Yorkshire will have to defend their decision to sack former coach Andrew Gale and five other members of staff after an employment tribunal found their claim for wrongful dismissal to be ‘well founded.’
And they will do so on the basis that the sackings were ‘necessary and justified’ when the two sides enter negotiations over any settlement. Gale brought his claim along with second team coach Ian Dews, bowling coach Richard Pyrah, academy lead Richard Damms and strength and conditioning coaches Ian Fisher and Peter Sim.
Yorkshire have already come to an agreement with several of the 16 people who were axed after signing a letter accusing Azeem Rafiq of being on a ‘one man mission to bring down the club.’ However they will continue to contest this claim with an ECB cricket disciplinary commission investigation still to reveal its findings.
