owed to him be determined in accordance to the law. In other words half of what he would have been owed.

Throughout the final submissions of the case, Bundy’s lawyers put forward a clause in his contract which stated that he was to be compensated with the full amount as agreed in his contract.

Given that the tribunal had to decide on the original request, the compensation to Bundy was brought down to €113,224.

Bundy was represented by lawyers Matthew Brincat and Lara Pace while PBS was represented by lawyers Franco Galea, Marisa Vella and Christine Calleja.