A former chief executive of Battersea Power Station Development Company has launched legal action against the owners of the London scheme following his dismissal in May last year.
The £9bn redevelopment has transformed Battersea Power Station into a 42-acre site with around 2,000 homes and dozens of businesses. Don O’Sullivan, previously at Galliard Homes, was appointed chief executive in June 2024 to oversee the next phase of the project but left the role less than a year later.
He alleges he was dismissed after raising concerns about financial reporting within the business, stating that he was removed from day-to-day duties after reporting the issues in November 2024. His claim says the concerns were discussed at a board meeting in London on 16 December involving both the development company and BPS Holdings. He further alleges he was excluded from the business the following day by executives named in his disclosures and was formally suspended on 24 December.
O’Sullivan has brought a whistleblowing claim against the group and four senior Malaysian executives at the London South Employment Tribunal, supported by John Hayes of Constantine Law and the GMB. The company is represented by Brown Rudnick.
The case is ongoing in the London South Employment Tribunal and has been listed for final hearing in 2029 with various case management deliverables well within that period.
John Hayes, managing partner of Constantine Law, said: “Don O’Sullivan’s claim will possibilly be one of London’s highest profile and most valuable whistleblowing claim because it involves one of London’s most respected developers taking on a case against an iconic London development, owned ultimately by the Malaysian state.
“The case raises very important questions about the integrity of financial reporting at Battersea. It is regrettable that the delays in the Employment Tribunal system have resulted in the case being listed for hearing in 2029, but it is important that the case is now in the public domain. It will be extremely hard fought.”
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