A KENT MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS SACKED FROM HIS JOB AS

A KENT MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS SACKED FROM HIS JOB AS ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR OF AN INSURANCE FIRM FOR NO GOOD REASON, IS SUING HIS FORMER
EMPLOYERS IN THE HIGH COURT.

VINCENT PONS, 43, OF CHISLEHURST ROAD, BICKLEY, LOST HIS JOB,
AND HIS COMPANY CAR, AFTER ONLY FIVE MONTHS WITH THE CARDIFF FIRM.

HE CLAIMED IN COURT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HE
WOULD BE EMPLOYED FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS, AT #21,000 P.

A.

MR.

PONS, WHO HAD 14 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE REINSURANCE
MARKET, WAS SACKED BY HUTCHISON GROUP LIMITED, FORMERLY CALLED TWEEDLE
FRENCH AND COMPANY LIMITED, OF LLANMAES, ST.

FAGANS, CARDIFF, ON APRIL
2, 1984.

HUTCHISON GROUP CLAIM MR.

PONS HAD NOT DONE WHAT WAS A
FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH HIM – BROUGHT IN
#10,000 FROM REINSURANCE CONTRACTS FOR THEM IN HIS FIRST QUARTER.

THEY SAY MR.

PONS HAD PRESENTED BUDGETED FIGURES BEFORE HE WAS
GIVEN THE JOB SAYING HE COULD ACHIEVE THAT.

HE ONLY PRODUCED #723 IN ACTUAL INCOME.

BUT MR.

PONS COUNTERS THAT THEY WERE ONLY ROUGH FIGURES AND
SAYS THEY WERE NEVER A CONDITION OF THEIR AGREEMENT.

HE SAYS HE WOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED THEM AS DEFINATE FIGURES
BECAUSE ACCURATE FIGURES COULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL AT LEAST TWO YEARS
AFTER THE START OF A CONTRACT.

MR.

PONS SAID HE NEVER SAW A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WHEN
HE ASTKED ABOUT IT HE WAS TOLD THE JOB WAS HIS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

MR.

PONS STARTED HIS OWN INSURANCE BUSINESS LAST YEAR, BUT HAS
MADE NO PROFIT FROM IT YET.

HE TOLD THE COURT HE DID NOT EXPECT TO
MAKE A PROFIT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF
CONTRACTS.

THE HEARING CONTINUES.

ENDS

THIS IS EXPECTED TO GO UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY, PROBABLY MONDAY.