ME firm Derry in ?2.5m battle after axina chairman

摘要

James Derry, the former chairman of Derry Building Services, has launched a ￡2.5m legal battle against the firm his family founded.Derry, 56, is suing the ME contractor on the grounds that he was denied the three-years' notice period in his contract. The firm, part of contractor Bowmer Kirkland, was owned by his family for 257 years before he sold it in 1991.According to a High Court writ, Derry worked for theNottinghamshire-based business on a series of three-year contracts, first as sales and marketing director and later as managing director and chairman.