A Stormont department failed to keep a paper trail of key decisions in a legal dispute with a whistleblowing vet which has cost the public more than £1.5million, a report has found.
Dr Tamara Bronckaers was awarded a settlement last April in an employment case against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
An industrial tribunal in 2021 found the senior vet, who had raised concerns about animal welfare and meat traceability, had been constructively dismissed from her job.
