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Lord Sugar tribunal victory against former Apprentice

April 12, 2013 13:40
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BySandy Rashty, Sandy Rashty

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Lord Sugar has won an employment tribunal case brought against him by Apprentice winner Stella English.

Mrs English, who secured a job with Lord Sugar after competing in the popular BBC programme in 2010, brought a case of constructive dismissal earlier this year.

Kent-based Mrs English, 34, earned £100,000 a year working at Lord Sugar’s IT firm, Viglen. She complained about her lack of specific duties and desk-based job. She resigned from Viglen in May 2011 because , she said, she felt like an “overpaid lackey”.

In a witness statement, read to the hearing at the East London Tribunal Centre, Lord Sugar said: "I believe this claim, together with its publication in the media, is simply an attempt to extract money from me."